uk.ac.starlink.topcat.func

Class SuperCosmos

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.topcat.func.SuperCosmos

public class SuperCosmos
extends Object

Specialist display functions for use with the SuperCOSMOS survey. These functions display cutout images from the various archives hosted at the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys (http://www-wfau.roe.ac.uk/sss/). In most cases these cover the whole of the southern sky.

Since:

1 Oct 2004

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	SSS_BASE_URL Base URL for SuperCOSMOS image cutout service.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	sssShowBlue(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image of default size from one of the blue-band surveys from SuperCOSMOS.
static String	sssShowCutout(double ra, double dec) Displays a cutout image of default size in one of the available bands from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys.
static String	sssShowCutout(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image in one of the available bands from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys.
static String	sssShowEsoR(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys ESO R-band survey.
static String	sssShowPossE(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys Palomar E-band survey.
static String	sssShowRed(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image of default size from one of the red-band surveys from SuperCOSMOS.
static String	sssShowUkstB(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys UK Schmidt Telescope Bj-band survey.
static String	sssShowUkstI(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys UK Schmidt Telescope I-band survey.
static String	sssShowUkstR(double ra, double dec, int pixels) Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys UK Schmidt Telescope R-band survey.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SSS_BASE_URL

public static final String SSS_BASE_URL

Base URL for SuperCOSMOS image cutout service.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

sssShowCutout

public static String sssShowCutout(double ra,
                                   double dec,
                                   int pixels)

Displays a cutout image in one of the available bands from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys. The displayed image is square, and pixels pixels in the X and Y dimensions. Pixels are approximately 0.67 arcsec square. Sky coverage is complete.

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowCutout

public static String sssShowCutout(double ra,
                                   double dec)

Displays a cutout image of default size in one of the available bands from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys. Sky coverage is complete.

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

Returns:

short log message

sssShowBlue

public static String sssShowBlue(double ra,
                                 double dec,
                                 int pixels)

Displays a cutout image of default size from one of the blue-band surveys from SuperCOSMOS. Sky coverage is complete.

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowRed

public static String sssShowRed(double ra,
                                double dec,
                                int pixels)

Displays a cutout image of default size from one of the red-band surveys from SuperCOSMOS. Sky coverage is complete.

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowUkstB

public static String sssShowUkstB(double ra,
                                  double dec,
                                  int pixels)

Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys UK Schmidt Telescope Bj-band survey. The displayed image is square, and pixels pixels in the X and Y dimensions. Pixels are approximately 0.67 arcsec square.

Sky coverage is -90<Dec<+2.5 (degrees).

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowUkstR

public static String sssShowUkstR(double ra,
                                  double dec,
                                  int pixels)

Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys UK Schmidt Telescope R-band survey. The displayed image is square, and pixels pixels in the X and Y dimensions. Pixels are approximately 0.67 arcsec square.

Sky coverage is -90<Dec<+2.5 (degrees).

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowUkstI

public static String sssShowUkstI(double ra,
                                  double dec,
                                  int pixels)

Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys UK Schmidt Telescope I-band survey. The displayed image is square, and pixels pixels in the X and Y dimensions. Pixels are approximately 0.67 arcsec square.

Sky coverage is -90<Dec<+2.5 (degrees).

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowEsoR

public static String sssShowEsoR(double ra,
                                 double dec,
                                 int pixels)

Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys ESO R-band survey. The displayed image is square, and pixels pixels in the X and Y dimensions. Pixels are approximately 0.67 arcsec square.

Sky coverage is -90<Dec<+2.5 (degrees).

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message

sssShowPossE

public static String sssShowPossE(double ra,
                                  double dec,
                                  int pixels)

Displays a cutout image taken from the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys Palomar E-band survey. The displayed image is square, and pixels pixels in the X and Y dimensions. Pixels are approximately 0.67 arcsec square.

Sky coverage is -20.5<Dec<+2.5 (degrees).

Parameters:

ra - right ascension of image centre in degrees

dec - declination of image centre in degrees

pixels - dimension of the displayed image

Returns:

short log message