imcontsub – Estimates and subtracts continuum emission from an image cube – analysis, imaging task

Description

Parameters

Title

Parameter	Default	Description
imagename	''
linefile	''
contfile	''
fitorder	int(0)
region	''
box	''
chans	''
stokes	''

Parameter Explanations

imagename

''

Name of the input spectral line image

linefile

''

Output continuum-subtracted image file name

contfile

''

Output continuum image file name

fitorder

int(0)

Polynomial order for the continuum estimation

region

''

Region selection. Default is to use the full image.

box

''

Rectangular region to select in direction plane. Default is to use the entire direction plane.

chans

''

Channels to use for fitting. Default is to use all channels.

stokes

''

Stokes planes to use. Default is to use all Stokes planes.