CONVERT
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CONVERT

            [ASTRO\]CONVERT [Catalog_Name] [/ALTERNATE]  [/J2000  [Obs_equinox]]
        [/PRECESS [New_equinox]] [/GALACTIC] [/FLUX fmin] [/NAME ncname [iname]]
        [/INPUT POS|FLUX filename pos]

        Change catalog format or equinox.

        With the /J2000 and/or /PRECESS option, the  command  will  precess  the
        current SOU catalog to J2000 system, using the specified equinox for ob-
        servation (Obs_equinox, default 1950) and final result (New_equinox, de-
        fault 2000). The output catalog is 'Catalog_name'.SOU, and has the stan-
        dard format.

        /FLUX create a copy of the current catalog with  only  sources  of  flux
        larger than fmin

        /NAME  ncname  [iname]: reserve ncname characters for names field.  With
        iname.gt.0, a standard name (Jhhmmmsddmmm) is created and put in inameth
        positions in the list of names.

        /INPUT  FLUX filename : will take fluxes from filename, which has itself
        the format of a catalog (both input catalog and filename are assumed al-
        phabetically sorted)

        /INPUT  POSITION  filename  dpos : will take positions from filename, if
        different by more than dpos arc seconds. Filename has itself the  format
        of a catalog (both input catalog and filename are assumed alphabetically
        sorted)

        /ALTERNATE option : do the same operation with the Alternate catalog.