skyview - retrieve an image from skyview

  skyview[/qualifiers] [survey name]

Open a connection to the HEASARC Skyview system and retrieve a sky survey image with the position and size of the current image. The retrieved image must be loaded in the usual way. The survey can be given as a qualifier, or given directly as the survey name. Use /? to list the surveys that are hard wired into XIMAGE. The retrieved image is given a file name that by default the survey_name.img, but can be named something else using the /file qualifier.

skyview/0408MHZ

Retrieve the Bonn 0408MHz survey

skyview/1420MHZ_BONN

Retrieve the Bonn 1420MHz survey

skyview/1420MHZ_BONN

Retrieve the NRAO 4850 MHz survey

skyview/DSS

Retrieve the digitized sky survey. Usually this should be displayed as a linear scale (disp/lin)

skyview/EGRET<100

Retrieve the Egret <100 Mev survey

skyview/EGRET>100

Retrieve the Egret >100 Mev survey

skyview/EUVE_171

Retrieve the EUVE 171 Angstrom band survey.

skyview/EUVE_405

Retrieve the EUVE 405 Angstrom band survey.

skyview/EUVE_555

Retrieve the EUVE 555 Angstrom band survey.

skyview/EUVE_83

Retrieve the EUVE 83 Angstrom band survey.

skyview/file=name

Specify a name for the retrieved file. If this is not given, a default will be chosen that uses the survey name.

skyview/HEAO1_A2

Retrieve the HEAO-1 A2 survey

skyview/IRAS100

Retrieve the IRAS 100 micron survey

skyview/IRAS12

Retrieve the IRAS 12 micron survey

skyview/IRAS25

Retrieve the IRAS 25 micron survey

skyview/IRAS60

Retrieve the IRAS 60 micron survey

skyview/list_surveys

List the available surveys.

skyview/pspc

Retrieve the ROSAT PSPC pointed images.