ASTR: Astronomic Coordinates

This record specifies the astronomic latitude and longitude of a station. Only the values that have not already been defined for the station are actually used (the first ASTR record for a station is the one actually used).

This record has two possible formats, a long parameter name format, and a short parameter name format. If column 10 contains an asterisk (*) the long name format is expected, otherwise the short name format is expected.

The short parameter name format is as follows:

Columns 002-005: ASTR
Columns 010-010: (blank)
Columns 011-022: Unique station name
Columns 024-024: Indicator for north (n/N/space) or south (s/S) latitude
Columns 025-027: Degrees of astronomic latitude
Columns 029-030: Minutes of astronomic latitude
Columns 032-040: Seconds of astronomic latitude
Columns 042-042: Indicator for east (e/E/space) or west (w/W) longitude
Columns 043-045: Degrees of astronomic longitude
Columns 047-048: Minutes of astronomic longitude
Columns 050-058: Seconds of astronomic longitude
Columns 060-065: Network layer of station
Columns 067-117: Description of station

The long parameter name format is as follows:

Columns 002-005: ASTR
Columns 010-010: * (asterisk
Columns 011-041: Unique station name
Columns 043-043: Indicator for north (n/N/space) or south (s/S) latitude
Columns 044-046: Degrees of astronomic latitude
Columns 048-049: Minutes of astronomic latitude
Columns 051-059: Seconds of astronomic latitude
Columns 061-061: Indicator for east (e/E/space) or west (w/W) longitude
Columns 062-064: Degrees of astronomic longitude
Columns 066-067: Minutes of astronomic longitude
Columns 069-077: Seconds of astronomic longitude
Columns 079-084: Network layer of station
Columns 086-136: Description of station