Paint labele circle markers in ds9 window using an input file of ra,dec values. An example of the input text file is shown in the "--help" message:

% ds9_paint_radec_circles --help  

Help Information for:  ds9_paint_radec_circles

Usage: ds9_paint_radec_circles data1.rd  
arg1 - name of inoput (text) positions file.  
arg2 - run in verbos mode (Y/N)  

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ds9_paint_radec_circles:
   Read a file of targets and paint labeled circles in a ds9 frame. 
   The image displayed must have a valid WCS in the header. The basic 
   input isa text file that is is read and processed by the python 
   code make_circles_bold.py to create a ds9 regions file. The regions 
   file is then displayed using the usual xpa approach:

   cat some_filename.reg | xpaset ds9 regions -format ds9

Sample text file:
11:08:47.160 +24:08:26.96      20.0  0.0 0.0   circle  red   "lrs2g"
11:08:24.079 +24:08:36.83      15.0  0.0 0.0   circle  blue  "gstar2"
11:08:47.1961 +24:08:30.5350    5.0  0.0 0.0   circle  magenta  "hot"

# the data lines are:
#  RAsex  DECsec  Radius   X  Y   region_type  color   Text_String