Use imub1 to List the 10 Brightest USNO-B1.0 Stars in an Image

Find the 10 brightest USNO-B1.0 Stars in image test.fts and sort them by right ascension.
$ > imub1 -hsn 10 test.fts

imub1 WCSTools 3.8.0, 18 November 2009, Doug Mink (dmink@cfa.harvard.edu)
test.fts: RA:  09:54:09.075 - 09:56:24.688 J2000
          Dec: +68:55:29.95 - +69:07:35.58 J2000
20 / 625 USNO-B1.0 Sources MagB1 <= 100.0 at 1995.8041 in FITS image test.fts
usnob1_id     RA2000        Dec2000    MagB1 MagR1 MagB2 MagR2 MagN  PM NI SG    X       Y   
1589.0106098 09:54:14.981 +68:57:57.81 15.47 14.31 15.70 14.55 14.14  9  5  5  981.4  208.8
1589.0106099 09:54:16.451 +68:56:13.26 19.09 18.70 18.91 18.39 18.16  0  5  3  970.9   61.3
1589.0106089 09:54:10.322 +68:56:19.39 19.71 99.99 99.99 99.99 18.70  0  2  8 1017.4   70.2
1589.0106092 09:54:13.334 +68:57:23.77 20.58 19.36 19.46 19.78 18.41  0  5  3  994.1  160.9
1589.0106093 09:54:14.348 +68:58:51.52 99.99 99.99 99.99 20.98 18.26  0  2  3  985.9  284.6
1589.0106094 09:54:14.406 +68:55:32.32 99.99 19.48 99.99 19.93 18.12  6  3  2  986.6    3.7
1589.0106096 09:54:14.750 +68:59:16.30 99.99 99.99 20.74 19.98 18.27  0  3  5  982.7  319.5
1589.0106097 09:54:14.961 +68:59:16.11 99.99 20.17 20.02 19.66 18.37  0  4  3  981.1  319.2
1589.0106101 09:54:16.974 +68:58:17.98 99.99 19.75 20.93 20.15 18.30  0  4  6  966.2  237.2
1589.0106103 09:54:17.578 +68:59:13.89 99.99 99.99 99.99 20.98 18.74  0  2  2  961.3  316.0
1589.0106105 09:54:18.306 +68:57:16.48 99.99 19.22 20.53 19.18 18.38  9  4  4  956.4  150.4
where the columns are region.number, J2000 RA, J2000 Dec, B and R magnitudes from first and second epoch plates, N magnitude from second epoch plates, confidence in proper motion (1-9, 10=Tycho-2), number of plate IDs (0=Tycho-2, 2-5), and image X and Y pixel coordinates computed using the image world coordinate system, the plate, unless from a catalog, and the distance in arcseconds from the center of the image. To write a file test.fts.ub1, use
imub1 -wn 10 test.fts

Last updated 18 November 2009 by Doug Mink

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