Comments on: Hungry for Plots? Get some APLpy! http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/ Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-23109 Tom Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:04:41 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-23109 @BF - for help with APLpy you can use the relatively new Google group <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/aplpy-users?pli=1" rel="nofollow">here</a>. To request features, you can open a ticket <a href="https://github.com/aplpy/aplpy/issues" rel="nofollow">here</a>. To answer your question you can create a matplotlib figure and pass the instance variable to FITSFigure with figure=, which means you can then call all the normal methods like set_title. @BF – for help with APLpy you can use the relatively new Google group here. To request features, you can open a ticket here. To answer your question you can create a matplotlib figure and pass the instance variable to FITSFigure with figure=, which means you can then call all the normal methods like set_title.

]]> By: BF http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-23092 BF Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:33:51 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-23092 I am not sure if this is the right place to get help on APLpy. I don't seem to find any help forum on the web. I am not a python expert. This program is very nice for making fits image plots. There are few features missing from APLpy. though. For example, I made a plot with fits image subplots. I was hoping to be able to set a universal title, x label and y label for the plot instead of x and y labels for individual subplots. Also, it would be nice if we could adjust the tickmark spacing for the colorbar and add a unit for it. At the moment, line width for the colorbar isn't working. Since the above features aren't available for APLpy, I am wondering if it is possible to import some features from matplotlib.pyplot and use them under APLpy? For example, I could somehow use axes.set_title from matplotlib. How? I am not sure if this is the right place to get help on APLpy. I don’t seem to find any help forum on the web. I am not a python expert. This program is very nice for making fits image plots. There are few features missing from APLpy. though. For example, I made a plot with fits image subplots. I was hoping to be able to set a universal title, x label and y label for the plot instead of x and y labels for individual subplots. Also, it would be nice if we could adjust the tickmark spacing for the colorbar and add a unit for it. At the moment, line width for the colorbar isn’t working.

Since the above features aren’t available for APLpy, I am wondering if it is possible to import some features from matplotlib.pyplot and use them under APLpy? For example, I could somehow use axes.set_title from matplotlib. How?

]]> By: sjoert http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-3167 sjoert Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:54:38 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-3167 I've used APLpy to display optical images with radio contours and catalog overlays. I like it very much. I’ve used APLpy to display optical images with radio contours and catalog overlays. I like it very much.

]]> By: Eli http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-129 Eli Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-129 Thank you for the suggestion about scisoft! I'll look into that :) APLpy uses matplotlib, where its capabilities are extended for plotting FITS data. APLpy is not a replacement to ds9. In fact the APLpy developers are working with the ds9 team some projects. In my view, ds9 is a necessary and powerful utility to dynamically explore FITS data. APLpy is a high end Pythonic FITS plotting package. They could be used as complimentary tools for astronomers. Thank you for the suggestion about scisoft! I’ll look into that :)

APLpy uses matplotlib, where its capabilities are extended for plotting FITS data. APLpy is not a replacement to ds9. In fact the APLpy developers are working with the ds9 team some projects.

In my view, ds9 is a necessary and powerful utility to dynamically explore FITS data. APLpy is a high end Pythonic FITS plotting package. They could be used as complimentary tools for astronomers.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-127 Jessica Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:56:53 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-127 How does this compare to ds9 or matplotlib? Does it use matplotlib underneath? And is this an eventual ds9 replacement? Just curious how you see the new package fitting in. Can't wait to play with it! You might request that it gets included with the scisoft astronomy application bundle. How does this compare to ds9 or matplotlib? Does it use matplotlib underneath? And is this an eventual ds9 replacement? Just curious how you see the new package fitting in.

Can’t wait to play with it!

You might request that it gets included with the scisoft astronomy application bundle.

]]> By: Eli http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-123 Eli Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:54:41 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-123 The link to the gallery has been fixed. It was not supposed to ask an email and password, so that was an error . Make a sun symbol in postscript fonts, now that's a challenge! I'll see if that can be done ;) The link to the gallery has been fixed. It was not supposed to ask an email and password, so that was an error .

Make a sun symbol in postscript fonts, now that’s a challenge! I’ll see if that can be done ;)

]]> By: kelle http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-120 kelle Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:57:44 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-120 I couldn't access the APLpy gallery: https://sourceforge.net/apps/gallery/aplpy/index.php. It asked for a password... I couldn’t access the APLpy gallery: https://sourceforge.net/apps/gallery/aplpy/index.php. It asked for a password…

]]> By: kelle http://www.astrobetter.com/hungry-for-plots-get-some-aplpy/#comment-119 kelle Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:54:37 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/?p=637#comment-119 can it make a sun symbol in postscript fonts!?! ;) can it make a sun symbol in postscript fonts!?! ;)

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