uk.ac.starlink.topcat.activate

Class TwoMass

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.topcat.activate.TwoMass

public class TwoMass
extends Object

Specialist functions for use with data from the 2MASS surveys.

Since:

8 Nov 2004

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Logger	logger
static String	TWOMASS_BASE_URL Base URL for the 2MASS image server cutout service.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TwoMass()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	showCutout2Mass(String label, double ra, double dec, int npix, char band) Displays a cutout image from the 2MASS image server around a given point.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

public static final Logger logger

TWOMASS_BASE_URL

public static final String TWOMASS_BASE_URL

Base URL for the 2MASS image server cutout service.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TwoMass

public TwoMass()

Method Detail

showCutout2Mass

public static String showCutout2Mass(String label,
                                     double ra,
                                     double dec,
                                     int npix,
                                     char band)

Displays a cutout image from the 2MASS image server around a given point.

Parameters:

label - viewer identification label

ra - right ascension in degrees

dec - declination in degrees

npix - number of pixels in X and Y dimensions (0.4 arcsec square)

band - band identifier: one of 'H', 'J' or 'K'

Returns:

short log message