NAME: obswind PURPOSE: Compute possible observing window for a celestial object. DESCRIPTION: This routines determines the possible observing window for an object. The times of sunrise and sunset are left as input parameters to help speed up the computations. It is expected that this routine will be called many times for a given date (LST0), but for different objects. RTIME and STIME denote the earliest time and the latest time that the object can be observed. Note that if RTIME > STIME then the range passes through 0 hours. RKIND and SKIND tell what limits the ends of the window as follows: RKIND will be either 'sunset' or 'rises' for TYPE = 0 RKIND will be 'sunset' for TYPE = 1 RKIND is undefined for TYPE = -1 SKIND will be either 'sunrise' or 'sets' for TYPE = 0 SKIND will be 'sunrise' for TYPE = 1 SKIND is undefined for TYPE = -1 if TYPE = 2 then object is not available when sun is down. CATEGORY: Astronomy CALLING SEQUENCE: obswind,lst0,lat,ra,dec,srise,sset,rtime,rkind,stime,skind,type INPUTS: lst0 - Local Sidereal Time at local midnight (radians). lat - Latitude of observatory (radians). ra - right ascension of object (radians), should be of date. dec - declination of object (radans), should be of date. srise - Time of sunrise (JD). sset - Time of sunset (JD). OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: AMLIMIT - Air Mass limit to denote rise and set of object. Default=3.0 OUTPUTS: rtime - Time of opening of observing window (at rise or sunset) rkind - String that identifies limit, either 'sunset' or 'rises' stime - Time of closing of observing window (at rise or sunset) skind - String that identifies limit, either 'sunset' or 'rises' type - Indicator of type of window 2 - Object not available when sun is down. 1 - Object always up. 0 - Object rises and sets. -1 - Object always down. KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: JDTRANS - JD of object transit COMMON BLOCKS: SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: 1997/9/3, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory 2002/03/27, MWB, fixed AMLIMIT bug. 2012/01/28, MWB, validation changed to enforce only scalar input 2018/05/23, MWB, added JDTRANS output keyword