Astro::Catalog::USNOA2 module
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What is it?
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The module is an object orientated interface to the online USNO-A2 catalogue
at the ESO/ST-ECF archive site. Full POD documentation is available as part
of the module itself.

Requirements
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The Astro::Catalog::USNOA2 module requires the following external modules
to function
   
   Astro::Catalog
   Astro::Catalog::Star

   LWP::UserAgent
   Net::Domain 
   File::Spec
   Math::Libm
   Carp
   
all of these modules are available from CPAN <http://www.cpan.org/>.

Provides
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The package provides the following classes

    Astro::Catalog::USNOA2::Query

further information can be found in the POD included in Query.pm

Where can I get it?
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The package is availabe from CPAN <http://www.cpan.org/> and from
the eSTAR Project at http://www.estar.org.uk/

Installation
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Installation is automated using the ExtUtils::MakeMaker library

     % perl Makefile.PL
     % make
     % make test
     % make install

Authors
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The module was written by Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>, of the 
University of Exeter Astrophysics Group (http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/) 
as part of his work for the eSTAR project.

License
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This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
Place,Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA