sky2xy(1) General Commands Manual sky2xy(1)
Name
sky2xy - Compute X Y from RA Dec using WCS in FITS and IRAF image files
Synopsis
sky2xy [-vbjg] file.fts ra1 dec1 ... ran decn
or
sky2xy [-vbjg] file.fts @listfile
Description
sky2xy (pronounced sky-to-X-Y) is a utility for getting the image coordinates of a set of world coordinates in a FITS or IRAF image. World
coordinate system (WCS) information in the image header describes, in a standard way, the relationship between sky coordinates and image
pixels. This information is used by the program to transform image right ascension and declination sky coordinate pairs to image coordinate
(X,Y) pairs. The program prints the coordinates at the same system as is given in the image header, but future versions will allow trans-
formations to B1950/FK4, J2000/FK5, ecliptic or galactic coordinates. Input and output files in the Starbase format will eventually be
allowed.
Options
-b B1950 (FK4) input
-e Ecliptic longitude and latitude input
-g Galactic longitude and latitude input
-j J2000 (FK5) input
-g Galactic longitude and latitude input
-v More descriptive output
-z Use AIPS classic projections instead of WCSLIB
See Also
xy2sky()
Author
Doug Mink, SAO (dmink@cfa.harvard.edu)
6 July 2001 WCSTools sky2xy(1)
