NEW-WCS(1)

📦 version 0.98, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NEW-WCS — ok so here's the vibe 💫

bestie, you found the new-wcs page in the astrometry.net manual (section 1, obvi) and honestly? it's giving "small tool, big slay". let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

new-wcs — merges a WCS solution into the FITS header cards you already have, no cap 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

new-wcs -i input-file

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: you've got a WCS solution, you've got a FITS file with header cards already in it, and you want them together. that's literally the whole job. new-wcs merges the WCS solution with the existing FITS header cards 💫

and like, why do you care? because you can use this to make a brand new image file that has the WCS headers baked in. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -w file — the WCS file. that's your solution, your moment, your main character ✨
  • -o file — the output file. where the magic lands 💖
  • -d — also copies the data segment. not just the headers, the whole ~vibe~ 🍓
  • -v — +verbose. it tells you stuff while it works, like a bestie live-texting you the whole time 😭

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

the astrometry.net team did this. principal investigators are David W. Hogg (NYU) and Dustin Lang (CMU). absolute legends, fr fr 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

and that's the whole page, bestie — no crumbs left behind 🧚

version 0.56, dated July 2015, from the astrometry.net crew. ok bye ily, go merge some WCS headers 💜✨
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