Specialist display functions for use with the Sloane Digital Sky Server.
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sdssShowCutout( label, ra, dec, pixels )
- Displays a colour cutout image of a specified size from the
SDSS around a given sky position. The displayed image is square,
a given number of (0.4arcsec) pixels on each side.
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sdssShowCutout( ra, dec, pixels, scale )
- Displays a colour cutout image of a specified size from the SDSS
around a given sky position with pixels of a given size.
Pixels are square, and their size on the sky is specified by
the
scale
argument. The displayed image has
pixels
pixels along each side.
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sdssShowCutout( ra, dec )
- Displays a colour cutout image of a default size from the SDSS
around a given sky position. The displayed image is 128 pixels
square - a pixel is 0.4arcsec.
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SDSS_DR2_BASE_URL
- Base URL for SkyServer JPEG retrieval service, DR2.
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SDSS_BASE_URL
- Base URL for SkyServer JPEG retrieval service.