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delwcs(1) General Commands Manual delwcs(1)

Name

delwcs - Delete WCS in FITS and IRAF image files

Synopsis

delwcs [-v] FITS or IRAF file(s)

Description

Delete WCS keywords "CTYPE1", "CRVAL1", "CDELT1", "CRPIX1", "CROTA1", "CTYPE2", "CRVAL2", "CDELT2", "CRPIX2", "CROTA2", and "IMWCS" from a fits header. If there are "WRA", WDEC", and "WEPOCH" or "WEQUINOX" keywords present, their values replace those lf "RA", "DEC", and "EPOCH" or "EQUINOX".

Options

Write new output file with "e" before the file type extension. The default is to overwrite the input file.
Print names of keywords as they are deleted

Author

Jessica Mink, SAO (jmink@cfa.harvard.edu)

WCSTools 6 July 2001