grid - overlay a sky coordinate grid



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grid - overlay a sky coordinate grid

  grid[/qual] [dalpha] [ddelta]

Draw a grid of sky coordinates over the currently displayed image. The default will plot a preassigned grid spacing. This can be changed by specifying dalpha and ddelta in degrees.

grid/galactic

Draw a the grid in galactic coordinates.

grid/color=n

Specify the color to be used for the grid. The default is white.

grid/tick

This will plot only tick marks on the frame of the image, corresponding to preassigned spacing in dalpha and ddelta. If not specified a full grid across the image is plotted.

Example:

grid                          ! draw a grid with the default steps in
                              ! in celestial coordinates
 
grid 0.5 0.5                  ! draw a grid in 0.5 deg ra and dec steps
 
grid/gal                      ! draw a grid in galactic coordinates



Lorella Angelini
Thu 12 Oct 16:28:11 1995