DS9 User Guide.7z

Table of Contents

.................. 1DS9 Users Manual

.......... 1 SAOImage DS9 Users Manual

............. 2Introduction to the ds9 Interface - DS9

............... 2Introduction to the ds9 Interface

.................... 2Synopsis

.................... 2Contents

.................. 2The ds9 Interface

................ 3Figure 1: The ds9 GUI

................... 83. Panner

................. 8Figure 6: Panner

.................. 94. Magnifier

................. 9Figure 7: Magnifier

................... 95. Buttons

................. 9Figure 8: Buttons

................. 96. Display frame

.............. 10Figure 9: Tiled frame display

.................. 117. Colorbar

................. 11Figure 10: Colorbar

.................... 13Contents

.................. 14Getting Started

......... 14Figure 1: Data loaded with default buffer and bin size

................ 16Figure 2: The Bin menu

................... 17Buffer Size

............. 17Figure 3: Buffer size set to 128x128

............ 19Figure 4: Buffer size set to 4096x4096

.................. 21Binning Basics

............... 21Changing the binning factor

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............... 26Figure 9: Data Cube dialog box

............... 26Figure 10: Viewing a data cube

.................... 28Filtering Data

................. 28Figure 11: Filtering data

..................... 30History

.................... 31Contours - DS9

..................... 31Contours

..................... 31Synopsis

..................... 31Contents

................ 31Creating Contours on a Dataset

............... 37Converting to Polygons and Saving

..................... 37History

............ 38Create a True Color Image in an RGB frame - DS9

............. 38Create a True Color Image in an RGB frame

..................... 38Synopsis

..................... 38Contents

................. 38Creating an RGB Frame

................ 39A. From the command line

................. 39B. From the ds9 GUI

................. 39Figure 1: RGB window

................ 45Adjusting the Scale Parameters

........... 45Figure 6: The adjusted pixel distribution for scaling

................. 46Adding a Coordinate Grid

........... 47Figure 7: Coordinate Grid parameters dialog box

........ 47Figure 8: Final three-color image with coordinate grid overlaid

................... 48Saving the Output

..................... 49History

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........ 52Figure 2: Command line: x-ray and optical data with contours

................... 54XPA Scripting

............. 54Figure 3: XPA: x-ray data with contours

.......... 56Figure 4: XPA: x-ray and optical data with contours

............ 58SAMP: Simple Application Messaging Protocol

..................... 58History

.................... 59Catalogs - DS9

..................... 59Catalogs

..................... 59Synopsis

..................... 59Contents

................. 65Clearing Catalog Sources

.................. 65Sorting and Filtering

.......... 65Figure 4: 2MASS Sources Sorted by Decreasing Jmag

............ 67Figure 5: Filtering 2MASS Sources: Jmag<14

......... 68Figure 6: Filtering 2MASS Sources: Jmag<14 or Jmag>16.5

........... 69Specifying Symbols with Conditional Expressions

............. 69Figure 7: Symbol Editing: Jmag<14 Rule

.......... 70Figure 8: Symbol Editing: Jmag<14 Sources Displayed

.......... 71Figure 9: Symbol Editing: Jmag>16.5 Sources Added

........... 72Figure 10: Symbol Editing: Rule to Add a Label

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SAOImage DS9 Users Manual

The DS9 Users Manual leads the user step-by-step through many features of ds9, such as data binning and

contours. For an in-depth description of all of ds9’s capabilities, refer to the Reference Manual

Introduction to the ds9 Interface

Binning and Filtering FITS Event Files

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