This class allows FITS binary and ASCII tables to be accessed via a common interface. This class is abstract (MustInherit in Visual Basic)abstractMustInherit and so cannot be instantiated.
The following tables list the members exposed by TableHDU.
Protected Fields
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isPrimary | Is this the first HDU in a FITS file? (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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myData | The associated data unit. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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myHeader | The associated header. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
Public Properties
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Author | Return the name of the person who compiled the information in the data associated with this header. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Axes | (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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BitPix | (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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BlankValue | (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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BScale | Returns the value oF BSCALE from HDU The value field shall contain a floating point number.The default value for this keyword os 1.0 (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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BUnit | The value shall contain a character String, describing the physical units in which the quantities in the array, after application of BSCALE and BZERO,are expressed. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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BZero | Returns the value oF BZero from HDU This keyword shall be used, along with the BSCALE keyword The default value for this keyword is 0.0. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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ColumnKeyStems | Get the stems of the keywords that are associated with table columns. Users can supplement this with their own and call the appropriate deleteColumns fields. |
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CreationDate | Get the FITS file creation date as a Date object. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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CurrentColumn | |
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Data | Get the associated Data object (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Epoch | Get the equinox in years for the celestial coordinate system in which positions given in either the header or data are expressed. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Equinox | Get the equinox in years for the celestial coordinate system in which positions given in either the header or data are expressed. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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FileOffset | Get the starting offset of the HDU (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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GroupCount | Returns the value oF GCOUNT from HDU (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Header | Get the associated header (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Instrument | Get the name of the instrument which was used to acquire the data in this FITS file. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Kernel | Get the non-FITS data object (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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MaximumValue | Return the minimum valid value in the array. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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MinimumValue | Return the minimum valid value in the array. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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NCols | Get the number of columns for this table |
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NRows | Get/set the number of rows for this table |
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Object | Get the name of the observed object in this FITS file. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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ObservationDate | Get the FITS file observation date as a Date object. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Observer | Get the name of the person who acquired the data in this FITS file. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Origin | Get the name of the organization which created this FITS file. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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ParameterCount | Returns the value oF PCOUNT from HDU (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Reference | Return the citation of a reference where the data associated with this header are published. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Rewriteable | Is the HDU rewriteable (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Size | Get the total size in bytes of the HDU. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Telescope | Get the name of the telescope which was used to acquire the data in this FITS file. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
Public Methods
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AddColumn | |
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AddRow | |
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AddValue | Overloaded. Add boolean information to the header (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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DeleteColumnsIndexOne | Overloaded. Delete a set of columns from a table. |
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DeleteColumnsIndexZero | Overloaded. Delete a set of columns from a table. |
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DeleteRows | Overloaded. Remove all rows from the table starting at some specific index from the table. Inspired by a routine by R. Mathar but re-implemented using the DataTable and changes to AsciiTable so that it can be done easily for both Binary and ASCII tables. |
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Equals | Determines whether the specified |
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FindColumn | |
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GetColumn | Overloaded. |
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GetColumnFormat | Get the FITS type of a column in the table. |
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GetColumnName | Get the name of a column in the table. |
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GetElement | |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. |
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GetRow | |
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GetTrimmedString | Get the String value associated with keyword (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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GetType | Gets the |
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Info | Print out some information about this HDU. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Read | Read out the HDU from the data stream. This will overwrite any existing header and data components. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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ReadData | Read in the Data object for this HDU. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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Rewrite | Rewrite the HDU. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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SetColumn | Overloaded. |
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SetColumnName | |
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SetElement | |
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SetRow | |
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SkipData | Skip the Data object for this HDU. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
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ToString | Returns a |
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Write | Write out the HDU. (inherited from BasicHDU) |
Protected Methods
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Finalize | Allows an |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current |