Build a list of Ra,Dec (all 3 forms) by passing a n X and Y file through the WCS in a FITS header. The 3 forms of Ra,Dec are expressed in lines of: RAhours,RAdeg,DECdeg,RAsex,DECsex.
% wcs_build_radeclist --help Usage: wcs_build_radeclist ../20170903T104357.2_acm_sci.fits Xcent Ycent arg1 - name of FITS file with WCS (can be full path) arg2 - file listing X values arg3 - file listing Y values wcs_build_radeclist: Build a list of Ra,Dec (all 3 forms) by passing a n X and Y file through the WCS in a FITS header. The output alwasy goes to a local file named wcs_build_radeclist.out and consists of lines of: RA_hours RA_degrees DEC_degrees RA_sex DEC_sex Xpix Ypix =============================================================== Simple example: The image file is: ../20170903T104357.2_acm_sci.fits My two X,Y files: Xcent Ycent % head -4 Xcent 15.11 771.28 773.05 734.37 % head -4 Ycent 456.84 504.36 163.37 212.56 To make the output list (always named wcs_build_radeclist.out): % wcs_build_radeclist ../20170903T104357.2_acm_sci.fits Xcent Ycent % head -4 wcs_build_radeclist.out 5.617266 84.258995833 41.051750000 05:37:02.159 +41:03:06.30 15.11 456.84 5.612258 84.183875000 41.045161111 05:36:44.130 +41:02:42.58 771.28 504.36 5.612125 84.181879167 41.070786111 05:36:43.651 +41:04:14.83 773.05 163.37 5.612400 84.185995833 41.067244444 05:36:44.639 +41:04:02.08 734.37 212.56