astscript-fits-view

NAME

astscript-fits-view - View FITS images in DS9 and tables in TOPCAT based on contents

SYNOPSIS

astscript-fits-view [ OPTION] FITS-file(s)

DESCRIPTION

This script is part of GNU Astronomy Utilities 0.19. This script will take any number of FITS inputs and will pass them to TOPCAT or SAO DS9 depending on the the first input FITS file: if it contains an image HDU, the files will be passed to SAO DS9, otherwise, to TOPCAT. 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-fits-view

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

astscript-fits-view options:

Input:

-h, --hdu=STR

Extension name or number of input data.

Output:

-g, --ds9geometry=INTxINT Size of DS9 window, e.g., for HD (800x1000) and

for 4K (1800x3000). If not given, the script will attempt to find your screen resolution and find a good match, otherwise, use the default size.

-e, --ds9extra=STR

Extra options to pass to DS9 after default ones.

-s, --ds9scale=STR

Custom value to '-scale' option in DS9.

-O, --ds9mode=img/wcs

Coord system to interpret '--ds9center' (img/wcs).

-m, --ds9colorbarmulti

Separate color bars for each loaded image.

-p, --prefix=STR

Directory containing DS9 or TOPCAT executables.

Operating mode:

-?, --help

Print this help list.

--cite

BibTeX citation for this program.

-q, --quiet

Don't print any extra information in stdout.

-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/

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to [email protected].

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020-2022 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 and Sepideh Eskandarlou

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for astscript-fits-view is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and astscript-fits-view programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info astscript-fits-view

should give you access to the complete manual.