Hi,
I have difficulties to plot ephemerides data. They are generated by SkytechX in the following format:
Date;Time;Local R.A.;Local Dec.; 8/20/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10h 35m 50.60s;+03° 47' 15.38"; 8/21/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10h 33m 13.63s;+04° 02' 23.70"; 8/22/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10h 30m 23.99s;+04° 20' 34.64"; ...
The column "Local R.A." is in time format: Hours Minits Seconds, should be converted to: Hours + Minits/60 + Seconds/3600.
Column "Local Dec." is in angle format: Degrees Arcminits Arcseconds, should be converted to Degrees + Arcminits/60 + Arcseconds/3600.
So the first record should become: 8/20/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10.587606;3.787606";
How to implement this convertion to decimal formats in Gnuplot ?
Many thanks !
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Hi,
I have difficulties to plot ephemerides data.
They are generated by SkytechX in the following format:
Date;Time;Local R.A.;Local Dec.;
8/20/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10h 35m 50.60s;+03° 47' 15.38";
8/21/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10h 33m 13.63s;+04° 02' 23.70";
8/22/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10h 30m 23.99s;+04° 20' 34.64";
...
The column "Local R.A." is in time format: Hours Minits Seconds,
should be converted to: Hours + Minits/60 + Seconds/3600.
Column "Local Dec." is in angle format: Degrees Arcminits Arcseconds,
should be converted to Degrees + Arcminits/60 + Arcseconds/3600.
So the first record should become:
8/20/2017;12:00:00 UTC+1.0;10.587606;3.787606";
How to implement this convertion to decimal formats in Gnuplot ?
Many thanks !