image_open
- sherpa.astro.ui.image_open()
Start the image viewer.
The image viewer will be started, if found. Calling this function when the viewer has already been started will not cause a second viewer to be started. The image viewer will be started automatically by any of the commands like
image_data
.See also
image_close
Close the image viewer.
image_deleteframes
Delete all the frames open in the image viewer.
image_getregion
Return the region defined in the image viewer.
image_setregion
Set the region to display in the image viewer.
image_xpaget
Return the result of an XPA call to the image viewer.
image_xpaset
Send an XPA command to the image viewer.
Notes
Image visualization is optional, and provided by the DS9 application.
Examples
>>> image_open()