Nadia Dencheva

pixel area computation

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Add a function to compute the area of a pixel in certain coordinate frame.

improve documentation

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This is a list of "desired" examples which came from Python in Astronomy meeting in Leiden. - [ ] An example of separating optical distortion from atmospheric effects - [...

celestial frames assume 2 axes

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This isn't always the case as some of the frames have 3 axes. Also #21

Read a GWCS object from a FITS file

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Something like this (in a function or method): ``` from asdf.fits_embed import AsdfInFits fa = AsdfInFits.open('miri_assign_wcs.fits') wcsobj = fa.tree['meta']['wcs'] data = fa.tree['data'] ``` @pllim

Consider adding an optional "description" attribute to CooridnateFrame

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The purpose is to give a short description of what the frame is - useful with custom frames. The attribute should be added to the schema, the tag and the...

The WCS transform should be able to use non-coordinate inputs

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It should be possible to pass non-coordinate inputs to the WCS transform and evaluate it accordingly. Examples include `slit name` or `spectral order`. This should be implemented in a general...

On ReadTheDocs I see this warning for wfc3tools: ``` Your project(s) "stistarg, wfc3tools, stsci-env" don't have a configuration file. Configuration files will soon be required by projects, and will no...

GWCS has a bug where the inverse transform does not respect the bounding_box. This leads to unexpected results that affect other applications. The GWCS bud is fixed in https://github.com/spacetelescope/gwcs/pull/498 This...