B.2.4 Mgc

Specialist functions for use with data from the the Millennium Galaxy Survey.

imageMgc( mgc_id )

Displays the postage stamp FITS image for an MGC object in an image viewer.

• Parameters:
  • mgc_id (integer): the MGC_ID number for the object
• Return value
  • (String): short log string

MGC_IMAGE_BASE

String prepended to MGC_ID for the FITS image URL.

MGC_IMAGE_TAIL

String appended to MGC_ID for the FITS image URL.