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-regionoptions:
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/