pyregion 2.2.0

python parser for ds9 region files

pyregion is a python module to parse ds9 region files. It also supports ciao region files.

• Code: https://github.com/astropy/pyregion

• Docs: https://pyregion.readthedocs.io

• PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyregion

Installation: pip install pyregion

Lead developer: Jae-Joon Lee ([@leejjoon](http://github.com/leejjoon))

FEATURES

• ds9 and ciao region files.

• (physical, wcs) coordinate conversion to the image coordinate.

• convert regions to matplotlib patches.

• convert regions to spatial filter (i.e., generate mask images)

LICENSE

All files are under MIT License. See LICENSE.

Status

New regions package

See also the in-development regions package at https://github.com/astropy/regions a new astronomy package for regions based on Astropy.