From dwells@azalea.cx.nrao.edu Tue May  5 22:19:37 1992
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From: dwells@azalea.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells)
Subject: rmgroup alt.sci.astro.fits
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA.
Date: Wed, 6 May 1992 03:18:09 GMT

The newsgroup alt.sci.astro.fits was created in June 1991 for
discussions about FITS [Flexible Image Transport System], the standard
data interchange format of astronomy. The name was chosen to indicate
that it was a prototype for a potential official newsgroup. A formal
USEnet vote was held in February 1992, and newsgroup sci.astro.fits
was created early in March. There is no longer any need for the
prototype newsgroup and it should be removed.
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