User manual

The list of Aladin script commands

Help on the script commands may be obtained via the “Help -> Help on script

commands” menu item. This displays the online help in the main Aladin window. Each

script command may be clicked to provide an explanation of the command and the input

parameters.

Using the planes of the stack as 'variables'

In the context of a script, it is possible to use the planes of the stack as variables. The

planes may be referred to by name, or by their position in the stack. Also, script

commands may create new planes of the stack “PlaneName = commande…” . To refer to

the planes by position in the stack “

PlaneName”

may be replaced by @nnn where nnn

is the

the number of the plane - @1 being the lowest plane in the stack. If the plane with the

specified number already exists, a new plane will be created at the top of the stack.

Example : Create a plane called “MyImage” with an

DSS/ESO image of M1:

MyImage = get ESO(DSS1) M1