NAME

Astro::FITS::HdrTrans::UFTI - UKIRT UFTI translations

SYNOPSIS

  use Astro::FITS::HdrTrans::UFTI;

  %gen = Astro::FITS::HdrTrans::UFTI->translate_from_FITS( %hdr );

DESCRIPTION

This class provides a generic set of translations that are specific to the UFTI camera of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope.

METHODS

this_instrument

The name of the instrument required to match (case insensitively) against the INSTRUME/INSTRUMENT keyword to allow this class to translate the specified headers. Called by the default can_translate method.

  $inst = $class->this_instrument();

Returns "UFTI".

COMPLEX CONVERSIONS

These methods are more complicated than a simple mapping. We have to provide both from- and to-FITS conversions All these routines are methods and the to_ routines all take a reference to a hash and return the translated value (a many-to-one mapping) The from_ methods take a reference to a generic hash and return a translated hash (sometimes these are many-to-many)

to_UTDATE

Converts FITS header values into Time::Piece object. This differs from the base class in the use of the DATE rather than UTDATE header item.

from_UTDATE

Converts UT date in Time::Piece object into YYYY-MM-DD format for DATE header. This differs from the base class in the use of the DATE rather than UTDATE header item.

REVISION

 $Id: UFTI.pm,v 1.23 2005/04/06 03:42:10 timj Exp $

SEE ALSO

Astro::FITS::HdrTrans, Astro::FITS::HdrTrans::UKIRT.

AUTHOR

Brad Cavanagh <b.cavanagh@jach.hawaii.edu>, Tim Jenness <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. All Rights Reserved.

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