Astro::Catalog module --------------------- What is it? ----------- The module is a generic object orientated astronomical catalogue object. Requirements ------------ While useful in itself as a generic catalogue object, the additional optionals Astro::Catalog::USNOA2 and Astro::Catalog::GSC modules provides an interfaces to the online USNO-A2 and Guide Star Catalogues provided by ESO/ST-ECF. The following external modules are required by the Astro::Catalog module and associated classes LWP::UserAgent Net::Domain File::Spec Carp all these modules, if not already installed, are available from CPAN. If you want to (optionally) use the Astro::Catalog::SuperCOSMOS module then the Astro::Aladin module and supporting CDS Java infrastructure must be installed. This is also needed, along with the Astro::DSS module, if you want to make use of the example scripts provided with the distribution. Provides -------- The package provides the following classes Astro::Catalog Astro::Catalog::Star Astro::Catalog::SuperCOSMOS::Query Astro::Catalog::GSC::Query Astro::Catalog::USNOA2::Query further information can be found in the POD included in modules. Where can I get it? ------------------- The package is availabe from CPAN and from the eSTAR Project at http://www.estar.org.uk/ Installation ------------ Installation is automated using the ExtUtils::MakeMaker library % perl Makefile.PL % make % make test % make install Authors ------- The module was written by Alasdair Allan , of the University of Exeter Astrophysics Group (http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/) as part of his work for the eSTAR project. The latest version of the module includes patches supplied by Stephen Quinney of Durham University, and Brad Cavanagh of the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hawaii. License ------- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA