NAME

Astro::FITS::Header::AST - Manipulates FITS headers from an AST object

SYNOPSIS

use Astro::FITS::Header::AST;

$header = new Astro::FITS::Header::AST( FrameSet => $wcsinfo );
$header = new Astro::FITS::Header::AST( FrameSet => $wcsinfo,
                                        Encoding => 'FITS-IRAF' );

$header = new Astro::FITS::Header::AST( Cards => \@cards );

DESCRIPTION

This module makes use of the Starlink::AST module to read the FITS HDU from an AST FrameSet object.

It stores information about a FITS header block in an object. Takes an hash as an arguement, with an array reference pointing to an Starlink::AST FramSet object.

REVISION

$Id$

METHODS

configure

Reads a FITS header from a Starlink::AST FrameSet object

$header->configure( FrameSet => $wcsinfo );

Base class initialisation also works:

$header->configure( Cards => \@cards );

Accepts a reference to an Starlink::AST FrameSet object.

If a specific encoding is required, this can be specified using the Encoding argument. Default is FITS-WCS if no Encoding is given. Note that not all framesets can be encoded using FITS-WCS.

$header->configure( FrameSet => $wcsinfo, Encoding => "Native" );

If Encoding is specified but undefined, the default will be decided by AST.

SEE ALSO

Starlink::AST, Astro::FITS::Header

AUTHORS

Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>, Tim Jenness <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Science and Technology Facilities Council. Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.