/*select count(*) from Object o1, Object o2 

 where qserv_areaspec_box(90.299197, -66.468216, 98.762526, -56.412851) 

   and scisql_angSep(o1.ra, o1.decl, o2.ra, o2.decl) < 0.015;

From the black-box UDFs we cannot tell exactly how this traslates

to plain SQL

Is it this:

select count(*) 

  from Object o1

      ,Object o2 

 WHERE o1.ra BETWEEN 90.299197 AND 98.762526

   AND o1.decl BETWEEN -66.468216 AND -56.412851

   AND o1.decl BETWEEN o2.decl - 0.015 and o2.decl + 0.015

   AND o1.ra BETWEEN o2.ra - alpha(o2.decl, 0.015) AND o2.ra + alpha(o2.decl, 0.015)

;

or the one below?

*/

select count(*) 

  from Object o1

      ,(select decl - 0.015 as decl_min

              ,decl + 0.015 as decl_max

              ,ra - alpha(decl, 0.015) as ra_min

              ,ra + alpha(decl, 0.015) as ra_max

         from Object

        where ra BETWEEN 90.299197 AND 98.762526

          and decl BETWEEN -66.468216 AND -56.412851

       ) o2

 WHERE o1.ra BETWEEN 90.299197 AND 98.762526

   AND o1.decl BETWEEN -66.468216 AND -56.412851

   AND o1.decl BETWEEN decl_min and decl_max

   AND o1.ra BETWEEN ra_min AND ra_max

;