Updated CLI for easy installation and call from terminal python 3.7+
py
rgbmaker -h
usage: rgbmaker [-h] [-p POSITION] [-r RADIUS] [-i IMAGESOPT] [-n NAME] [-a ARCHIVES] [-k KIND] [-s SPIDX_FILE]
[-px PIXELS] [-A ANNOT]
A python package which communicates to different
astronomical services and fetches fits and numerical data.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p POSITION, --position POSITION
(Required) The object name or the coordinates of the object in the FK5 (J2000) system. Ex: "14 09
48.86 -03 02 32.6", M87, NGC1243, without quotes.
-r RADIUS, --radius RADIUS
(Required) (default = 0.12) (float) The size of the image in degrees, this size will be used for
the field of view in the resultant image. For reference, in the night sky, the moon is about 0.52
degrees across.
-i IMAGESOPT, --imagesopt IMAGESOPT
(default=2)(string)(values=1,2,3) IOU ROR Optical (option = 1) Composite Contours on DSS2R (option
= 2)
-n NAME, --name NAME (Optional) (default=Anonymous) (string) Your name will be displayed on the image enabling mentors,
professors, fellow students to be able to recognize your work. Credit is important!
-a ARCHIVES, --archives ARCHIVES
(default=1)(string) This option currently offers access to the NVAS image archive. Selecting this
option will return the top 5 results from NVAS (if exists). These can be downloaded as .imfits
files
-k KIND, --kind KIND (default='base64') choose from base64, plot, png, jpg to show base64 of resultant image, plot on
output, save png/jpg files
-s SPIDX_FILE, --spidx_file SPIDX_FILE
(Default=None) enter path to spidx.fits file that contains spectral index data.
-px PIXELS, --pixels PIXELS
(default=480) change pixel value for the final resulatant image.
-A ANNOT, --annot ANNOT
(default=True) remove any annotation by setting this to False.