SAOImage DS9
SAOImage DS9 is an open source astronomical imaging and data
visualization
application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame
buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps.
It provides for easy communication with external analysis tasks and is
highly configurable and extensible via XPA and SAMP.
DS9 is the next version of the popular SAOtng display program.
It is
a Tk/Tcl application which utilizes the SAOtk widget set. It also
incorporates the new X Public Access (XPA) mechanism to allow external
processes to access and control its data, GUI functions, and
algorithms. DS9 supports the direct display of FITS images and binary
tables, multiple frame buffers, region cursor manipulation, many scale
algorithms and colormaps, and easy communication with external analysis
tasks. It is highly configurable and extensible to meet the evolving
needs of the astronomical community. SAOImage DS9 is composed of
approximately 20 open source packages.
DS9 is a Tcl/Tk application. The GUI is implemented as
a very thin layer of Tk. The first release of SAOImage DS9
was made available in 1999.
Features include:
- Configurable graphical user interface
- Analysis functionality includes:
- Pixel Table
- Mask Parameters
- Contours
- curves along which the pixels have a constant value. DS9 can create
and display contours as an overlay on a data image
- Coordinate Grids - create and display coordinate grids as
an overlay on an image
- Smoothing - implemented on a per-channel basis for RGB
- Name Resolution
- Image Servers:
- SAO-DSS
- ESO-DSS I/II
- STSCI-DSS I/II
- IPAC-2MASS
- NRAO-VLA FIRST
- NRAO-NVSS
- HEASARC-SkyView
- Archives:
- NVO Image Mosaic Service
- Chandra
- ROSAT All-Sky (MPE/MPG)
- NVSS (NRAO)
- 4MASS (NRAO)
- SIRTF FLS/VLA (NRAO)
- VLA First (NRAO)
- Full support for loading, displaying, filtering and
saving catalogs
- Overlay symbols from multiple catalogs on the current
image
- Database: NED, SIMBAD, DENIS, SkyBot
- Optical:
ASCC-2.5, Carlsberg Meridian 14, GSC 1.2, GSC 2.2, GSC 2.3, AC 2000.2,
NOMAD, PPMX, SAO J2000, SDSS Release 5, SDSS Release 6, SDSS Release 7,
SDSS Release 8, Tycho-2, USNO-A2.0, USNO-B1.0, USNO UCAC2, USNO UCAC2
Bright Star Sup, USNO UCAC3
- Infrared: 2MASS Point Sources, IRAS Point Sources
- High Energy: Chandra Source, 2XMMi Source, Second ROSAT
PSPC
- Radio: FIRST Survey, NVSS
- Observation Logs: Chandra Archive, CFHT, Exposures, ESO
Science Archive, HST Archive, XMM Observation
- Catalog Tool
- Line Plot Tool
- Bar Plot Tool
- Scatter Plot Tool
- Virtual Observatory:
- Chandra-Ed Archive Server
- New Rutgers X-ray Analysis Server
- Back-up Rutgers X-ray Analysis Server
- Analysis Command Log
- Supports advanced features including:
- 2-D, 3-D and RGB frame buffers
- Mosaic images
- Tiling
- Blinking
- Geometric markers
- Colormap manipulation
- Scaling
- Arbitrary zoom
- Cropping
- Rotation
- Pan
- Variety of coordinate systems
- Catalog matching
- Enhanced Plot Tool
- Interactive region analysis
- Backup and Restore
- File
Formats supported: FITS, FITS Image, FITS Table, FITS Binary Events
Table, FITS HEALPIX Table, FITS Data Cube, FITS Multiple Extension Data
Cube, FITS Multiple Extension Multiple Frames, FITS Mosaic, FITS Mosaic
Data Cube, FITS RGB, Split FITS, Photo, Data Array, External Format
Support, External Analysis Support, Region Files, Color Lookup Table,
WCS, Preference File, Startup File, and TCL
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