CCD Photometry with Mathematica

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CCDPhotometry`DisplayImage`

This package contains functions for displaying FITS image data.

DisplayImage[imobj] Display the data portion of the specified FITS image object in a graphical format.

Function to easily display the data potion of FITS image files

This loads the package

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Needs["CCDPhotometry`DisplayImage`"]

The following package is used to load FITS images

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Needs["CCDPhotometry`ImageLoad`"]

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data = ImageLoad[ToFileName["CCDPhotometry", "11080154.fit"]]

Out[3]=

⁃FITSObject⁃

Here is the graphical representation of a FITS image

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DisplayImage[data] ;

[Graphics:HTMLFiles/displayimage_6.gif]

Here, the PlotRange is adjusted so that the thermal noise is harder to see.

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DisplayImage[data, PlotRange {4, 75}] ;

[Graphics:HTMLFiles/displayimage_8.gif]

The following options can be used with DisplayImage

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Options[DisplayImage]

Out[6]=

{AspectRatio1, AxesFalse, AxesLabelNone, AxesOriginAutomatic ... Prolog {}, RotateLabelTrue, TextStyle$TextStyle, TicksAutomatic}

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