Astro::Coords::Calibration - calibrations that do not have coordinates
$c = new Astro::Coords::Calibration();
Occasionally observations do not have any associated coordinates. In particular calibration observations such as DARKs and ARRAY TESTS do not require the telescope to be in any particular location. This class exists in order that these types of observation can be processed in similar ways to other observations (from a scheduling viewpoint calibration observations always are an available target).
This class inherits from Astro::Coords::Fixed.
Astro::Coords::Fixed
Simply instantiates an object with an Azimuth of 0.0 degrees and an elevation of 90 degrees. The exact values do not matter.
A label can be associated with the calibration (for example, to include the type).
$c = new Astro::Coords::Calibration( name => 'DARK' );
Return the coordinate type. In this case always return "CAL".
Returns a summary of the object in an 11 element array. All elements are undefined except the first. This contains "CAL".
Return a status string describing the current coordinates. For calibration objects this is very simple.
Determines whether the observation is observable. Since a calibration observation (defined as an observation that does not move the telescope) is always observable this methods always returns true.
Returns stringified summary of the object. Always returns the type().
type()
Return a one line summary of the coordinates. In the future will accept arguments to control output.
$summary = $c->summary();
Overrided method to prevent Astro::Coords::apply_offset being called on this subclass.
Astro::Coords::apply_offset
Usually called via Astro::Coords.
Astro::Coords
Astro::PAL is used for all internal astrometric calculations.
Astro::PAL
Tim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>
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To install Astro::Coords, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Astro::Coords
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Astro::Coords
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