OBSERVATORY COORDINATE FILE (typically 'obsys.dat') This file contains geographical locations of observatories. There is one line per observatory. Historically, the information in the first line was used for TOAs tagged with observatory number 1, the second line for number 2, and so on. The tenth line corresponds to observatory 'a', the eleventh to 'b', and so on. This behavior is still invoked if column 71 (observatory number) is blanked. However, an observatory number ('1'-'9' or 'a'-'z') in column 71 will now override the default assignment (based on position in the file). Col Item ----- --------------- 1-15 coordinate 1 16-30 coordinate 2 31-45 coordinate 3 48-48 flag 51-62 observatory name 71-71 observatory number 74-75 observatory code If the flag is blank or zero, the coordinates are taken to be latitude (ddmmss.ss), longitude (ddmmss.ss), and elevation (m). If the flag is non-blank, the coordinates are taken as X, Y, Z (m) about the geocenter. The observatory code is a 2-character code used in ITOA format.