stmx Examples

1. Search with results to standard output
2. Search with results to a file
3. Find closest star

4. List selected stars from catalog
5. Match stars in input catalog

Example 1. Search with results to standard output

Find the 10 brightest 2MASS extended sources in a 1-degree square centered on 10:00:00 +10:00:00 J2000 and sort them by right ascension.: stmx -s r -hn 10 -r -1800 10:00:00 +10:00:00 J2000
produces the following: stmx WCSTools 3.6.9, 11 July 2007, Doug Mink SAO 2MASS XSC 10:00:00.000 +10:00:00.00 J2000 +- +00:30:27.8 +00:30:00.0 at epoch 2000.0000 10 / 35 2MASS Extended Sources (MagK brighter than 13.72) 2MASS_XSC RA2000 Dec2000 MagJ MagH MagK Size Arcsec 1003.000646 09:58:06.914 +10:21:35.31 10.342 9.644 9.394 31.2 2113.13 1003.000647 09:58:24.056 +10:21:45.91 13.035 12.343 11.976 11.6 1926.61 0997.000759 09:58:56.074 +09:46:48.93 12.768 12.065 11.710 12.3 1232.12 1003.000649 09:59:05.127 +10:21:39.95 13.496 12.923 12.543 9.3 1531.73 1002.000666 09:59:08.990 +10:17:02.95 13.725 13.037 12.598 8.4 1270.33 1003.000650 09:59:37.643 +10:19:56.93 12.731 12.063 11.666 16.8 1241.61 0999.000681 09:59:42.451 +09:57:06.93 13.265 12.607 12.163 15.2 311.71 0996.000747 10:00:12.078 +09:38:54.90 12.146 11.478 11.212 15.3 1277.63 1004.000671 10:00:49.948 +10:26:39.11 13.699 13.089 12.738 8.0 1760.91 0995.000704 10:01:11.331 +09:35:17.10 13.520 12.876 12.431 12.0 1819.53

Example 2. Search with results to a file

Find all 2MASS extended sources within 1 degree of M51 and write results to a file: stmx -twr 3600 -o m51 13:27:48.311 +47:27:28.98 B1950
produces the following in the file m51.tmx: catalog 2MASS XSC ra 13:27:48.311 dec +47:27:28.98 radecsys fk4 equinox 1950.0000 epoch 1950.0000 radsec 3600.00 catsort mag program stmx WCSTools 3.6.9, 11 July 2007, Doug Mink SAO 2mass_id ra1950 dec1950 magj magh magk size arcsec ----------- ------------ ------------ ------- ------- ------- ------ ------ 1367.000641 13:31:11.982 +46:59:24.45 0.000 14.880 14.161 5.0 2672.50 1375.000599 13:22:50.214 +47:45:49.26 0.000 0.000 14.157 5.0 3208.97 1372.000660 13:27:55.039 +47:28:19.41 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 84.84 1371.000733 13:27:38.495 +47:25:26.53 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 157.83 1371.000732 13:27:36.659 +47:27:04.60 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 120.67 1371.000731 13:27:32.947 +47:24:08.75 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 253.77 1378.000674 13:28:19.439 +48:07:10.59 0.000 14.861 14.286 5.0 2402.18 1367.000642 13:31:34.615 +47:01:50.68 0.000 0.000 14.179 5.0 2770.71 1372.000658 13:27:53.208 +47:31:25.45 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 241.62 1372.000657 13:27:51.356 +47:33:12.49 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 344.90 1372.000656 13:27:42.995 +47:28:08.34 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 66.75 1372.000655 13:27:40.850 +47:29:05.43 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 122.58 1372.000654 13:27:40.128 +47:27:53.47 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 86.53 1371.000736 13:27:56.075 +47:25:16.38 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 154.23 1371.000735 13:27:52.228 +47:24:42.47 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.0 171.19 1371.000734 13:27:46.321 +47:27:10.59 6.517 5.817 5.601 197.5 27.31 1372.000659 13:27:53.315 +47:31:25.53 7.361 6.641 6.402 124.2 241.92 . . . 1366.000664 13:31:41.006 +46:55:15.37 15.363 14.495 13.924 5.6 3060.23 1375.000602 13:28:52.057 +47:50:11.47 15.369 14.891 14.046 5.0 1507.10 1378.000673 13:27:43.196 +48:04:21.66 15.377 15.004 14.261 6.4 2213.28 1372.000649 13:24:03.384 +47:32:49.41 15.379 14.677 14.401 5.0 2301.67 1373.000668 13:25:33.204 +47:34:36.10 15.388 14.740 13.861 5.3 1433.79

Example 3. Find closest star

Find the closest 2MASS extended source to 10:00:00 +10:00:00 J2000: stmx -a 10:00:00 +10:00:00 J2000
produces the following: 1000.000671 10:00:17.655 +10:01:28.49 15.179 0.000 13.648 5.7 275.40

Example 4. List selected objects from catalog

List 2MASS Extended sources 1-10 in region 0900: stmx -s n -h 0900.000001-0900.000010x0.000001
produces the following: stmx WCSTools 3.6.9, 11 July 2007, Doug Mink SAO 2MASS_XSC RA2000 Dec2000 MagJ MagH MagK Size 0900.000001 00:00:42.149 +00:01:35.80 14.722 14.152 13.813 5.5 0900.000002 00:00:45.183 +00:04:32.95 15.168 14.422 14.082 5.0 0900.000003 00:00:46.349 +00:03:54.80 14.459 13.673 13.231 5.9 0900.000004 00:01:02.861 +00:04:12.14 15.349 14.737 13.995 5.0 0900.000005 00:02:02.813 +00:04:36.65 15.348 14.910 14.104 5.0 0900.000006 00:02:52.652 +00:00:30.34 14.900 14.196 14.045 5.0 0900.000007 00:03:00.530 +00:03:31.41 15.178 14.346 13.904 5.0 0900.000008 00:03:01.151 +00:03:38.47 15.528 14.664 13.944 5.8 0900.000009 00:04:36.245 +00:01:43.31 15.849 14.798 14.276 5.0 0900.000010 00:05:10.529 +00:05:40.52 15.320 14.377 13.979 5.0 where 0.000 magnitudes indicate that there is no reliable magnitude.

Example 5. Match stars in input catalog

Match the stars in the input catalog test.tab to the 2MASS Extended Source Catalog and list them one match per line.

stmx -l @test.tab

produces the following:

240020 22:15:54.555 -11:36:56.13  9.80  __  0785.001061 22:15:57.656 -11:28:56.07 14.589  13.966  13.556     8.2 6   45.58  480.06  482.22
196784 13:42:07.204 -09:06:40.06  8.60  K0  0807.000744 13:42:56.107 -09:12:03.65 15.036  14.244  13.786     5.5 1  724.20 -323.59  793.21
127373 10:24:43.528 +11:21:21.15 10.20  K0  1015.000619 10:25:01.630 +11:30:06.53 13.626  12.925  12.615     6.7 5  266.14  525.38  588.94
095438 06:07:46.792 +23:28:44.76 10.30  K0  1134.000425 06:08:17.878 +23:28:47.25 15.043  14.170  13.765     7.9 1  427.69    2.49  427.69

where the columns are input catalog star name, RA, Dec, magnitude, spectral type, 2MASS region.number, RA, Dec, J, H, K magnitudes, number of objects in the 900-arcsec-radius default search radius, and catalog-search dra, ddec, and dr (in arcseconds). No objects were found within 900 arcseconds of the second input catalog object.

Last updated 11 July 2007 by Doug Mink

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