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NAME

Astro::FITS::HdrTrans::ISAAC - ESO ISAAC translations

SYNOPSIS

  use Astro::FITS::HdrTrans::ISAAC;

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

DESCRIPTION

This class provides a generic set of translations that are specific to the ISAAC camera of the European Southern Observatory.

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 "ISAAC".

COMPLEX CONVERSIONS

to_DEC_TELESCOPE_OFFSET

If the telescope ofset exists in arcsec, then use it. Otherwise convert the Cartesian offsets to equatorial offsets.

REVISION

 $Id: SOFI.pm 14879 2008-02-13 21:51:31Z timj $

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

Malcolm J. Currie <mjc@star.rl.ac.uk> Brad Cavanagh <b.cavanagh@jach.hawaii.edu>, Tim Jenness <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2008 Science and Technology Facilities Council. Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the 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.