fits_warp
Aim: Warp catalogues and images to remove the distorting affect of the ionosphere.
Authors: Natasha Hurley-Walker and Paul Hancock
Usage
usage: fits_warp.py [-h] [--xm XM] [--infits INFITS] [--suffix SUFFIX]
[--ra1 RA1] [--dec1 DEC1] [--ra2 RA2] [--dec2 DEC2]
[--plot] [--smooth SMOOTH] [--incat INCAT]
[--refcat REFCAT] [--xmcat XM] [--corrected CORRECTED]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Warping input/output files:
--xm XM A .fits binary or VO table. The crossmatch between the
reference and source catalogue.
--infits INFITS The fits image(s) to be corrected; enclose in quotes
for globbing.
--suffix SUFFIX The suffix to append to rename the output (corrected)
fits image(s); e.g., specifying "warp" will result in
an image like image_warp.fits (no default; if not
supplied, no correction will be performed).
catalog column names:
--ra1 RA1 The column name for ra (degrees) for source catalogue.
--dec1 DEC1 The column name for dec (degrees) for source
catalogue.
--ra2 RA2 The column name for ra (degrees) for reference
catalogue.
--dec2 DEC2 The column name for dec (degrees) for reference
catalogue.
Other:
--plot Plot the offsets and models (default = False)
--smooth SMOOTH Smoothness parameter to give to the radial basis
function (default = 300 pix)
Crossmatching input/output files:
--incat INCAT Input catalogue to be warped.
--refcat REFCAT Input catalogue to be warped.
--xmcat XM Output cross match catalogue
--corrected CORRECTED
Output corrected version of input catalogue
Bugs/Questions
Please use the GitHub issue tracker to submit bug reports, feature requests, or questions.
Credit
If you use fits_warp in your work please Cite Hurley-Walker and Hancock 2018 (in prep)