Provided by: montage_6.0+dfsg-6build3_amd64 
NAME
mExamine - Information about the sky coverage of a FITS image
SYNOPSIS
mExamine [-d][-p ra dec radius] image.fits
DESCRIPTION
mExamine returns information about the sky coverage of a FITS image (assuming WCS keywords in the header)
and optionally pixel statistics for a region in the image.
OPTIONS
-p ra dec radius
Return information about a region (central pixel value, min, max values and location, etc.)
Coordinates and radius are in degrees unless given a "p" suffix, in which case they are in pixels.
-a ra dec
Returns a simple aperture photometry fit to a location. Cannot be used at the same time as the -p
option above. Also supports the "p" suffix rule from above.
-d
Turn on debugging.
ARGUMENTS
image.fits
FITS file to examine. If the file has multiple HDUs, you can add that to the file name, e.g.,
"m51.fits[2]". If an HDU is a datacube, you can select a plane ("m51.fits[2][256]"). Even if
there is a single HDU, you need to specify it if you want to specify a cube plane
("m51.fits[0][512]"). Note that this syntax may require quotes around the file name string to
avoid confusing your shell.
RESULT
If successful, returns the following:
projImage projection csysCoordinate system equinoxCoordinate system equinox naxisNumber of axes in the
file naxis1Image width (in pixels) naxis2Image height naxis3Data cube depth (only if NAXIS > 2)
naxis4Data cube fourth dimension (only if NAXIS > 3) crval1WCS reference coordinate for first axis
crval2WCS reference coordinate for second axis crpix1Pixel value for reference coordinate crpix2
cdelt1Pixel scale (degrees) cdelt2 crota2Rotation of image (E of N) loncSky coordinate of image center
latc ximgsizeImage size (degrees) yimgsize rotequRotation of image in Equatorial (J2000) racEquatorial
(J2000) coordinates of image center decc ra1Equatorial coordinates of four image corners dec1 ra2 dec2
ra3 dec3 ra4 dec4
and optionally
radiusRadius of pixel region (degrees) radpixRadius in pixels npixelNumber of pixels in region
nnullNumber of null pixels avefluxAverage flux for region rmsfluxRMS of region fluxes fluxrefFlux for
reference location sigmarefRMS of fluxes xrefPixel coordinates of reference location yref rarefEquatorial
(J2000) coordinated of reference location decref fluxminSame for pixel with minimum flux sigmamin xmin
ymin ramin decmin fluxmaxSame for pixel with maximum flux sigmamax xmax ymax ramax decmax
If you specify region that is all blank, npixel will be zero, nnull will be the total number of pixel
examined, and the flux related parameters will all be zero.
MESSAGES
ERROR No ra, dec, radius location given or file name missing
ERROR File name missing
ERROR Cannot open FITS file test.fits
ERROR Cannot find WCS keys in FITS file test.fits
ERROR WCS initialization failed.
ERROR Location off the image.
ERROR Error reading FITS data.
EXAMPLES
mExamine -p 202.5 47.0 0.01 aJ_asky_980527n0240232.fits
[struct stat="OK", proj="SIN", csys="EQUJ", equinox=2000.0, naxis1=512, naxis2=1024,
crval1=202.5213942, crval2=47.1131924, crpix1=256.5, crpix2=512.5, cdelt1=0.0002778,
cdelt2=0.0002778, crota2=0.0034, lonc=202.5213942, latc=47.1134702, ximgsize=0.142222,
yimgsize=0.142222, rotequ=0.0034, rac=202.5213942, decc=47.1131924, ra1=202.6260252,
dec1=46.9706487, ra2=202.4171950, dec2=46.9706407, ra3=202.4166112, dec3=47.2553630,
ra4=202.6265617, dec4=47.2553710, radius=0.0100000, radpix=36.00, npixel=5476, nnull=0,
aveflux=136.807, rmsflux=0.853615, fluxref=137.3, sigmaref=0.578143, xref=309, yref=105,
raref=202.5000208, decref=46.9999951, fluxmin=135.042, sigmamin=-2.06764, xmin=328, ymin=77,
ramin=202.4922870, decmin=46.9922153, fluxmax=152.299, sigmamax=18.1493, xmax=307, ymax=117,
ramax=202.5008338, decmax=47.0033286]
BUGS
The drizzle algorithm has been implemented but has not been tested in this release.
If a header template contains carriage returns (i.e., created/modified on a Windows machine), the cfitsio
library will be unable to read it properly, resulting in the error: [struct stat="ERROR", status=207,
msg="illegal character in keyword"]
It is best for the background correction algorithms if the area described in the header template
completely encloses all of the input images in their entirety. If parts of input images are "chopped off"
by the header template, the background correction will be affected. We recommend you use an expanded
header for the reprojection and background modeling steps, returning to the originally desired header
size for the final coaddition. The default background matching assumes that there are no non-linear
background variations in the individual images (and therefore in the overlap differences). If there is
any uncertainty in this regard, it is safer to turn on the "level only" background matching (the "-l"
flag in mBgModel.
COPYRIGHT
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If your research uses Montage, please include the following acknowledgement: "This research made use of
Montage. It is funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number ACI-1440620, and was
previously funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Earth Science Technology Office,
Computation Technologies Project, under Cooperative Agreement Number NCC5-626 between NASA and the
California Institute of Technology."
The Montage distribution includes an adaptation of the MOPEX algorithm developed at the Spitzer Science
Center.