Your starlist file contains the list of targets you plan to observe during the night at Keck. The file must conform to certain formatting rules in order for the SKY
          program (used to control the telescope) to read the file properly. 

          Formatting Rules

          General Rules

                One object per line. 
                No blank lines or comment lines allowed. 

          Required Fields

                First field is the target name in columns 1-16 (tabs and spaces allowed). Maximum length is 15 characters. 
                Next three tokens are RA in the form HH MM SS.SS (including an arbitrary number of decimal places). 
                Next three space-separated tokens are Dec in the form (-)DD MM SS.S (again, to an arbitrary number of decimal places). Note: if the Dec is between
                0 and -1, the dd field MUST be -00). 
                Next token is equinox in the form YYYY.YY (no parentheses; arbitrary number of decimal places), with <=1950 meaning FK4 and 2000 meaning FK5
                and APP meaning apparent. 

          Optional Fields

          The following fields are identified by the form keyword=value. Note: no spaces are allowed around either side of the equals sign. 

                pmra=s.ssss (RA proper motion in seconds-of-time/year) 
                pmdec=a.aaa (Dec proper motion in arcsec/year). 
                dra=s.ssss (RA differential tracking rate in arcsec/hr divided by 15; positive implies moving east). 
                ddec=a.aaa (Dec differential tracking rate in arcsec/hr). 
                vmag=m.m (V magnitude) 

          You may place other comments or notes at the end of the line. These will be ignored by SKY, but retained in your text file for your information. 

          Note: For historic reasons, if the equinox is APP, either dra/ddec or pmra/pmdec will be interpreted as differential tracking rates. 

          Sample Starlist File

          197+17.1        07 29 09.400 +20 54 45.90 2000.0
          ring neb        18 53 36.000 +33 02 00.00 2000.0
          SAO 102961      17 34 24.13 11 52 28.29 1950.0 pmra=+0.0001 pmdec=-0.007 vmag=9.0
          HD 19904        03 08 49.1  -39 14 24       1950
          G77-31          03 10 40.5  +04 35 12       1950 pmra=0.1139 pmdec=0.107
          Hale-Bopp 5hr   17 30 6.62  -4 41 58.4 APP dra=0.35 ddec=7.3
          Titan   6:00UT  01 05 39.6050 +04 00 28.846    APP dra=-0.96 ddec=-4.2


          Barbara Schaefer