NAME
spiral-spiral search program
SYNOPSIS
spiral [tries=5] [thresh=10000] [chan=0]
[step=.020] [debug]
DESCRIPTION
spiral does a spiral search from the
current position by making increasingly large
number of .020 degree steps alternately
in Hour Angle and declination.
The maximum number of steps in a given leg
the tries= parameter (5 is the default).
The search will stop when the count rate
in channel 0 exceeds 10kHz.
Both the channel and the threshold count rate may be adjusted on
the command line.
In addition the command line options of the
readphot command
are available.
Last Revised May 31, 2000