From owner-fitsbits at tarsier.cv.nrao.edu Wed Apr 3 17:41:09 1996 Received: (from majdom at localhost) by tarsier.cv.nrao.edu (8.6.13/$Revision: 2.7 $) id RAA02489; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:41:09 -0500 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by tarsier.cv.nrao.edu (8.6.13/$Revision: 2.7 $) with ESMTP id RAA01943; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:08:47 -0500 Received: from cv3.cv.nrao.edu (root at cv3.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.2]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.7.5/8.7.1/CV-2.1) with ESMTP id RAA04060 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:08:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.127.109]) by cv3.cv.nrao.edu (8.7.5/8.7.1/CV-2.1) with SMTP id RAA08615 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:08:39 -0500 (EST) Received: (from pence at localhost) by tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (LHEA9504/950407.s1) id RAA04823 for fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:07:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:07:22 -0500 From: William Pence Message-Id: <199604032207.RAA04823 at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov> To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: FTOOLS 3.5 now publicly available Sender: owner-fitsbits at tarsier.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk FTOOLS VERSION 3.5 DISTRIBUTION A new release of the FTOOLS software package is now publicly available. FTOOLS is a package of approximately 200 data analysis programs and Perl scripts that operate on FITS format data files. Some of these tasks are very general and may be used on any FITS format file. Other tasks are designed to perform specific data reduction or analysis procedures on data files from the ROSAT, ASCA, XTE, CGRO and other astrophysics X-ray and Gamma-ray satellites. The software can be built as a set of stand-alone programs or as a package under IRAF. This software is freely available from the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) as described below: How: (1) With a WWW browser: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/ftools/ftools_release.html (2) Anonymous FTP from legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov in directory: software/ftools/release/FTools_3.5 What: ******* FTOOLS Source and Data Files ******* ftools.v3.5.tar.gz - Source Code Distribution for all platforms ascadata.v3.5.tar.gz - Minimal subset of ASCA Calibration Database *** Compressed Postscript Documentation *** ***(in software/ftools/release/doc directory)*** develop.v3.5.ps.gz - Developer's Guide install.v3.5.ps.gz - Installation Guide users.v3.5.ps.gz - User's Guide Xselect_1.3.ps.gz - Xselect Users Guide *** HTML Documentation *** at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/ftools/ftools_menu.html Supported Platforms: (See Installation Guide for details) unix ALPHA/OSF, DEC/ULTRIX, SUN/SunOS (incl. Solaris) SGI/IRIX vms ALPHA/VMS, VAX/VMS From owner-fitsbits at tarsier.cv.nrao.edu Thu Apr 4 10:28:16 1996 Received: (from majdom at localhost) by tarsier.cv.nrao.edu (8.6.13/$Revision: 2.7 $) id KAA06008; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:28:16 -0500 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by tarsier.cv.nrao.edu (8.6.13/$Revision: 2.7 $) with ESMTP id KAA05754; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:06:03 -0500 Received: from solitaire.cv.nrao.edu (news at solitaire.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.79]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.7.5/8.7.1/CV-2.1) with SMTP id KAA05575 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:05:59 -0500 (EST) Received: by solitaire.cv.nrao.edu (4.1/DDN-DLB/1.6) id AA11501; Thu, 4 Apr 96 10:05:55 EST To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: 2 Apr 1996 23:37:31 GMT From: 0201ba at fiol.nbrock.dk (Bright Amenuvor) Message-Id: <4jsdnr$ic7 at news.uni-c.dk> Organization: News Server at UNI-C, Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education. Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!news-server.ncren.net!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.uni-c.dk!fiol.nbrock.dk!0201ba References: <20MAR199616044613 at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> Subject: Re: Sources of FITS Information Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at tarsier.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Barry M. Schlesinger (bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote: : Archive-name: astronomy/fits/info-sources : Last-modified: 1996/02/21 : -------- : Sources of FITS Information : (corrected URL for FITS Support Office home page) : Preface : This material on sources of Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) : information is posted and updated periodically by the FITS Support : Office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). It discusses : where general FITS information, including some answers to frequently : asked questions, can be found, and provides sources for detailed : information on FITS software and documentation. : ------- : FITS Support Office : (Note the new URL for the hypertext World Wide Web pages; ssdoo... rather : than www.... The old www.... address will work for some - indefinite - : time yet, but links to the FITS Support Office pages should be changed : to the new URL.) : The FITS Support Office maintains a library of FITS information : accessible from http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/fits/fits_home.html or : ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/fits/. The material available includes : o "Definition of FITS," a codification of FITS for the : NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology (NOST), : available in LaTeX, uncompressed PostScript, compressed : PostScript and (usually) ASCII text : (The ASCII text version may not be available for a short : while after the announcement of a new version.) : o "A User's Guide to FITS", published by the FITS Support Office, : in LaTex, and compressed and uncompressed PostScript : o Revisions to version 1.0 of the "Definition of FITS" covering the : specification of units, that were incorporated : into version 1.1 (text) : o A current list of the extension type (structure) names : registered with the International Astronomical Union FITS : Working Group (IAUFWG) (text) : o Rules for physical blocking on various media adopted by : the IAUFWG (text) : In the same directory, but accessible directly via : http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/fits/basics_info.html is the FITS : Basics and Information that used to be regularly posted to : sci.astro.fits and sci.data.formats under the heading of FITS Basics : and Information. It continues to be revised to reflect current FITS : developments. It contains the following material: : o An overview of FITS : o A list of FITS documents : o A list of software packages that support FITS, : including FITS-image converters for various platforms : o A list of on-line FITS resources : o A description of the FITS Support Office : The hypertext version provides links to many of the documents, : software, and network locations listed. The text version provides : information on how to obtain much of this material. : There is also a hypertext version of the List of Registered : Extensions. : Links from the Web page and subdirectories of the ftp directory : contain : : o Software developed by the FITS Support Office. : o Error test files, primary HDUs useful for testing the ability : of software designed to read FITS files to cope with files that : have errors or are non-standard. These files should be : downloaded in binary form. : Printed copies of the material in the FITS directory can be obtained : from the Coordinated Request and User Support Office (CRUSO): : (Postal) Coordinated Request and User Support Office : Code 633 : National Space Science Data Center : NASA Goddard Space Flight Center : Greenbelt MD 20771 USA : (Electronic mail) request at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov : (Telephone) +1-301-286-6695 8:00 A. M. - 4:30 P.M. U. S. Eastern Time : (-0500 from the last Sunday in October through the first Saturday in : April; -0400 the remainder of the year) : When no one is available, messages can be left on voice mail. : (FAX) +1-301-286-1635 : ------- : National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) : A FITS Archive can be found at URL http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/ or : at ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits, located at NRAO. This machine supports a : WAIS server named nrao-fits which has an index of all of the : FITS-related text files in the archive; the file nrao-fits.src is : available at think.com and at : ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits/wais-sources/nrao-fits.src. : Some of the more noteworthy materials in this archive are : o Drafts of proposed additions to the FITS standard and other : drafts that may in the future be formally proposed : o Text of any detailed proposals currently being discussed by : the FITS committees : o A collection of documents on World Coordinate Systems, : including the current draft proposal : o Conventions specific to particular projects or disciplines : o Software packages for display of FITS images on Windows, : Macintosh, and Unix/X-Windows : o Other code for various environments and Usenet postings about : code : o Sample data and special test files designed to measure the : ability of a FITS reader to handle a wide variety of FITS files : o Archives of traffic on FITS-related newsgroups and exploders : ------- : HEASARC : The NASA/Goddard High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive : Research Center (HEASARC) Web server at : http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/fits.html : and the anonymous ftp access through : ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_info/ provide FITS material. HEASARC : has developed a the FITSIO package of software routines for easily : reading and writing FITS files, in FORtRAN with a C interface : available, portable to a wide variety of machines. There is also the : FTOOLS collection of software tools and the VERIFITS FITS conformance : verifier. HEASARC software is available directly through : http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/tech_res_software.html or : ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_info/software/ . : The HEASARC server also provides information from the OGIP/HEASARC : FITS Working Group, (HFWG) the internal legislative body on : FITS-related matters within the Office of Guest Investigator Programs : (OGIP) at NASA/GSFC, at : http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/heasarc/ofwg/ofwg_intro.html or : ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_info/ . The HFWG has developed a : number of FITS conventions that are more specific than the : requirements of the FITS standards. Proposed conventions are : publicized to the FITS community as a whole, with the goal of : collaborative development of a set of conventions that will be : accepted throughout the community as well as within OGIP/HEASARC. : ------- : Direct questions about this posting to : Barry M. Schlesinger : Coordinator, : FITS Support Office : Electronic mail: fits at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov : Telephone: +1-301-441-4205 : The FITS Support Office is operated under the guidance of the : NASA/GSFC Astrophysics Data Facility. -- Bright Amenuvor 0201ba at fiol.nbrok.dk From owner-fitsbits at tarsier.cv.nrao.edu Thu Apr 25 09:24:41 1996 Received: (from majdom at localhost) by tarsier.cv.nrao.edu (8.6.13/$Revision: 2.7 $) id JAA03530; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:24:41 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by tarsier.cv.nrao.edu (8.6.13/$Revision: 2.7 $) with ESMTP id AAA01591; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:06:59 -0400 Received: from solitaire.cv.nrao.edu (news at solitaire.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.79]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.7.5/8.7.1/CV-2.1) with SMTP id AAA11139 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:06:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: by solitaire.cv.nrao.edu (4.1/DDN-DLB/1.6) id AA01716; Thu, 25 Apr 96 00:06:52 EDT To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: 23 Apr 1996 17:02 EDT From: bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry M. Schlesinger) Message-Id: <23APR199617021536 at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!news-server.ncren.net!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!netserv.com!news.ossi.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov!bschlesinger Reply-To: fits at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: Sources of FITS Information Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits,sci.answers,news.answers Sender: owner-fitsbits at tarsier.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Archive-name: astronomy/fits/info-sources Last-modified: 1996/04/22 -------- Sources of FITS Information Preface This material on sources of Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) information is posted and updated periodically by the FITS Support Office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). It discusses where general FITS information, including some answers to frequently asked questions, can be found, and provides sources for detailed information on FITS software and documentation. ------- FITS Support Office The FITS Support Office maintains a library of FITS information accessible from http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/fits/fits_home.html or ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/fits/. The material available includes o "Definition of FITS," a codification of FITS for the NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology (NOST), available in LaTeX, uncompressed PostScript, compressed PostScript and (usually) ASCII text (The ASCII text version may not be available for a short while after the announcement of a new version.) o "A User's Guide to FITS", published by the FITS Support Office, in LaTeX, and compressed and uncompressed PostScript o Revisions to version 1.0 of the "Definition of FITS" covering the specification of units that were incorporated into version 1.1 (text) o A current list of the extension type (structure) names registered with the International Astronomical Union FITS Working Group (IAUFWG) (text) o Rules for physical blocking on various media adopted by the IAUFWG (text) In the same directory, but accessible directly via http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/fits/basics_info.html is the FITS Basics and Information that used to be regularly posted to sci.astro.fits and sci.data.formats. It continues to be revised to reflect current FITS developments. It contains the following material: o An overview of FITS o A list of FITS documents o A list of software packages that support FITS, including FITS-image converters for various platforms o A list of on-line FITS resources o A description of the FITS Support Office The hypertext version provides links to many of the documents, software, and network locations listed. The text version provides information on how to obtain much of this material. There is also a hypertext version of the List of Registered Extensions. Links from the Web page and subdirectories of the ftp directory contain o Software developed by the FITS Support Office. o Error test files, primary HDUs useful for testing the ability of software designed to read FITS files to cope with files that have errors or are non-standard. These files should be downloaded in binary form. Printed copies of the material in the FITS directory can be obtained from the Coordinated Request and User Support Office (CRUSO): (Postal) Coordinated Request and User Support Office Code 633 National Space Science Data Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt MD 20771 USA (Electronic mail) request at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Telephone) +1-301-286-6695 8:00 A. M. - 4:30 P.M. U. S. Eastern Time (-0500 from the last Sunday in October through the first Saturday in April; -0400 the remainder of the year) When no one is available, messages can be left on voice mail. (FAX) +1-301-286-1635 ------- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) A FITS Archive can be found at URL http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/ or at ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits, located at NRAO. This machine supports a WAIS server named nrao-fits which has an index of all of the FITS-related text files in the archive; the file nrao-fits.src is available at think.com and at ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits/wais-sources/nrao-fits.src. Some of the more noteworthy materials in this archive are o Drafts of proposed additions to the FITS standard and other drafts that may in the future be formally proposed o Text of any detailed proposals currently being discussed by the FITS committees o A collection of documents on World Coordinate Systems, including the current draft proposal o Conventions specific to particular projects or disciplines o Software packages for display of FITS images on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Macintosh, and Unix/X-Windows o Other code for various environments and Usenet postings about code o Sample data and special test files designed to measure the ability of a FITS reader to handle a wide variety of FITS files o Archives of traffic on FITS-related newsgroups and exploders ------- HEASARC The NASA/Goddard High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) Web server at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/fits.html and the anonymous ftp access through ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_info/ provide FITS material. HEASARC has developed the FITSIO package of software routines for easily reading and writing FITS files, in FORTRAN with a C interface available, portable to a wide variety of machines. There is also the FTOOLS collection of software tools and the VERIFITS FITS conformance verifier. HEASARC software is available directly through http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/tech_res_software.html or ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_info/software/ . The HEASARC server also provides information from the OGIP/HEASARC FITS Working Group, (HFWG) the internal legislative body on FITS-related matters within the Office of Guest Investigator Programs (OGIP) at NASA/GSFC, at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/ofwg/ofwg_intro.html or ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_info/ . The HFWG has developed a number of FITS conventions that are more specific than the requirements of the FITS standards. Proposed conventions are publicized to the FITS community as a whole, with the goal of collaborative development of a set of conventions that will be accepted throughout the community as well as within OGIP/HEASARC. ------- Direct questions about this posting to Barry M. Schlesinger Coordinator, FITS Support Office Electronic mail: fits at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Telephone: +1-301-441-4205 Be sure to use this office address. Questions sent to me rather than to the office may receive significantly slower answers. The FITS Support Office is operated under the guidance of the NASA/GSFC Astrophysics Data Facility.