AstroPy - browsefits.py - 9/3/07

Description

A stand-alone program for displaying a range of FITS images in a directory. Can also print each image header. Code also demonstrates how to create a simple Qt GUI program with widgets and user events.

Usage

browsefits.py directory-file-format starting-number [min] [max] [header-flag (anything)]
   Format string is in printf (Python) notation: e.g. '072407/processed/im%04d.a.fits'
   Autoscale if min = max = 0

Examples

50: ~/Projects/Python/AstroPy > browsefits.py 072407/processed/im%04d.a.fits 215 0 2000

• Type into the fields and press 'enter' to change.
• Click the 'Prev' and 'Next' buttons to increment/decrement the file number.
• Check the 'Show header' box to print the image header.