L.S.,
Does anyone know how to rotate an image in GAIA such that the positive
RA-direction points to the left and positive Declination up?
GAIA does read out the correct RA and Dec and shows them in the
"alpha" and "delta" boxes as I hover over the image. Clicking on
'image analysis', 'change coordinates', 'built-in coordinates' shows
that GAIA is already using the Sky Coordinates. Yet, the image is
still shown in its native (x,y) orientation.
I have a FITS image with proper WCS information. SAOimage DS9
understands the WCS info in my image and is also able to rotate it to
RA horizontal / Dec vertical. Can GAIA do the same?
Best regards,
Matthijs van der Wiel
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M.H.D. van der Wiel
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen
& SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
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