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XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


eposcorr (eposcorr-3.9.2) [xmmsas_20050815_1803-6.5.0]

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Some spherical geometry

eposcorr calculates angular distances directly using spherical trigonimetry. In particular the following is used to calculate the angular distance, $\theta$, between two sources (labeled 1 and 2).

$$\cos( \theta) = \sin(\delta_1) \sin(\delta_2) + \cos(\delta_1) \cos(\delta_2) cos(\Delta\alpha),$$ (9)

where $\delta$ refers to the declination of a source and $\Delta\alpha =\alpha_1 - \alpha_2$, the difference of the right ascension of the two sources.