TelescopeDescription¶

class ctapipe.instrument.telescope.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