NAME

Astro::Catalog::IO::Simple - Simple Input/Output format

SYNOPSIS

    $catalog = Astro::Catalog::IO::Simple->_read_catalog(\@lines);
    $lines = Astro::Catalog::IO::Simple->_write_catalog($catalog);
    Astro::Catalog::IO::Simple->_default_file();

DESCRIPTION

Performs simple IO, reading or writing "id_string hh mm ss.s +dd mm ss.s" formated strings for each Astro::Catalog::Item object in the catalog.

FORMAT

The Simple format is defined as follows: Any line that looks like

    ID  HH MM SS.SS +/-DD MM SS.SS TYPE # Comment

will be matched. A space is allowed between the sign and the declination. The type is optional (as is the comment) and can be one of J2000, B1950, GALACTIC, AZEL or SUPERGALACTIC or the JCMT abbreviations (RJ, RB, GA or AZ). If TYPE is not present J2000 is assumed.

COPYRIGHT

This module was written as part of the eSTAR project in collaboration with the Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) in Hawaii and is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License.

AUTHORS

Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk> Tim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>