Bug#289371: ITP: saods9 -- astronomical image tool
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : saods9
Version : 3.0.3
Upstream Author : William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu>
* URL : http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/
* License : GPL2
Description : astronomical image tool
DS9 is an application for astronomical imaging and data
visualization.
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DS9 is the modern imtool used by astronomers. It is most
distinguished by its support for displaying 16 bit greyscale images
(such as FITS). Most tools (such as GIMP and Photoshop) will read an
approximation to such files, and only store the most significant 8
bits of data. DS9 works in full precision, and uses various display
parameters to map input data of high dynamic-range such as to be
displayed on the screen.
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Available parameters include: brightness, contrast, false color, and
nonlinear input mapping (such as logarithm, square root, square,
etc.)
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Although it may be useful in other fields, DS9 includes a fair number
of features specific to astronomy. There is an astronomical "name
resolver" which allows a lookup of an arbitrary named object to its
coordinates. Given the coordinates of a field, online archive
servers may be queried, and an image retrieved. DS9 thusly
implements a preliminary "Virtual Observatory".
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DS9 is entirely controllable from external programs ("XPA"), which
simplifies complex tasks such as realtime or batch analysis.
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Images may be aligned by their WCS (World Coordinate System)
keywords, and then "blinked" to search for moving objects.
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Homepage: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (101, 'testing'), (99, 'unstable'), (9, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10Y
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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