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# Fitsblink 2.1 user manual

Jure Skvarc
jure.skvarc@ijs.si

### Abstract:

`Fitsblink` is a program for FITS image viewing, blinking, extracting of star lists and doing astrometry. It runs on Unix computers with X Windows graphics and was developed on HPUX (version 1.x) and Linux operating systems (version 2.x).

- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation
  - 2.1 Hardware and software requirements
  - 2.2 Getting executables
  - 2.3 Compiling
  - 2.4 Installation
  - 2.5 Known bugs
- 3. Quick start tutorial
  - 3.1 Installing and running for the first time
  - 3.2 First blink
  - 3.3 Star detection
  - 3.4 Matching the catalog
  - 3.5 Reading object positions
  - 3.6 Astrometry reports
  - 3.7 Markers
- 4. Starting fitsblink
- 5. Visual appearance
- 6. Getting help
- 7. Loading images
- 8. Erasing an image
- 9. Image display
  - 9.1 Colors and grey levels
  - 9.2 Adjusting grey level mapping
- 10. Markers
  - 10.1 Using the markers
  - 10.2 Marker appearance
  - 10.3 Switching markers on and off
- 11. Blinking
  - 11.1 Image alignment
- 12. Astrometry
  - 12.1 Detection of stars
    - 12.1.1 Parameters
    - 12.1.2 Star list format
    - 12.1.3 Loading a star list
    - 12.1.4 Right mouse button
    - 12.1.5 Non-interactive mode
  - 12.2 Star matching
    - 12.2.1 You need some catalog
    - 12.2.2 How it works
    - 12.2.3 What if matching fails?
    - 12.2.4 Non-interactive mode
  - 12.3 Astrometry
  - 12.4 Sending a report
  - 12.5 Settings
- 13. Telescope and CCD camera control
  - 13.1 Telescope commands
  - 13.2 Access to catalogs
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