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"""
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Finding the brightest pixel
===========================
How to find and overplot the location of the brightest pixel
"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import astropy.units as u
import sunpy.map
from sunpy.data.sample import AIA_171_IMAGE
###############################################################################
# We start with the sample data.
aia = sunpy.map.Map(AIA_171_IMAGE)
###############################################################################
# To find the brightest pixel, we find the maximum in the AIA image data
# then transform that pixel coordinate to a map coordinate.
pixel_pos = np.argwhere(aia.data == aia.data.max()) * u.pixel
hpc_max = aia.pixel_to_world(pixel_pos[:, 1], pixel_pos[:, 0])
###############################################################################
# Let's now plot the results.
fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(projection=aia)
aia.plot()
ax.plot_coord(hpc_max, 'wx', fillstyle='none', markersize=15)
# or you could also use
ax.plot(pixel_pos[:, 1], pixel_pos[:, 0], 'ro', fillstyle='none', markersize=15)
plt.show()
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