CameraDescription¶

class ctapipe.instrument.camera.description.CameraDescription(camera_name, geometry: ctapipe.instrument.camera.geometry.CameraGeometry, readout: ctapipe.instrument.camera.readout.CameraReadout)[source]¶

Bases: object

Describes a Cherenkov camera and its associated CameraGeometry and CameraReadout

Parameters

camera_name: str: Camera name (e.g. NectarCam, LSTCam, …)
geometry: CameraGeometry: The pixel geometry of this camera
readout: CameraReadout: The readout properties for this camera

Methods Summary

`from_name`(camera_name)	Construct a CameraDescription from a camera name
`get_known_camera_names`()	Returns a list of camera names that are available currently on the system.

Methods Documentation

classmethod from_name(camera_name)[source]¶

Construct a CameraDescription from a camera name

Parameters

camera_name: str: Camera name (e.g. NectarCam, LSTCam, …)

Returns

CameraDescription

classmethod get_known_camera_names()[source]¶

Returns a list of camera names that are available currently on the system. Beware that the from_name method also tries to download camera descriptions from the data server, so this list might not be exhaustive.

Returns

list(str)