[fitswcs] Status of WCS negotiations

Mark Calabretta Mark.Calabretta at atnf.csiro.au
Tue Jul 21 04:10:29 EDT 1998


On Mon 1998/07/20 14:28:24 -0400, Don Wells wrote
in a message to: fitswcs at fits.cv.nrao.edu

>Is there any reason why this transformation cannot be represented by
>CDij?  

You can do it but rather inelegantly and with multiple CD matrices.  Part of
the argument was over the meaningfulness of physical units which can be
ascribed in such circumstances.  The formulation described is non-commital
in this respect.

Cheers, Mark




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