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Astrometry

Astrometric information can be split in two. For those data where there is no spatial component a position on the sky is all that is required. Data which has spatial axes may have a mapping between either pixel number or axis units and a celestial coordinate frame.

Astrometric information is handled in ADI by the class Pointing. It has the following definition,

   CHAR      SYSTEM        FK4, FK5
   DOUBLE    EQUINOX
   DOUBLE    EPOCH
   DOUBLE    RA,DEC,ROLL



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