REAL FUNCTION sla_BEAR (A1, B1, A2, B2) *+ * - - - - - * B E A R * - - - - - * * Bearing (position angle) of one point on a sphere relative to another * (single precision) * * Given: * A1,B1 r spherical coordinates of one point * A2,B2 r spherical coordinates of the other point * * (The spherical coordinates are RA,Dec, Long,Lat etc, in radians.) * * The result is the bearing (position angle), in radians, of point * A2,B2 as seen from point A1,B1. It is in the range +/- pi. If * A2,B2 is due east of A1,B1 the bearing is +pi/2. Zero is returned * if the two points are coincident. * * P.T.Wallace Starlink 23 March 1991 * * Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory * * License: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program (see SLA_CONDITIONS); if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * *- IMPLICIT NONE REAL A1,B1,A2,B2 REAL DA,X,Y DA=A2-A1 Y=SIN(DA)*COS(B2) X=SIN(B2)*COS(B1)-COS(B2)*SIN(B1)*COS(DA) IF (X.NE.0.0.OR.Y.NE.0.0) THEN sla_BEAR=ATAN2(Y,X) ELSE sla_BEAR=0.0 END IF END