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Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? [message #79341 is a reply to message #79338]

Mon, 20 February 2012 15:47

Jacare Omoplata
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Registered: February 2012

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>
> You talk about coordinates in RA and dec. So are the images really
> rectangular? It seems to me that the real problem is that you need to
> deal with spherical geometry.

The angle is very small and the images were taken very close to the
ecliptic. But I'll redo the same thing taking spherical geometry in to
account later, if I have time. Thanks for pointing that out.

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		Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 20 February 2012 19:22
		Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? By: Jacare Omoplata on Mon, 20 February 2012 15:47
		Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? By: Jacare Omoplata on Mon, 20 February 2012 15:37
		Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? By: penteado on Mon, 20 February 2012 14:56
		Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? By: David Fanning on Mon, 20 February 2012 14:09
		Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? By: Jacare Omoplata on Wed, 22 February 2012 19:25

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