Tutorial

import aplpy
import numpy

gc = aplpy.FITSFigure('fits/2MASS_k.fits',figsize=(10,9))
gc.show_rgb('graphics/2MASS_arcsinh_color.png')

gc.set_tick_labels_font(size='small')

gc.show_contour('fits/mips_24micron.fits',colors='white')

data = numpy.loadtxt('data/yso_wcs_only.txt')
ra,dec = data[:,0],data[:,1]

gc.show_markers(ra,dec,layer='scatter_set_1',edgecolor='red',
facecolor='none',marker='o',s=10,alpha=0.5)

gc.save('tutorial.png')