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dataType Ellipse

extends Shape

an elliptical region on the sky

«dataType»Ellipseivoa:real major_axisivoa:real minor_axisadqlgeom:Point centerivoa:real pos_angle«dataType»Shape

Members

name type mult description
major_axis ivoa:real major axis size in radians
minor_axis ivoa:real minor axis size in radians
center Point the centre of the circle
pos_angle ivoa:real The position angle pos is defined as a counterclockwise rotation around the ellipse center and is zero, if the ellipse is “parallel to the equator”