mkpickobj

        Get positional, orbital, and pulse period information for a
        given object name.

        Astronomy

        obj=mkpickobj("Her X-1")

        name: Name of the object. You can get a list of valid names
              by calling mkpickobj with an empty string as name.

        none

        none

        A structure containing positional information, pulse period,
        dP/dt, and orbital parameters in case the object is a double
        star system. In addition the type of the object is given,
        where the following types are possible:
                  1: Pulsar
                  2: Binary

        none

        none

        none

        The orbital parameters are hopefully up to date and taken from
        the references given in the code.

        see code

        obj=mkpickobj("Her X-1")

        Version 1.0, 2002/04/02 M. Kuster ([email protected])

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