I assume I should change ' 1 ' to '1:00:00'? It is actually closer to '0:00:00' Tom Droege At 01:58 PM 4/7/01 -0400, you wrote: > Warnings for others who are using Disk 17: > > a. the RA value is in sexigesmial notation, formatted as a string: > '13:03:43.4' > > b. the Dec value is NOT in sexigesimal notation, but is formatted > as a string: > '1 '