Re: RA/DEC Reference

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 15:29:52 EDT


> >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.

Even so, isn't the difference between 1950 and 2000 generally negligle
for satellite tracking and data-collection?  Of course, it's best to use
the most recent coordinates, I know that....

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