World Coordinate System (WCS)
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
coordinate system
|
| gptkbp:author |
Alan M. Rots
Eric W. Greisen Mark Calabretta Richard Hook |
| gptkbp:component |
FITS header
|
| gptkbp:definedIn |
FITS standard
|
| gptkbp:enables |
coordinate transformations
astrometric calibration comparison of data from different telescopes overlay of astronomical images spectral calibration time calibration |
| gptkbp:fileExtension |
gptkb:SCAMP
TPZ PV (Polynomial distortion) SIP (Simple Imaging Polynomial) TPV (TAN Projection with distortion) |
| gptkbp:firstDefined |
2002
|
| gptkbp:hasFeature |
FITS WCS Paper I
FITS WCS Paper II FITS WCS Paper III FITS WCS Paper IV |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
World Coordinate System (WCS)
|
| gptkbp:parameter |
PC
CD CDELT CRPIX CRVAL CTYPE CUNIT |
| gptkbp:purpose |
map pixel coordinates to real-world coordinates
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
astrometry
image registration |
| gptkbp:software |
gptkb:Montage
gptkb:Astropy gptkb:IRAF gptkb:WCSTools gptkb:Aladin gptkb:DS9 gptkb:SAOImage |
| gptkbp:specifies |
celestial coordinates
spectral coordinates time coordinates |
| gptkbp:standardizedBy |
gptkb:International_Astronomical_Union
|
| gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:astronomy
astrophysics image processing |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:FITS
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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