Image Display in Xwindows

In any window, initiate iraf and load the xray package.

  cfa#: cd iraf
  cfa#: cl
  cl> xray

The task ximtool which initiates the image display window is in the xplot package. It allows selection of one of three image displays:

  xr> xplot
  xp> ximtool
  Display type = saoimage/ximtool/saotng(ximtool):saoimage

ximtool is a new Xwindow display tool developed at NOAO.
(Note: Please do not confuse the task and the tool which unfortunately have the same name.)

saotng i.e. ``the next generation'' SAOimage under development at SAO. It can be retrieved via anonymous ftp from sao-ftp.harvard.edu in the directory /pub/rd. The source tree is contained in a compressed tar file: saord.tar.z. The unpacked tar file requires $\sim$45 Mbytes of disk space. The build requires $\sim$90 Mbytes depending on the platform. For more information send email to: saotng@cfa.harvard.edu.

If you select saoimage, a window will appear, which has several sections:

• the main image display (containing the SAO logo)
• the menu
• the text window (upper left)
• a full image display showing which portion of the image is shown in the main display window (upper middle)
• a magnifier window displaying a close up of the region around the mouse position (upper right)
• a large text window (SAOmonolog) for status and verbose output

An image can now be displayed.