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NAME
syndico -- Make dicomed plots of full disk images (18 centimeters in diameter)
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USAGE
syndico image
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PARAMETERS
.ls image
Image to plot on the dicomed.
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.ls logofile = iraf$noao/imred/vtel/nsolcrypt.dat
File containing the text encoded NSO logo image.
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.ls device = dicomed
Device on which to plot the image.
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.ls sbthresh = 2
Squibby brightness threshold used to determine the limb for trimming.
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.ls plotlogo = yes
Flag indicating whether or not to plot the logo.
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.ls verbose = yes
Flag indicating to the program that it should give progress reports.
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.ls forcetype = no
Flag to override the wavelength designation from the image header.
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.ls magnetic = yes
If 'forcetype' = 'yes' then this flag designates that we should force
to magnetic (8688).  If set to 'no' the type is forced to 10830.
The effect of forcing the type is to choose which lookup table to
use when scaling the image.
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.ls month
Month the observation was taken (January = 1,,,December = 12).
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.ls day
Day of the month the observation was taken.
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.ls year
Year the observation was taken (two digits only, ie. 89 for 1989).
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.ls hour
Hour of the day the observation was taken (universal time, 1-24).
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.ls minute
Minute the observation was taken (0-59).
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.ls second
Second the observation was taken (0-59).
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DESCRIPTION
Syndico produces full disk plots on the Dicomed.  The ephemeris data
is used to estimate the radius of the image and the center of the
disk is gotten from the image header.  Using this data, an image is
made that is as close to 18 centimeters in diameter as possible.
There are two greyscale lookup tables corresponding to the two types
of image normally used, the magnetogram and the spectroheliogram.
If the wavelength is something other than 8688 or 10830, a linear
greyscale is used.

The National Solar Observatory (tentative) logo is read from an encoded
text file and put on the plot if requested (default).
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EXAMPLES

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	vt> syndico image1
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SEE ALSO
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