Set Equatorial Scale
The Set Equatorial Scale command is a quick method for attaching a low-precision equatorial World Coordinate System ("WCS") to an image. The WCS allows the image to be examined and measured directly in units of Right Ascension and Declination. If the image is aligned with east-west parallel to the rows, and you know the image scale fairly accurately, the calibration should be good enough for applications requiring only moderately accurate distances and positions. You can create a high precision calibration using the Astrometric Calibration command.
The Set Equatorial Scale command opens
from the Image Window > Coordinates menu and 
button on the Main Toolbar. The "immediate" form, shown first,
opens when an image or image set is displayed in the top-most
window. The general form can be used to select source images from
folders, windows, or by matching templates.
|
Set Equatorial Scale Properties |
|
|
Profile [|>] |
Selects the parameter profile for this command and allows you to save or work with existing presets. |
|
[Select] |
Opens the Select Source Images dialog to choose images from an image window, folder, files, pattern, or a file list. |
|
Right Ascension |
Enter the right ascension at the specified Column number. |
|
Column |
The column position corresponding to the specified Right Ascension. |
|
Declination |
Enter the declination at the specified Row number. |
|
Column |
The row position corresponding to the specified Declination. |
|
Image Scale |
Enter the image scale in units of arcsecond per pixel. |
|
Equinox |
Enter the equinox for the coordinate system. Usually this is the number 2000 for the J2000 equinox. |
The WCS Calibration requires the information shown in this dialog: (Right ascension, Declination) at a reference (column, row), an Image Scale, and an Equinox. This command inserts these quantities into the image header to enable world coordinate system functionality. This command is usually used to make a low precision or approximate calibration so that measurements, plots, and cursor readout can use World Coordinate units of arcseconds.
This command applies a WCS calibration to the image or image set. This calibration replaces any existing WCS. However, this command creates an Undo copy so that you can use the Edit > Undo (Ctrl+Z) command to restore the previous coordinate system. To save the equatorial coordinate calibration, save the image in the normal way.
|
Tip |
If the |
Astrometric Calibration, World Coordinate System, Image Coordinate System, Set Arcsecond Scale, Set Linear Scale, Set Independent Linear Scales, Set Linear Coordinate Units, Delete WCS
button is pressed
in the active Image Window, the calibration is applied to all
members of the