4.3.1 GET_RB0P


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4.3.1 GET_RB0P

   

For a given date and time, GET_RB0P returns the solar radius, solar B-angle, and p angle for that time. This routine used to be called PB0R, but GET_RB0P can handle any of the three standard time formats.  
IDL> rb0p = get_rb0p('15-nov-91')
 
IDL> rb0p = get_rb0p(index)
If N input times are passed in, then the output is 3xN where rb0p(0) is (R) solar radius in arcseconds measured outside earth's atmosphere, rb0p(1) is (B-angle) heliographic latitude of the central point of the solar disk, and rb0p(2) is (P) position angle of the northern extremity of the axis of the sun's rotation, measured eastward from the geographic north point of the solar disk.


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