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( Cards => \@cards );

$header->writehdr( File => $file );
$header->writehdr( fitsID => $ifits );

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: AST.pm,v 3.0 2006/08/19 00:09:13 timj Exp $

METHODS

configure

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

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

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

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>,

COPYRIGHT

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.