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Label(axis) - Axis label   

Description:
This attribute specifies a label to be attached to each axis of a Frame when it is represented (e.g.) in graphical output. If a Label value has not been set for a Frame axis, then a suitable default is supplied.

Type:
String.

Class Applicability:
Frame
The default supplied by the Frame class is the string "Axis <n>", where <n> is 1, 2, etc. for each successive axis.
SkyFrame
The SkyFrame class re-defines the default Label value (e.g. to "Right ascension" or "Galactic latitude") as appropriate for the particular celestial coordinate system being represented.
FrameSet
The Label attribute of a FrameSet axis is the same as that of its current Frame (as specified by the Current attribute).

Notes:
  • Axis labels are intended purely for interpretation by human readers and not by software.
  • When specifying this attribute by name, it should be subscripted with the number of the Frame axis to which it applies.



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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