[AstroPy] Project Examples

Thu Mar 29 07:13:54 EDT 2018

We also have examples at http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/openFITS/  -
which stretch the definition of "true coio(u)r" a bit but may help you.

Doug

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:51 AM Paul Kuin <npkuin at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes, it looks it has that as its new URL
>
> look here for the original site:
> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/resources/software.html
>
> There is also a python implementation (distributed in astroconda);
>
> and of course if you need to know more about fits: fits.gsfc.nasa.gov
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:00 PM, Kenneth Adam Miller <
> kennethadammiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> I think I just want to define a deformation for the wavelength
>> information for a given instrument into the human visible band, and just
>> map discrete intervals from other instruments into the human visible band.
>> Then I'll make lots of pictures starting out at a given interval with a
>> growing delta.
>>
>> ds9 is:
>> http://ds9.si.edu/site/Home.html
>> ??
>>
>> Thanks for the tips!
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Kenneth,
>>>
>>> those are great examples. I wrote some code a few years back to do much
>>> the same
>>> sort of thing and I ended up getting tied up in knots. Having examples
>>> like
>>> those would probably have helped me at the time.
>>>
>>> As for merging data: it can be done but as many here would probably
>>> point out,
>>> it isn't always as straightforward as you think. I am just trying to do
>>> exactly
>>> that at present but must say I haven't haven't always been successful,
>>> especially for fainter objects.
>>>
>>> Good luck with your projects,
>>>
>>> Peter Dzwig
>>>
>>> On 28/03/2018 20:08, Paul Kuin wrote:
>>> > checkout ds9 to combine 3 images into an rgb image
>>> >
>>> > there are data archives, like MAST, at ESO, etc.
>>> > it would make sense to start with data taken with one instrument, then
>>> expand to other areas.
>>> >
>>> > cheers, - Paul
>>> >
>>> >> On 28 Mar 2018, at 18:24, Kenneth Adam Miller <
>>> kennethadammiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Thank you so much!!
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes, I am combining multiple images into a color image, like what you
>>> see of the famous photos that are so beautiful.
>>> >>
>>> >> How can I pull as much fits images as possible of various
>>> spectroscopic data that are of a common space? And how can I change the
>>> targeted space?
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Kelle Cruz <kellecruz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Hi Kenneth,
>>> >>
>>> >> This tutorial covers some of the topics you mentioned:
>>> >>
>>> http://astropy-tutorials.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rst-tutorials/FITS-images.html
>>> >>
>>> >> I’m a bit confused about what you mean by “wavelength interval
>>> mappings”. Are you talking about spectroscopic data are combining multiple
>>> images into a color image? If it’s the latter, here’s the RGB example:
>>> >>
>>> >> http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/visualization/lupton_rgb.html
>>> >>
>>> >> Hope this helps,
>>> >> Kelle
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:02 AM Kenneth Adam Miller <
>>> kennethadammiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Hello,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm a PhD student at Purdue university, and I'm working on some
>>> private endeavors on my own. I would like to describe them at length to
>>> someone who might be interested in cooperating or helping.
>>> >>
>>> >> I want to automate the process of creating human-usable galaxy and
>>> astronomy pictures from raw telescope data. I need some python examples
>>> that allow me to:
>>> >>
>>> >>      • Pull disparate wavelength data from a remote server so that
>>> the coordinates and time are coherent
>>> >>      • Process the result into an image of an arbitrary size and
>>> precision
>>> >>      • Designate the wavelength interval mappings
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Is there anyone that would be willing to talk to me on the phone
>>> shortly? I want to communicate my project goals in the hopes that perhaps
>>> there are some existing software libraries that can be shared or explained
>>> at length or a mailing list. I've crawled the webpages for information,
>>> although some of what I've asked might be there, I think the contact would
>>> always be helpful in the least.
>>> >>
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