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+# Copyright (c) 2017 Weitian LI <liweitianux@live.com>
+# MIT license
+
+"""
+Wrapper function to view FITS files using DS9.
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+
+
+def ds9_view(filename, regfile=None, regformat="ciao", regsystem="physical",
+ cmap="he", binfactor=2, scale="linear", smooth=None):
+ """
+ Wrapper function to view FITS files using DS9.
+ """
+ cmd = [
+ "ds9", filename,
+ "-regions", "format", regformat,
+ "-regions", "system", regsystem,
+ "-regions", regfile,
+ "-cmap", cmap,
+ "-bin", "factor", binfactor,
+ "-scale", scale,
+ ]
+ if smooth:
+ cmd += ["-smooth", "yes", "-smooth", "radius", smooth]
+ subprocess.check_call(cmd)