Mira AP
Contents
What's New in this Version?
Getting Started
User Interface
Ten Tips for Using Mira
Mira's Special Folders
Tech Support
About this Document
Opening Files
Opening & Saving Files
Selecting Multiple Files
The Open Dialog
Drag & Drop
Most Recently Used File List
Tutorials
Displaying Your First Image
Displaying Your First Image Set
Creating Plots from Images
Introduction to Image Registration
Introduction to Aperture Photometry
Doing Time Series Photometry
Introduction to Astrometric Calibration
Examples
File Lists
Creating a File List
Merging File Lists
Opening Files from a File List
Images
Choosing Transfer Function Settings
Distance and Angle Examples
Adding Labels to Images
Editing the FITS Header
Plots
Working with Plots
Plotting Examples
Plotting an Averaged Line
Over-plotting a Line Profile
Plotting in World Coordinates
Measurements
Exporting Report Data
Selecting Cells in a Report Table
Making a Scatter Plot of Report Data
User Interface
Overview
Mira Preferences
Main dialog
Image Preferences page
Plot Preferences page
Cursor Preferences page
Centroid Preferences (Marking)
FWHM Preferences page
Other Preferences page
Palettes Properties Dialog
Overview
Adjusting the Palette
Rubber Banding the Palette Graph
Using the Palette Property Trackbars
Transfer Function Properties Dialog
Overview
Transfer Function Popup Menus
Transfer Functions
Concepts
File Lists
Overview
Opening Files from a File List
Creating a File List
Editing a File List
Merging File Lists
Image Sets
Overview
Image Set Flags
Changing the Image Set
Image Set Applications
Saving Image Sets
Image Cursor
Overview
Adjusting the cursor size & position
Setting image cursor preferences
Image Palettes
The palette graph
Adjusting the colormap
Adjusting the palette
Adjusting with the mouse
Adjusting with the trackbars
Stretching the palette graph
Profiles
Overview
Profile Control
Transfer Functions
Transfer Functions
Choosing Transfer Function Settings
The Transfer Function Properties dialog
Components
Toolbars
Toolbar Command
Image Plot Toolbar
Image Toolbar
Image Toolbar button commands
Image Tools Toolbar
Measurements Toolbar
Plot Toolbar
Using Command Toolbars
Dialog Styles
Drop Dialogs
Dialog Buttons
Menus
Accelerator Keys
Default Process Menu
File | Save Image Set Menu
View Menu for Reports
View | Cursor Menu
View | Magnify Menu
View | Palette Menu
View | Transfer Function Menu
View | World Coordinates Menu
Context Menus
Image Context Menu
Plot Context Menu
Report Context Menu
Plug-ins
File Opening Plug-ins
Image Processing Plug-ins
Controls
Accelerator Keys
Expanding Tooltips
Image Tree Control
Multi Tab Interface
Palette Colorrmap
Profile Control
Windows
File Open Dialog
Using the File Open Dialog
Selecting One or More Files
Image
Overview
Image Attributes
Animation Toolbar
Adjusting the Image Cursor
Auxiliary Image Views
Adjusting the Palette
Image Toolbar
Toolbar Button Commands
Command Modes
Cursor Command Modes
Roam Mode
Cursor Mode
Plot
Plotting Commands
Plot Windows
Plotting Examples
Plot Toolbar
Plot Animation Toolbar
Plot Context Menu
Plot Preferences Page
Report
Report Windows
Exporting data from the report
Menu Commands
Context Menu Commands
Preferences
Preferences dialog
Appearance Preferences
Printing Preferences
Window Preferences
Text Editor
Overview
Creating new text documents
Other Information
Tip of the Day
Glossary of Terms
Working with Images
Opening
Opening & Saving Files
Opening files
Opening multiple files at one time
Opening files from a file list
Selecting files from File Open
Selecting a file list
File Opening Plug-ins
Copy and Paste
Copy commands
Paste Commands
Copying the window bitmap
Copying the image bitmap
Duplicating an image to a new window
Displaying
Tutorial: Displaying Your First Image
Overview
Magnifying the image
Cursor command modes
Using the image cursor
Image Windows
Image Sets
Image Set Properties
Working with File Lists
Adjusting the Image Cursor
Transfer Functions
Changing the Transfer Function
Image Palettes
Changing the Image Palette
Headers and image information
Editing the FITS header
Editing image information
Examining image properties
Image data types
FITS Format
FITS Format description
Master keyword list
Working with Headers
FITS Header Editor
Editing procedures
Image Sets
Overview
Image Set Flags
Palettes
Opening the Properties dialog
Selecting palettes
Printing
Overview
Preferences
Printing Preferences dialog
Placement Preferences
Overlay Preferences
Text Preferences
Header Preferences
RGB Images
Working with RGB images
Applying the palette to RGB pixels
Converting RGB to grayscale
Converting luminance to RGB
Extracting channels from the RGB image
Making an RGB image from L,R,G,B
Making an RGB image from R,G,B
Saving
Saving a single image
Saving an image set
Saving an image set to a Folder
Saving an image set with a filename Suffix
Saving all images
Saving as a File List
Transfer Functions
Transfer Function Properties
Choosing Transfer Function Settings
Setting preferences from menus
Adding labels to images
Overview
Example
Changing the label text
Preferences
Coordinate systems
Image Coordinate System
Pixel Coordinate Definition
Sub-Pixel Coordinate Definition
Image Display Orientation
FITS Image Orientation
Image Coordinate Display
Setting a linear arcsecond scale
World Coordinate System
Overview
Setting an Equatorial WCS
Setting an Arcsecond Scale
Deleting the WCS
Measuring Images
Overview
Working with Report Windows
Arranging Report Data
Optimizing Report column width
Aperture Photometry
Overview of Aperture Photometry
Tutorial: Introduction to Aperture Photometry
Tutorial: Doing Time Series Photometry
Setting marker attributes
Plotting a light curve
Preparing an AAVSO report
Magnitude calculations
Measurement definitions
Photometric errors
Editing target data and standard data
Setting photometry keywords
Fixing header keyword problems
Changing aperture parameters
Importing a photometric catalog
Photometry measurements report
Preferences
Overview
Point preferencess
Calibration preferences
Info preferences
Other preferences
AAVSO preferences
Angle Measurements
Overview
Example
Angle Measurement Definition
Centroid Measurements
Overview
Centroid Preferences
Distance Measurements
Overview
Example
FWHM Measurements
Overview
Preferences
Point Measurements
Overview
Statistics Measurements
Overview
Scatter Plot of Measurement Data
Making a Scatter Plot of Report Data
Scatter Plot command
Selecting Cells in a Report Table
Configuring Lines and Markers
Preferences
Preferences dialog
Drawing Preferences (Marking)
Centroid Preferences
Copying Markers
Pasting Markers
Plotting Images
Overview
Working with Plots
Examples
Setting plot creation preferences
Plot Menu
Scatter Plot
Plot Coordinates
Plot coordinate systems
Making plot using World Coordinates
Comparison of coordinate systems
Copy & Paste
Copying the window bitmap
Changing Plot Attributes
The Plot Attributes dialog
X-axis Attributes
Y-axis Attributes
Label Attributes
Frame Attributes
Working with Plot Series
Over-plotting & Animating
Adding series to a line profile plot
Plotting an Average Line
Overview
Line Profile plots
Command
Creating a Line Profile plot
Adding series along different lines
Examples of over-plotting series
Preferences
Setting Line Profile preferences
Centroid Preferences
Marking Preferences Dialog
Column Profile plots
Making a column profile plot
Row Profile plots
Making a row profile plot
Radial Profile plots
Making a radial profile plot
Histogram plots
Making a histogram plot
Printing plots
Preferences
Setting printing preferences
Margin Preferences
Overlay Preferences
Text Preferences
Calibration Preferences
Calibration Preferences dialog
Plate Solution Preferences
Other Preferences
Astrometric Calibration command
Entering point coordinates
Changing the point data
Calibrating Images
Image Calibration Pipeline
Overview
Defining a Calibration Procedure
Image Calibration Methods
Loading images from Source Files
Image Types
Procedures
Data Calibration Tasks
Calibration Frame Tasks
How to do Bias Corrections
How to do Cosmetic Corrections
How to do Dark Corrections
How to do Flat Corrections
Methods
Apply Bias Frame
Apply Bias Value
Apply Blemish Mask
Apply Dark Frame
Apply Flat Frame
Apply Pixel Mask
Change Headers
Create Bias Frame
Create Dark Frame
Create Flat Frame
Rename File Extensions
Trim To Size
Change Data Type
Related Methods
Edit Blemish Mask
Edit Pixel Mask
Creating a Pixel Mask
Source Files
Source Files tab (Image Calibration)
Related Operations
Processing Preferences
Create Pixel Mask
Edit Blemish Mask
Edit Pixel Mask
Express Calibration
Edit Pixel Mask
Create Pixel Mask
Edit Blemish Mask
Processing Images
Overview of commands
Processing Methods
Image Combining
Image Normalization
Combining Images
Combine Images
Image Combining Methods
Normalizing Images
Region Statistics Methods
Cosmetic Repairs
Interactive Repair
Editing a pixel mask
Creating a pixel mask from an image
Applying a pixel mask to an image
Creating and editing a blemish mask
Preferences
Editing & Copying
Overview of commands
Cropping to specified bounds
Duplicating to a new window
Emptying the Clipboard
Filter Commands
List of Spatial Filters
Spatial Filters command
3x3 Custom Filter command
De-speckle Filter command
Maximum Entropy command
Maximum Entropy Example
Geometry Commands
Geometry Commands
Geometric Transformations
Affine Transformation
Enlarge Canvas
Imbed Image
Mirror
Reverse
Rotate
Scale
Shift
Transpose
Luminance Image Commands
Extracting byte planes
Converting the data type
Converting to RGB
Math Commands
Overview
Image Arithmetic
Value Arithmetic
Arithmetic Operations
Correcting the Image Background
Changing the data type
Image Processing Plug-ins
Aligning and Registering Images
Overview
Introduction to Image Registration
Image Registration Preferences
Preferences Dialog
Resampling Preferences
Background Preference
Marking Preferences
Marking Preferences Dialog
Centroid Preferences
Drawing Preferences
RGB Image Commands
Overview
Applying a palette to the pixels
Converting to RGB
Converting to Grayscale
Converting to 8 bit
Converting to 16 bit
Color balance factors
Removing color noise
Extracting channels
Making an LRGB Image
Making an RGB Image
Undo
Using undo
Repairing Artifacts & Cosmetic Defects
Overview of methods
Creating a pixel mask
Editing a pixel mask
Applyng a pixel mask
Editing a blemish mask
Applying a blemish mask