ds9regionToList

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Converts markers in a DS9 region file to pairs of RA,Dec in degrees. Useful as input to for aplpy's FITSFigure.show_markers().

Usage:

au.ds9regionToList(region)
  • region: the name of the ds9 region file (ASCII format)

Example:

Contents of reg file:
fk5;point(18:08:55.53410,-20:05:57.6700) # point=cross color=blue font="helvetica 24 bold"
fk5;point(18:08:55.53860,-20:05:57.5960) # point=cross color=blue font="helvetica 24 bold"
fk5;point(18:08:49.33870,-20:05:59.0020) # point=cross color=blue font="helvetica 24 bold"

CASA <30>: au.ds9regionToList('G10.29_6.7_ICUT0.5_GAIN0.15_CPARM_6SIGMA.reg')
  Out[30]:
[[272.23139208333339,
  272.23141083333331,
  272.20557791666664],
 [-20.099352777777781,
  -20.09933222222222,
  -20.099722777777778]]
-- ToddHunter - 2013-11-27
Topic revision: r1 - 2013-11-27, ToddHunter
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