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NAME

       spydr - GUI for Image display and analysis with yorick

SYNOPSIS

       Spydr (pronounce spider) can be invoqued from the shell
         spydr [ options ] image1.fits [ image2.fits ... ]
         where  the  fits images can contain single images (not necessarily of
         the same size) or data cube. Widlcards are allowed in names.

       or within yorick
          #include spydr.i
          spydr,im1,im2,cube
          spydr,"image1.fits",...

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

       --conf file
              configuration file.

       --hdu value
              Specify a fits HDU to read

       --dpi value
              Yorick dpi value (yorick default = 75, spydr default = 83).  Any
              value between 30 and 150 make sense.

       --itt value
              Intensity  Transfer  Table  (1=linear,  2=sqrt, 3=square, 4=log,
              5=hist equalized)

       --pixsize value
              Pixel size (or plate scale) in arcsec.

       --boxsize value
              Size of box for PSF fitting and Strehl calculation (pixels)

       --saturation value
              Value above which pixels have  to  be  considered  as  saturated
              (ADU)

       --wavelength value
              Force wavelength for all images

       --zeropoint value
              Photometric zeropoint (magnitude)

       --nbins value
              Number of bins for histograms

       --strehlaper value
              Diameter  of circular mask for Strehl calculations (pixels). The
              flux is integrated in a circle of this diameter, while  the  sky
              is  estimated  from  the remaining pixels within the box of size
              "boxsize"

       --batch
              Turn on yorick batch mode (yorick  quits  when  encountering  an
              error).  This  flag  is  recommended  when starting spydr from a
              non-interactive session (e.g. from a gnome applet).

       --debug
              Turn on the verbose mode (debugging mode).

       --invert
              Invert LUT

       --fullgui
              Show the plugin pane when the GUI is realized

       --compact
              Hide the lower part of the GUI at startup

DESCRIPTION

       Spydr is a GUI for image visualization and simple analysis (cuts, zoom,
       values,  statistics,  histogram,  sigma filter) with changeable LUT and
       ITT. Spydr has a couple of plugins to measure FWHM  and  Strehl.  Press
       "?" on the main display area to get a popup help:

       The following shortcuts are available:
        x/y: Plot line/column under cursor
        X/Y: Toggle continuous plot of line/column
              under cursor
        c:   Interactive plot of cut across image
        h:   Plot histogram of visible region
        r:   Radial plot centered on cursor
        f:   Fit 1d gaussian to 1d plot
        e:   Adjust min and max cut to 10% and 99.9%
             of distribution
        E:   Reset min and max cut to min and max
             of visible region
        n/p: Next/prevous image
        s:   Sigma filter displayed image
        -/+: Decrease/Increase zoom factor in zoom window
        ?:   This help

EXAMPLES

        From the shell:
        $ spydr --dpi 74 --fullgui 20070730_2*.fits
        $ spydr --pixsize 0.127 20070730_2[2-3]?.fits 20070730_241.fits

        Within yorick:
        > spydr,"~/ascam/2007jun26/20070625T2000*.fits"
        > spydr,["20070730_1[1-3].fits","20070730_23.fits"]
        > spydr,image
        > spydr,[im1,im2]
        > spydr,im1,im2

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Y_PYTHON
              Force the path to spydr.py. The default path is

              ./:Y_USER:Y_USER/python/:Y_SITES/python/:Y_SITE/python/

       Y_GLADE
              Force the path to spydr.glade. The default path is

              ./:Y_USER:Y_USER/glade/:Y_SITES/glade/:Y_SITE/glade/

       Y_CONF Force the path to spydr.conf. The default path is

              ./:Y_USER:Y_SITE:/etc/:
              ./share/:Y_USER/share/:Y_SITE/share/:
              ./share/spydr/:Y_USER/share/spydr/:Y_SITE/share/spydr/

RESTRICTIONS AND BUGS

        - only fits images handled to date
        - the ITT display is not very well handled

AUTHOR

       Francois Rigaut, Gemini Observatory

FILES

       Input files:

       spydr.conf  The  spydr  configuration file. Needed. It should have come
                   with  your  installation.  The  routine   which_spydrconf()
                   returns  the  path  to  the  used spydr.conf. The following
                   directories are searched for  spydr.conf,  in  this  order:
                   Y_USER,    Y_SITE,    /etc,   Y_USER/share,   Y_SITE/share,
                   Y_USER/share/spydr,  Y_SITE/share/spydr.  If  you  wish  to
                   modify  the  defaults,  copy  the  file  over to Y_USER and
                   modify at will.

       Output files: none.

SEE ALSO

       yorick(1), yao(1)