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Representing the "butterfly" projection in FITS - projection code XPH

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2015-06-17 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The "butterfly" projection is constructed as the polar layout of the HEALPix projection with (H,K) = (4,3). This short article formalises its representation in FITS.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1308.6647,
  title  = {Representing the "butterfly" projection in FITS - projection code XPH},
  author = {Mark R. Calabretta and Stuart R. Lowe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.6647},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

2 pages, 1 figure. Accepted by Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) with open access

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