Package hirondelle.starfield.projection

Various projections of the celestial sphere onto a plane.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Projection	Project a star's location on the celestial sphere onto the plane of an image.

Class Summary

Class	Description
BehrmannProjection	Whole sky projection, variation of EqualAreaCylindricalProjection.
Coords	Struct to hold image pixel coords for a projected star location.
EqualAreaCylindricalProjection	Whole sky projection with many variations, according to the value of the 'standard latitude'.
EquiRectangularProjection	Whole sky projection; mathematically, this one has the simplest implementation.
HammerProjection	Whole sky projection, with boundary as a 2:1 ellipse.
MckinleyProjection	Half-sky projection, equal areas.
StereoscopicProjection	Half-sky projection, preserves small circles on the celestial sphere.
WholeSkyProjection	Template base class for whole-sky projections.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
Projector	Enumeration to indicate the desired Projection to be used in making the starfield image.

Package hirondelle.starfield.projection Description

Various projections of the celestial sphere onto a plane. The stereographic and McKinley projections are good defaults; they are the half-sky projections.