Using SAOImage ds9 - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Jan 13, 2022 · Related Links: ds9 Reference Manual ds9 Users Manual: CIAO-style threads on using ds9 Video demos and tutorials Using CIAO Region Files thread Last Update: 13 Jan 2022 - …
Analysis Guide: Video Demos and Tutorials - CIAO 4.18
Oct 28, 2025 · The ds9 catalog tool allows users to annotate their images with markers for sources from many different catalogs (including the Chandra Source Catalog and users own source list, eg output …
Using Contrib Color Look-Up Tables - CIAO 4.17
Overview Synopsis: Users can follow this thread if they wish to use the contributed color look-up tables in ds9, matplotlib, or dmimg2jpg. Purpose: One of the easiest customizations that users can do in …
FAQ: Create images with SAOImageDS9 in a notebook - CIAO 4.18
Jan 23, 2026 · An alternative is to run DS9 interactively to create the desired image, then back it up - using the File/Backup menu item - and then restore it in the notebook to create the image.
True Color Images in ds9 - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Feb 15, 2022 · The smoothing capability in ds9 lets you interactively smooth the data, as opposed to running the CIAO tools aconvolve or csmooth. For quantitative data analysis, the configurable CIAO …
Creating Energy Hue Maps - CIAO 4.17
Dec 9, 2024 · The color map is the standard ds9 "rainbow" colormap, but inverted so that red maps to the lowest energies (1200eV) and violet maps to the highest energies (3000eV).
Using the Output of Detect Tools - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Feb 17, 2022 · Currently, ds9 does not number the sources in the field of view. However, double-clicking on a source region brings up the region info box, which lists the region "ID". In Figure 2, the source …
Creating Source and Background Files - CIAO 4.18
Jan 24, 2022 · Overview Synopsis: The tool dmgroupreg takes a ds9 region file (which must contain grouping information) and creates source and background region files that the CIAO tools can …
Using CIAO Region Files - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Feb 22, 2022 · In general, the ds9 region format has many more options for storing display properties (color, coordinate system, comments), while the CIAO region format is a more simplified, stripped …
Watch Out Page - CIAO 4.18 - Harvard University
Jan 23, 2026 · Problems with Xquartz 2.8.5 Some users have reported problems related to disappearing menus using ds9 with Xquartz version 2.8.5 which was released on January 26, 2023. This appears …