RA/DEC Reference

From: Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Date: Sun Sep 02 2001 - 12:00:34 EDT

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>For celestial co-ordinates, there is only one reference point.  It is
>sufficient to list an RA/Dec without declaring any reference.

Not so.  I use J2000 when reporting positions.  Others may still use
1950.

Ron Lee


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