TelescopeDescription

class ctapipe.instrument.TelescopeDescription(name: str, tel_type: str, optics: ctapipe.instrument.optics.OpticsDescription, camera: ctapipe.instrument.camera.description.CameraDescription)[source]

Bases: object

Describes a Cherenkov Telescope and its associated OpticsDescription and CameraDescription

Attributes
name: str

Telescope name

tel_type: str

Telescope type

optics: OpticsDescription

the optics associated with this telescope

camera: CameraDescription

the camera associated with this telescope

Methods Summary

from_name(optics_name, camera_name)

construct a TelescopeDescription from a name (telescope description string)

Methods Documentation

classmethod from_name(optics_name, camera_name)[source]

construct a TelescopeDescription from a name (telescope description string)

Parameters
camera_name: str

camera name

optics_name: str

optics name (e.g. LST, or SST-ASTRI), also called telescope_description

Returns
TelescopeDescription