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- Description:
This is a read-only attribute giving the number of axes in a
Frame (i.e. the number of dimensions of the coordinate space
which the Frame describes). This value is determined when the
Frame is created.
- Type:
- Integer, read-only.
- Class Applicability:
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Frame
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All Frames have this attribute.
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FrameSet
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The Naxes attribute of a FrameSet is the same as that of its
current Frame (as specified by the Current attribute).
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CmpFrame
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The Naxes attribute of a CmpFrame is equal to the sum of the
Naxes values of its two component Frames.
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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
30th April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk
Copyright (C) 2003 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils