Astro::Catalog module --------------------- What is it? ----------- The module is a generic object orientated astronomical catalogue object. Requirements ------------ While useful in itself as a generic catalogue object, the additional optionals Astro::Catalog::USNOA2 and Astro::Catalog::GSC modules provides an interfaces to the online USNO-A2 and Guide Star Catalogues provided by ESO/ST-ECF. The following external modules are required by the Astro::Catalog module and associated classes LWP::UserAgent Net::Domain File::Spec Carp all these modules, if not already installed, are available from CPAN. Provides -------- The package provides the following classes Astro::Catalog Astro::Catalog::Star Astro::Catalog::GSC::Query Astro::Catalog::USNOA2::Query further information can be found in the POD included in modules. Where can I get it? ------------------- The package is availabe from CPAN and from the eSTAR Project at http://www.estar.org.uk/ Installation ------------ Installation is automated using the ExtUtils::MakeMaker library % perl Makefile.PL % make % make test % make install Authors ------- The module was written by Alasdair Allan , of the University of Exeter Astrophysics Group (http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/) as part of his work for the eSTAR project. The latest version of the module includes patches supplied by Stephen Quinney of Durham University. License ------- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA