WCStools

WCStools is a program package designed for working with Images and the World Coordinate System. The aim of WCStools is to provide methods for relating pixels taken common astronomical images to sky coordinates.

Availability and Restrictions

The following versions of WCStools are available on OSC clusters:

Version Owens Pitzer
3.9.7 X* X*
* Current default version

You can use  module spider wcstools to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.

Access

WCStools is available to all OSC users. If you have any questions, please contact OSC Help.

Publisher/Vendor/Repository and License Type

Jessica Mink, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/ Open source

Usage

Usage on Owens

Set-up

To configure your environment for use of WCStools, run the following command: module load wcstools. The default version will be loaded. To select a particular WCStools version, use module load wcstools/version . For example, use module load wcstools/3.9.7 to load WCStools 3.9.7.

Usage on Pitzer

Set-up

To configure your environment for use of WCStools, run the following command: module load wcstools. The default version will be loaded. To select a particular WCStools version, use module load wcstools/version . For example, use module load wcstools/3.9.7 to load WCStools 3.9.7.

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