Hi,

How does one put a circular aperture on an image in order to measure flux 
within it?

For instance, if in a 2048x2048 fits image I wanted to use a circular 
aperture of size 11 pixels (diameter) and sum the counts, what is the best 
way to go?

How do I collect the "background" by using a larger aperture (say 17) and 
excluding the earlier aperture (i.e. an annulus)?

Cheers,
-ashish

Ashish Mahabal, Caltech Astronomy, Pasadena, CA 91125
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~aam aam at astro.caltech.edu

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