NAME: getstars PURPOSE: (one line) Retrieve coordinates from the master star catalog DESCRIPTION: CATEGORY: Astronomy CALLING SEQUENCE: getstars,name,ra,dec,found,EPOCH=epoch,EQUINOX=equinox INPUTS: name - Name of the star. OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: FILE - Name of star catalog file. Default is: '/net/frakir/raid/buie/starcat/starcat.dat' EPOCH - Decimal year of epoch to correct for proper motion to. Default = catalog epoch. (Scalar or vector). B1950 - Coordinates should be referred to equinox of B1950. J2000 - Coordinates should be referred to equinox of J2000 (default). OFDATE - Coordinates should be referred to equinox of date. If selected, EPOCH must be provided. NOBLANKS - Flag, if set, search for the name ignores all blanks. NOCASE - Flag, if set, search for the name ignores case. OUTPUTS: ra - Right Ascension in radians. J2000 dec - Declination in radians. J2000 found - Flags, 1=star found, 0=star not found KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: STDNAME - Actual standard name from file, resolves the aliases. COMMON BLOCKS: MWB_STARCAT SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: 96/11/21, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory 2002/09/03, MWB, changed Str_sep call to strsplit 2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to starcat.dat file.