Module Hierarchy

• astCalc: module for performing common calculations
• astCoords: module for coordinate manipulation (conversions, calculations etc.)
• astImages: module for simple .fits image tasks (rotation, clipping out sections, making .pngs etc.)
• astPlots: module for producing simple .eps plots using gnuplot
• astStats: module for performing statistical calculations.
• astWCS: module for handling World Coordinate Systems (WCS)

Class Hierarchy

• astLib.astWCS.WCS: This class provides methods for accessing information from the World Coordinate System (WCS) contained in the header of a FITS image.