Overlays

AstroToolkit.Overlays.addOverlay(survey, ra_name, dec_name, id_name, mag_names)

Adds an overlay definition to ATK for use in image queries and plotting.

Parameters:

• survey – name of a catalogue alias, e.g. ‘allwise’

• ra_name (str) – name of right ascension column in Vizier

• dec_name (str) – name of declination column in Vizier

• id_name (str) – name of survey ID column in Vizier

• mag_names (list<str>, optional) – names of magnitude columns in Vizier

Returns:

None

AstroToolkit.Overlays.delOverlay(kind, survey)

Deletes an existing overlay definition.

Parameters:

• kind (str) – overlay kind, from: scaled_detection, detection

• survey (str) – overlay survey

Returns:

None

AstroToolkit.Overlays.openOverlays()

Opens the list of ATK overlay definitions in the default text editor.

Returns:

None

AstroToolkit.Overlays.resetOverlays()

Resets the list of ATK overlay definitions to its default state.

Returns:

None