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quanta.fits - Function

1.5.1 define some FITS units


Description

fits defines some unit names used in reading and writing FITS files.

Arguments





Inputs

Returns
bool

Example

 
 
"""  
#  
print "\t----\t fits Ex 1 \t----"  
print qa.fits()  
#True  
print qa.map(’user’)  
#        == User ====  
#        BEAM      (dimensionless beam)         1 _  
#        DAYS      (day)                        86400 s  
#        DEG       (degree)                     0.0174532925199 rad  
#        DEGREES   (degree)                     0.0174532925199 rad  
#        HZ        (hertz)                      1 s-1  
#        JY        (jansky)                     1e-26 kg.s-2  
#        KELVIN    (kelvin)                     1 K  
#        KELVINS   (kelvin)                     1 K  
#        KM        (km)                         1000 m  
#        M         (meter)                      1 m  
#        METERS    (meter)                      1 m  
#        PASCAL    (pascal)                     1 m-1.kg.s-2  
#        PIXEL     (dimensionless pixel)        1 _  
#        S         (second)                     1 s  
#        SEC       (second)                     1 s  
#        SECONDS   (second)                     1 s  
#        VOLTS     (volt)                       1 m2.kg.s-3.A-1  
#        YEAR      (year)                       31557600 s  
#        YEARS     (year)                       31557600 s  
#  
"""  
 

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