rotafind

This OTW script use the solution from wcs0 to derive the image rotation angle.


% rotafind.sh wcs_setup.out 1.356678 

arg1 = name of input [name,x,y,r,d] file (e.g. wcs_setup.out)
arg2 = plate scale in arcsec/pixel  (from psfind.sh)

A typical run in a script (like wcs1): 
# Derive the rotation angle
rotafind.sh $2 $pscale > WCS1_Info.CROTA
read theta errtheta theta_comment < WCS1_Info.CROTA

The rotation angle and mean error (in degrees) are written to standard out. In a script these results are typically directed to an output file (as shown above)




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