Plate.RemoveWCS() Method
Removes all World Coordinate System and distprtion coefficient info from the FITS header
Syntax
Plate.RemoveWCS()
The method syntax has these parts:
| Part |
Description |
| Return (Boolean) |
Always True (this is a "best efforts" operation) |
Remarks
This will remove all World Coordinates System fields, as well as the PinPoint distortion mapping coefficients, from the FITS header of the attached image.
NOTE:You must write the modified image back out (Plate.UpdateFITS()) for this to be permanent.
The fields that will be removed are
- CRTYPE1
- CRTYPE2
- CRVAL1
- CRVAL2
- CRPIX1
- CRPIX2
- CDELT1
- CDELT2
- CROTA1
- CROTA2
- CD1_1
- CD1_2
- CD2_1
- CD2_2
- TR1_1 through TR1_50
- TR2_1 through TR2_50
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