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Author: Sergey Koposov, University of Edinburgh

Email: skoposov AT ed DOT ac DOT uk

Copyright: (c) Sergey Koposov, Doug Mink

Description: Small postgreSQL package to convert equatorial coordinates to galactic and back. The low-lelve conversion code itself is taken wcstools.

Functions provided are

• gal2fk5ra(real, real)

• gal2fk5dec(real, real)

• fk52gall(real, real)

• fk52galb(real, real)

which convert from IAU 1958 Galactic coordinates into J2000 FK5 coordiantes and back. All inputs are in decimal degrees