# Code to bypass ds9 and use python to display images

first load the ds9 colormap, e.g.:

cm=ds9_colormap(CIAO='/home/vittorio/Software/ciao-4.11',ds9_cmap='sls')

then just display an image using e.g.

cm.show(image='example.fits')

or with preferred options:

cm.show(image='example.fits',file_reg='test.reg',pan_to=[420,430],zoom=1,show_axes=False,with_cmap=True, vmin=7e-7, vmax=1e-3, log=True, cmap='ds9sls')

Notes:

pan_to : center the image around this point, if a third/forth value is given, then also crop image with a rectangle around he point using given radius

zoom : self-explanatory

show_axes: to display the axes on the image

cmap : can use different cmap

with_cmap: to display colorbar