astscript-ds9-region - Create an SAO DS9 region file from a table
astscript-ds9-region [
OPTION]
FITS-files
This script is part of GNU Astronomy Utilities 0.19.
This script will take two column names (or numbers) and return a "region
file" (with one region over each entry) for easy inspection of catalog
entries in this SAO DS9.
For more information, please run any of the following commands. In particular
the first contains a very comprehensive explanation of this script's
invocation: expected input(s), output(s), and a full description of all the
options.
- Inputs/Outputs and options:
- $ info astscript-ds9-region
- Full Gnuastro manual/book:
- $ info gnuastro
If you couldn't find your answer in the manual, you can get direct help from
experienced Gnuastro users and developers. For more information, please run:
- $ info help-gnuastro
- Input:
-
-h, --hdu=STR
- HDU/extension of all input FITS files.
-
-c, --column=STR,STR
- Columns to use as coordinates (name or number).
-
-m, --mode=wcs|img
- Coordinates in WCS or image (default: wcs)
-
-n, --namecol=STR
- ID of each region (name or number of a column)
- Output:
-
-C, --color
- Color for the regions (read by DS9).
-
-w, --width
- Line thickness of the regions (in DS9).
-
-r, --radius
- Radius of each region (arcseconds if in WCS mode).
-
-D, --dontdelete
- Don't delete output if it exists.
-
-o, --output=STR
- Name of output file.
-
--command="STR"
- DS9 command to run after making region.
- Operating mode:
- -?, --help
- Print this help list.
- --cite
- BibTeX citation for this program.
-
-V, --version
- Print program version.
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
GNU Astronomy Utilities home page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuastro/
Report bugs to
[email protected].
Copyright © 2015-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
General public license version 3 or later.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written/developed by Mohammad Akhlaghi
The full documentation for
astscript-ds9-region is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the
info and
astscript-ds9-region programs
are properly installed at your site, the command
- info astscript-ds9-region
should give you access to the complete manual.