Regions

Region format

The sbfit package supports DS9 format region files. Each region file should contain one inclusive region and any number of exclusive regions. Currently, only the image, fk5, and icrs frames are supported.

## Include/exclude property Different from the original Include/Exclude property of the DS9 regions, the sbfit package defines this property based on the type of the regions. The description of each region type can be found at http://ds9.si.edu/doc/ref/region.html.

Inclusive regions

Inclusive regions are used to extract a surface brightness profile. They are:

  • panda

  • epanda

  • projection

Note

For regions panda and epanda, the numbers of angles and radii should be set to 1.

Exclusive regions

Exclusive regions are used for masking sources. They are:

  • circle

  • ellipse