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NAME

flip - flips image files about rows or columns

SYNOPSIS

flip file rows | cols [outfile=]

DESCRIPTION

flip generates the mirror image of a FITS file. If the rows option is specified the program places the mirror on the central row of the image. If the cols options is specified, a given pixels row will not change, but the column will be reflected. Note: this is not the same as an image rotation.

Use this command to change the handedness of an image so that it matches the way it is viewed on the sky or on a finding chart, or to get the wavelength dispersion of a spectrum running the desired way.

The data overwrites the input file unless the outfile option is used.

flip is faster in cols than in rows.

SEE ALSO

rotate