Jason Wright
Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State.
Son, husband, father, scientist, teacher, student, human, Earthling.
Mostly posting astronomy. Mostly.
- Pedantic LaTeX tip for astronomers: Redefine these AASTeX macros, which look ugly by default: \newcommand{\farcs}{\ensuremath{.\hspace{-3.25pt}\arcsec\hspace{-1pt}}} \newcommand{\farcm}{\ensuremath{.\hspace{-3pt}\arcmin}} \newcommand{\farcd}{\ensuremath{.\hspace{-3.75pt}\arcdeg}\hspace{-1.25pt}}
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View full threadAlso I don't know how to make these commands scale appropriately with font size—I've hard coded the spaces assuming 12pt font. Does a LaTeX wizard want to make these robust?
- I'm told this version is better because of some sort of glue vs. box thing deep in the logic of LaTeX line breaks: \newcommand{\farcs}{\ensuremath{.\kern-3.25pt\arcsec\kern-1pt}} \newcommand{\farcm}{\ensuremath{.\kern-3pt\arcmin}} \newcommand{\farcd}{\ensuremath{.\kern-3.75pt\arcdeg\kern-1.25pt}}
- No YOU'RE procrastinating on your textbook manuscript…
- A more robust solution would be to make the hspacers move the period forward by the appropriate distance to keep it centered between the numbers but this is close enough for me now.
- OK, Internet, I need your help. For copyright clearance I need to find this photographer. In 1985 he was based in Boston. Does anyone know how to find his current contact information? Retweets welcome! [n.b. I tried the phone numbers and they are no longer his]
