NAME

mn - computes the mean of an image file

SYNOPSIS

mn fits_file [box=]

DESCRIPTION

This routine calculates some simple statistics for the FITS file specified in the command line. The operation is performed over the entire file, or as specified optionally in the box. The program puts a line to stdout similar to the following:

mean=9999.95 rms=10.01 sum=655356895 npixels=65536 min=9956 max=10042
Where the entries are the mean, the standard deviation, the total of all pixels, the number of pixels, the minimum pixel and the maximum pixel

OPTIONS

box= limits the region over which the calculation applies. See discussion box specification.
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