Merge pull request #1672 from dlakaplan/fixpico

Fix sign of y coordinate for Pico Veleta so it's no longer in the sea
nanograv · Nov 6, 2023 · f2da697 · f2da697
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG-unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG-unreleased.md
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@ the released changes.
 - Robust access of EPHEM and PLANET_SHAPIRO in `make_fake_toas_fromtim`
 - `pintk` will not allow choices of axes that are not in timing model/data
 - `pintk` correctly displays initial log level
+- Fixed sign of y coordinate for Pico Veleta observatory (also being fixed in tempo2)
 ### Removed
diff --git a/src/pint/data/runtime/observatories.json b/src/pint/data/runtime/observatories.json
@@ -1261,11 +1261,11 @@
         "itoa_code": "PV",
         "itrf_xyz": [
             5088964.0,
-            301689.8,
+            -301689.8,
             3825017.0
         ],
         "fullname": "Observatorio Pico Veleta",
-        "origin": "Imported from TEMPO2 observatories.dat 2021 June 7. As of 2023-11-01 this appears to be somewhere in the sea."
+        "origin": "Imported from TEMPO2 observatories.dat 2021 June 7. Fixed signed of y coordinate on 2023 Nov 6 along with M. Keith in tempo2 to make location sensible."
     },
     "iar1": {
         "itrf_xyz": [