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imagerpositiontest.get_beam - Function



Package synthesis
Module synthesistester
Tool imagerpositiontest


Get the restoring beam plus some extra info from the restored image.


Synopsis
get_beam()


Description
Get the restoring beam. The returned record has the following fields: major, minor, positionangle, ra, and dec. The last two are the beam FWHM in right ascension and declination. All returned fields are quantities; ie, they are records themselves having fields called value and unit.



Returns
Record or fail


Example
- include 'imagerpositiontest.g';
- ipt := imagerpositiontest();
- ipt.dotests();
- beam := ipt.beam()
- beam;
[major=[value=0.695572555, unit=arcsec], minor=[value=0.623729467, unit=arcsec], 
positionangle=[value=-11.487915, unit=deg], ra=[value=0.626736009, unit=arcsec], 
dec=[value=0.69286478, unit=arcsec]]





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