The mViewer application makes PNG/JPEG files using FITS images as input. Part of that processing involves analyzing the FITS files and creating a histogram that is used to inform the transformation from pixel values to display colors/intensities. This processing is done inside mViewer itself.
However, there are situations where it helps to have the histogram earlier. For instance, you may have several images to process into PNGs and wish to use the same histogram-based stretch for each one. Or you may want to generate a set of pixel values that give the visual impression of a color bar (see mPad). Sometimes, you may just want the histogram itself for display or analysis purposes.
The mHistogram module contains the same histogram code as mViewer but writes the results out to an ASCII file which can then be read in by mHistogram, mPad or user programs.
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