Re: [Matplotlib-users] ANN: matplotlib-0.65.1

[Stephen W. <ste...@cs...>]

John Hunter wrote:

>    Stephen> [...] ability to load multiple aligned images and blink between
>    Stephen> them.
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>With the new keypress event handling in matplotlib-0.70, and the
>cleanup to make sure the visible property is respected, this is pretty
>easy.
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You're right, thanks for the example code!

>What's the second item on the list :-)
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Well, since you asked, and Todd originally mentioned a DS9 replacement:  
second would be a windowed, scrollable view into an image which is 
larger than the physical display.  I have 2K square cameras at my 
observatory, and HST ACS images are 4K square;  both are quite a bit 
larger than any display I'm likely to be able to afford in the 
forseeable future.

Third item, and this will be a lot harder, is display and readout of 
FITS WCS information on the screen.

Acronym glossary:
HST--Hubble Space Telescope
ACS--Advanced Camera for Surveys
FITS--Flexible Image Transport System, the default format for 
astronomical images (http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov)
WCS--World Coordinate System, a standard for embedding information for 
mapping pixel to physical coordinates in the FITS image header