Creation of a radial brightness profile

The program ds9 can be used to create a radial brightness profile. In the following two possibilities will be described:

1. Open the FITS file
2. Click on projection tool in Region > Shape > Projection
3. Mark the line at which the radial profile shall be created
4. In the popup window projection save the profile either as data table via File > Save Data as a *.dat file or alternative export the radial profile from the diagram window as a PostScript image via File > Postscript Print
5. Use gnuplot, tikz, pgfplots, WRplot, or alike (Excel would work, too) to create the profile

1. Open the FITS file
2. Click on line in Region > Shape
3. Mark the line at which the radial profile shall be created
4. Double-click on the line
5. In the popup window create the profile via Analysis > 2D Plot
6. In the popup window projection save the profile either as data table via File > Save Data as a *.dat file or alternative export the radial profile from the diagram window as a PostScript image via File > Postscript Print
7. Use gnuplot, tikz, pgfplots, WRplot, or alike (Excel would work, too) to create the profile