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Region file

A region file is created if the parameter regionfile is set equal to some file name. When the input image is viewed using ds9 the sources can be overlaid on the image by selecting the region file. The regions will be plotted in different colours, depending on their quality and confusion flag values. Unfortunately, only one flag setting can be depicted - the region colour is selected by the following rules:


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