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authordencheva <dencheva@stsci.edu>2010-09-22 15:30:12 -0400
committerdencheva <dencheva@stsci.edu>2010-09-22 15:30:12 -0400
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Moved utils from stwcs to updatewcs
git-svn-id: http://svn.stsci.edu/svn/ssb/stsci_python/stsci_python/trunk/stwcs@10375 fe389314-cf27-0410-b35b-8c050e845b92
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+from __future__ import division # confidence high
+
+def diff_angles(a,b):
+ """
+ Perform angle subtraction a-b taking into account
+ small-angle differences across 360degree line.
+ """
+
+ diff = a - b
+
+ if diff > 180.0:
+ diff -= 360.0
+
+ if diff < -180.0:
+ diff += 360.0
+
+ return diff
+
+def getBinning(fobj, extver=1):
+ # Return the binning factor
+ binned = 1
+ if fobj[0].header['INSTRUME'] == 'WFPC2':
+ mode = fobj[0].header.get('MODE', "")
+ if mode == 'AREA': binned = 2
+ else:
+ binned = fobj['SCI', extver].header.get('BINAXIS',1)
+ return binned
+