RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup / RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata

Provide functionality to print a summary of UVData object's UVParameters

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enhancement UVData
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Description

Although UVParameter attributes can be individually accessed, providing a functionality of a convenience function that prints the summary of the parameters, somewhat along the lines of a FITS header or something equivalent in one go for a quick view will be useful. This applies to metadata, usually small arrays and scalars that can be printed nicely.

See the CASA page here for examples -- https://casa.nrao.edu/casadocs-devel/stable/imaging/image-analysis/dealing-with-image-headers

Even though that page deals with FITS images as examples, an equivalent functionality can be provided for the UVData object.

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Research direction

Start by reading the UVData object and its UVParameter attributes to understand which metadata, arrays, and scalars should be included. Use the linked CASA examples as a reference, and consider the work complete when UVData provides a convenient one-call summary with readable parameter output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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