WCSTRAN

Transform a position from one NDF co-ordinate Frame to another

Description:

This application transforms a position from one NDF  co-ordinate Frame  to another. The input and output Frames may be chosen freely from the Frames available in the WCS component  of the supplied NDF. The transformed position is formatted for display and written to the screen and also to an output parameter.

Usage:

wcstran ndf posin framein [frameout]

Parameters:

EPOCHIN = _DOUBLE (Read)
If a ‘Sky Co-ordinate System’ specification is supplied (using Parameter FRAMEIN) for a celestial co-ordinate system, then an epoch value is needed to qualify it. This is the epoch at which the supplied sky position was determined. It should be given as a decimal years value, with or without decimal places ("1996.8" for example). Such values are interpreted as a Besselian epoch if less than 1984.0 and as a Julian epoch otherwise.
EPOCHOUT = _DOUBLE (Read)
If a ‘Sky Co-ordinate System’ specification is supplied (using Parameter FRAMEOUT) for a celestial co-ordinate system, then an epoch value is needed to qualify it. This is the epoch at which the transformed sky position is required. It should be given as a decimal years value, with or without decimal places ("1996.8" for example). Such values are interpreted as a Besselian epoch if less than 1984.0 and as a Julian epoch otherwise.
FRAMEIN = LITERAL (Read)
A string specifying the co-ordinate Frame in which the input position is supplied (see Parameter POSIN). If a null parameter value is supplied, then the current Frame in the NDF is used. The string can be one of the following:

  • A domain name  such as SKY, AXIS, PIXEL. The two ‘pseudo-domains’ WORLD and DATA may be supplied and will be translated into PIXEL and AXIS respectively, so long as the WCS component of the NDF does not contain Frames with these domains.

  • An integer value giving the index of the required Frame within the WCS component.

  • An IRAS90 Sky Co-ordinate System (SCS) values such as "EQUAT(J2000)" (see SUN/163).

FRAMEOUT = LITERAL (Read)
A string specifying the co-ordinate Frame in which the transformed position is required. If a null parameter value is supplied, then the current Frame in the NDF is used. The string can be one of the following:

  • A domain name such as SKY, AXIS, PIXEL. The two ‘pseudo-domains’ WORLD and DATA may be supplied and will be translated into PIXEL and AXIS respectively, so long as the WCS component of the NDF does not contain Frames with these domains.

  • An integer value giving the index of the required Frame within the WCS component.

  • An IRAS90 Sky Co-ordinate System (SCS) values such as "EQUAT(J2000)" (see SUN/163).

NDF = NDF (Read and Write)
The NDF data structure containing the required co-ordinate Frames.
POSIN = LITERAL (Read)
The co-ordinates of the position to be transformed, in the co-ordinate Frame specified by Parameter FRAMEIN (supplying a colon ":" will display details of the required co-ordinate Frame). The position should be supplied as a list of formatted axis values separated by spaces or commas.
QUIET = _LOGICAL (Read)
If TRUE, the transformed position is not written to the screen (it is still written to the output Parameter POSOUT). [FALSE]
SKYDEG = _INTEGER (Read)
If greater than zero, the values for any celestial longitude or latitude axes are formatted as decimal degrees, irrespective of the Format attributes in the NDF WCS component. The supplied integer value indicates the number of decimal places required. If the SKYDEG value is less than or equal to zero, the formats specified by the Format attributes in the WCS component are honoured. [0]

Results Parameters

POSOUT = LITERAL (Write)
The formatted co-ordinates of the transformed position, in the co-ordinate Frame specified by Parameter FRAMEOUT. The position will be stored as a list of formatted axis values separated by spaces or commas.

Examples:

wcstran m51 "100.1 21.5" pixel
This transforms the pixel position "100.1 21.5" into the current co-ordinate Frame of the NDF m51. The results are displayed on the screen and written to the output Parameter POSOUT.
wcstran m51 "1:00:00 -12:30" equ(B1950) pixel
This transforms the RA/DEC position "1:00:00 -12:30" (referred to the J2000 equinox) into pixel co-ordinates within the NDF m51. The results are written to the output Parameter POSOUT.
wcstran m51 "1:00:00 -12:30" equ(B1950) equ(j2000)
This is like the previous example except that the position is transformed into RA/DEC referred to the B1950 equinox, instead of pixel co-ordinates.

Notes:

Related Applications

KAPPA: LISTMAKE, LISTSHOW, NDFTRACE, WCSATTRIB, WCSFRAME.