<p>:)</p>
<p>Are you talking about the meaning of this fields?:</p>
<p><strong>02 59 39.744 +03 53 41.15 -0.00082 -0.0743 B1950 03 01 32.220 +04 04 05.72 23 01</strong></p>
<p>According to <a href="https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/%7Esrk/TP/Literature/Tpoint_SunWorks.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~srk/TP/Literature/Tpoint_SunWorks.pdf</a>, they seem to belong to <strong>Observation record format 2</strong> (pag. 18):</p>
<ul>
<li>star mean RA/Dec (h,m,s,◦,′,′′, <span class="math-container">$\mu_{\alpha}$</span>,<span class="math-container">$\mu_{\delta}$</span>,equinox)</li>
<li>telescope raw RA/Dec (h,m,s,◦,′,′′)</li>
<li>local apparent sidereal time (h,m)</li>
</ul>
<p>If you mean this fields:</p>
<p><strong>+31 41 19.6 1987 07 08 +15.0  734.5  2608.0 0.30</strong></p>
<p>They seem to be the <em>run parameters</em> (pag. 18):</p>
<ul>
<li>latitude (◦,′,′′)</li>
<li>UTC date (y,m,d)</li>
<li>temperature (◦C)</li>
<li>pressure (mB)</li>
<li>height above sea level (metre, default determined from pressure)</li>
<li>relative humidity (range 0–1, default 0.5)</li>
</ul>

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2021-11-08T11:47:18.043Z
Yes, Luis, the meaning of the fields :) Thank you.
Have a nice week!
myrnayk
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Luis López
<p>I am working (in fact, trying to work) with TPoint for improving a solar telescope pointing calibration (SST, in Casleo, AR) and stumbled on the input data for INDAT command. SST is a multibeam solar observation telescope with Alt-Az support.</p>
<p>INDAT Observation record Format 4 is described as follows on the documentation:</p>
<pre><code>star &quot;observed&quot; Az/El (°,°)
telescope raw Az/El (°,°)
[up to 2 auxiliary readings]
</code></pre>
<p>And the sample file for an AltAz support is mmt.dat, whose heading and 1st observational data row are follows:</p>
<pre><code>!
!  Sample data from the Multiple Mirror Telescope
!

MMT 1987 July 8
: ALTAZ
+31 41 19.6 1987 07 08 +15.0  734.5  2608.0 0.30

02 59 39.744 +03 53 41.15 -0.00082 -0.0743 B1950 03 01 32.220 +04 04 05.72 23 01
</code></pre>
<p>On the data rows, what would be the &quot;column headers&quot;?</p>
<p>MTIA,</p>
<p>Myrna</p>

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TPoint software, INDAT command - Format 4 (ALTAZ)
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# TPoint software, INDAT command - Format 4 (ALTAZ)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-11-04)

I am working (in fact, trying to work) with TPoint for improving a solar telescope pointing calibration (SST, in Casleo, AR) and stumbled on the input data for INDAT command. SST is a multibeam solar observation telescope with Alt-Az support.
INDAT Observation record Format 4 is described as follows on the documentation:
star "observed" Az/El (°,°)
telescope raw Az/El (°,°)
[up to 2 auxiliary readings]

And the sample file for an AltAz support is mmt.dat, whose heading and 1st observational data row are follows:
!
!  Sample data from the Multiple Mirror Telescope
!

MMT 1987 July 8
: ALTAZ
+31 41 19.6 1987 07 08 +15.0  734.5  2608.0 0.30

02 59 39.744 +03 53 41.15 -0.00082 -0.0743 B1950 03 01 32.220 +04 04 05.72 23 01

On the data rows, what would be the "column headers"?
MTIA,
Myrna

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-11-04. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

:)

Are you talking about the meaning of this fields?:

**02 59 39.744 +03 53 41.15 -0.00082 -0.0743 B1950 03 01 32.220 +04 04 05.72 23 01**

According to [https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~srk/TP/Literature/Tpoint\_SunWorks.pdf](https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/%7Esrk/TP/Literature/Tpoint_SunWorks.pdf), they seem to belong to **Observation record format 2** (pag. 18):

* star mean RA/Dec (h,m,s,◦,′,′′, $\mu\_{\alpha}$,$\mu\_{\delta}$,equinox)
* telescope raw RA/Dec (h,m,s,◦,′,′′)
* local apparent sidereal time (h,m)

If you mean this fields:

**+31 41 19.6 1987 07 08 +15.0 734.5 2608.0 0.30**

They seem to be the *run parameters* (pag. 18):

* latitude (◦,′,′′)
* UTC date (y,m,d)
* temperature (◦C)
* pressure (mB)
* height above sea level (metre, default determined from pressure)
* relative humidity (range 0–1, default 0.5)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yes, Luis, the meaning of the fields :) Thank you. Have a nice week!  

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