[fitsbits] Primary & Alternate WCS Keyword Order

Phil Hodge hodge at stsci.edu
Sat Jun 30 11:52:55 EDT 2012


On 06/30/2012 11:17 AM, Mark Calabretta wrote:
> In that vein:
>
>    WCSAXESa -- [integer; default: NAXIS or largest of WCS indexes i or j
>    for representation 'a']
>    Number of coordinate elements in WCS description 'a'.  This keyword,
>    if present,_should_  precede all keywords for WCS description 'a',
>    except NAXIS.  Note that the value of WCSAXESa_may_  exceed the number
>    of pixel axes for the HDU, and that the default value of WCSAXESa may
>    differ for differing 'a'.

Did you mean that the value of WCSAXESa may differ for differing 'a', or 
just that the default value may differ?

Phil




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