NAME
center - offsets the telescope to center a celestial object
SYNOPSIS
center fits_file
DESCRIPTION
This script allows the user to center the telescope on the object
that you have just taken a picture of.
To do so:
- take a picture (say image.fits)
- display the picture (tv image.fits)
- type
center image.fits
- left click on the star that you want to center
- right click to cancel
This script relies on the following commands:
cursor row column marker
rtel offset command.
toworld world coordinate calculator
tv image display
It also assumes that the image has been annotated with
the proper WCS information so that the angular scale can be extracted.
The center pixel is defined by the CRPIX1 and CRPIX2 values.
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