SAOImage DS9 Users Manual
Introduction to the ds9 Interface
Synopsis
Contents
The ds9 Interface
Figure 1: The ds9 GUI
Figure 2: The ds9 GUI, vertical layout
1. Menu bar
Figure 3: Menu bar
Figure 4: Tearing off a Menu
2. Information panel
Figure 5: Information panel
3. Panner
Figure 6: Panner
4. Magnifier
Figure 7: Magnifier
5. Buttons
Figure 8: Buttons
6. Display frame
Figure 9: Tiled frame display
7. Colorbar
Figure 10: Colorbar
Setting and Saving View Preferences
Figure 11: Preferences dialog box
History
Binning and Filtering FITS Event Files
Synopsis
Contents
Getting Started
Figure 1: Data loaded with default buffer and bin size
Figure 2: The Bin menu
Buffer Size
Figure 3: Buffer size set to 128x128
Figure 4: Buffer size set to 4096x4096
Binning Basics
Changing the binning factor
Figure 5: Data binned by a factor of 4
Binning different columns
Figure 6: The Binning Parameter dialog
Figure 7: Image binned in detector coordinates
Data Cubes: Binning in three dimensions
Figure 8: Binning Parameter dialog for a data cube
Figure 9: Data Cube dialog box
Figure 10: Viewing a data cube
Filtering Data
Figure 11: Filtering data
History
Contours
Synopsis
Contents
Creating Contours on a Dataset
Figure 1: Contour Parameters dialog box
Figure 2: X-ray data with contours
Copying the Contours to Another Frame
Figure 3: SAO-DSS Server dialog box
Figure 4: X-ray and optical data with contours
Saving the Contours
Converting to Polygons and Saving
History
Create a True Color Image in an RGB frame
Synopsis
Contents
Creating an RGB Frame
A. From the command line
B. From the ds9 GUI
Figure 1: RGB window
Figure 2: Lock menu in the RGB window
Figure 3: RGB frame with three files loaded
Apply Energy Filters
Figure 4: Energy-filtered RGB data
Smoothing the Data (optional)
Figure 5: Data smoothed with a Gaussian of radius three
Adjusting the Scale Parameters
Figure 6: The adjusted pixel distribution for scaling
Adding a Coordinate Grid
Figure 7: Coordinate Grid parameters dialog box
Figure 8: Final three-color image with coordinate grid overlaid
Saving the Output
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Scripting ds9
Synopsis
Contents
Command-line Scripting
Figure 1: Command line: x-ray data with contours
Figure 2: Command line: x-ray and optical data with contours
XPA Scripting
Figure 3: XPA: x-ray data with contours
Figure 4: XPA: x-ray and optical data with contours
SAMP: Simple Application Messaging Protocol
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Catalogs
Synopsis
Contents
Displaying a Catalog
Figure 1: 2MASS Sources for the Antennae Galaxies
Figure 2: Catalog Tool of 2MASS Sources
Selecting Sources with the Cursor
Displaying Multiple Catalogs
Figure 3: CSC and 2MASS Sources for the Antennae Galaxies
Clearing Catalog Sources
Sorting and Filtering
Figure 4: 2MASS Sources Sorted by Decreasing Jmag
Figure 5: Filtering 2MASS Sources: Jmag<14
Figure 6: Filtering 2MASS Sources: Jmag<14 or Jmag>16.5
Specifying Symbols with Conditional Expressions
Figure 7: Symbol Editing: Jmag<14 Rule
Figure 8: Symbol Editing: Jmag<14 Sources Displayed
Figure 9: Symbol Editing: Jmag>16.5 Sources Added
Figure 10: Symbol Editing: Rule to Add a Label
Figure 11: Symbol Editing: Jmag Labels Displayed
Saving the Sources: Catalog Files and Region Files
Citing a Catalog in Publication
History