NAME: slewdur PURPOSE: Estimate the time to slew the telescope from one location to another. DESCRIPTION: CATEGORY: Data Acquisition CALLING SEQUENCE: ans=slewdur(jd,ra0,dec0,ra1,dec1) INPUTS: jd - Julian date at time of slew ra0 - Right ascension of starting point dec0 - Declination of starting point ra1 - Right ascension of destination dec1 - Declination of destination OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: OUTPUTS: return value is estimated time to complete a slew over the requested distance (time is in seconds). KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: COMMON BLOCKS: SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2002/01/27