Format for Optical Transit, Photoelectric Transit, Photographic, and CCD Observations.

O'Handley, D. A. 1968 : "Card Format for Optical and Radar Planetary Data", JPL Technical Report 32-1296, Pasadena, CA.

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  column     1  "P"

           2-4  planet #  (either "00p" or "pss", 
                     where p is the planet number; s is the satellite number)

          5-16  UT of observation (D12.5)

         22-25  observatory/telescope # (see table below)

         26-28  catalog code # (see table below)

            29  type     1 => transit, geocentric
                         3 => photographic, geocentric
                         4 => transit, topocentric
                         6 => photographic, topocentric

            30  observer code   |  The data in these columns are not always given for the 
            31  clamp code      |  modern observations.  However, optical observations of 
            32  circle code     |  the sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the moon are no longer 
            33  ra-limb         |  used in ephemeris adjustments.

         34-42  r.a. [hhmmss^sss]

            43  equinox [0: true e&e; 3: mean 1950; 9: mean J2000]

         44-49  r.a. residual  (usually not given)

            50  de-limb         |  See note for columns 30-33

         51-59  dec. [+/-ddmmss^ss]

            60  equinox [0: true e&e; 3: mean 1950; 9: mean J2000]

         61-65  dec. residual  (usually not given)

         73-76  year

         77-80  source

O'Handley, D. A. 1968 : "Card Format for Optical and Radar 
Planetary Data", JPL Technical Report 32-1296, Pasadena, CA.

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Table of Observatory/Telescope Codes

  (for complete list, see http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/ObsCodes.html)

     000   RGO - Greenwich
     0011  RGO - Herstmonceux
     7866  Washington - 6 inch
     7869  Washington - 9 inch
     388   Tokyo
     673   Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood, California
     689   U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona
     9001  RGO - La Palma
     999   Bordeaux
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Table of Catalogue Codes

     350   Greenwich  3Gr50
     700   Extra-Galactic Reference Catalogue
     750   ACT (USNO: derived from AC2000 and Tycho)
     760   UCAC2 (USNO, Zacharias)
     800   HST Guide Star
     888   ICRF
     890   Tycho-2
     971   F3
     980   
     991   FK4
     995   FK5
     996   AGK3
     997   PPM
     998   Perth
     999   SAO
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Last updated : 2002 June 17