The getrefdirdec function returns the declination of the reference direction of the component as a formatted string. If the reference frame is something other than J2000 or B1950 the value returned is the longitude or the altitude.

See the getrefdirra function for a description of the unit and precision arguments.

Arguments

which		An index specifying which component
		Allowed:	An integer between 1 and the list length
		Default:	no default
unit		The angular unit of the returned value.
		Allowed:	Any string containing an angular unit or 'angle' or 'time'
		Default:	deg
precision		The number of digits in the returned string.
		Allowed:	Numbers between 1 and 16 make the most sense
		Default:	6

Returns
A formatted string containing the declination of the reference direction.

Example
See the example for the getrefdirra function.

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