[AstroPy] Project Examples

Thu Mar 29 09:29:31 EDT 2018

Thanks!

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Doug Burke <dburke.gw at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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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