astscript-ds9-region1

Create an sao ds9 region file from a table

Usage

astscript-ds9-region [OPTION] FITS-files

Overview

This script is part of GNU Astronomy Utilities 0.23.

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

astscript-ds9-region options:

: 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/

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.