NAME: sc_nearest PURPOSE: Find the nearest N stars from a point in a star catalog. DESCRIPTION: CATEGORY: Database CALLING SEQUENCE: sc_nearest, db, ra, dec, radius, id, ra, dec, dra, ddec, mag INPUTS: db - handle to an open mysql ddatabase ra - ra of serach location (radians) dec - dec of serach location (radians) radius - maximum disance from ra/dec to look (radians) OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: MAG_MIN - lower bound of star magnatude to return (eg. 7.5) MAG_MAX - upper bound of star magnatude to return (eg. 8.0) SCLASS - Spectral classification, as a regexp example: {AB}0 for B0 and B0 class {GK}.* for any G or K class star MAX_COUNT - Maximum number of stars to return, defaults to 10 TBLNAME - Name of table to query in the DB OUTPUTS: Returns a series of arrays with up to n stars id - name of star ra - ra dec - dec dra - delta ra ddec - delta dec mag - magnatude of stars sc - Spectral type of star KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: COMMON BLOCKS: SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: 02/02/19, Writen by David Tucker 2004/03/30, Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, added spectral class return