From fitsbits-request Sun Sep 3 07:44:56 1995 X-VM-Message-Order: (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) X-VM-Summary-Format: "%n %*%a %-17.17F %-3.3m %2d %4l/%-5c %I\"%s\"\n" X-VM-Labels: nil X-VM-VHeader: ("Resent-" "From:" "Sender:" "To:" "Apparently-To:" "Cc:" "Subject:" "Date:") nil X-VM-Bookmark: 7 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["41" "" "3" "September" "1995" "04:55:59" "-0400" "rocketroc at aol.com" "rocketroc at aol.com" "<42bqiv$its at newsbf02.news.aol.com>" "6" "viewer for mac?" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995090308:55:59" "viewer for mac?" (number " " mark " rocketroc at aol.com Sep 3 6/41 " thread-indent "\"viewer for mac?\"\n") nil] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA14912; Sun, 3 Sep 1995 07:44:56 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: <42bqiv$its at newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!caen!crl.dec.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Reply-To: rocketroc at aol.com (ROCKETROC) Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits content-length: 39 From: rocketroc at aol.com (ROCKETROC) Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: viewer for mac? Date: 3 Sep 1995 04:55:59 -0400 Is their a FITS viewer for the Mac? From fitsbits-request Mon Sep 11 16:52:38 1995 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["515" "Thu" "7" "September" "1995" "21:09:05" "GMT" "Don Gumby Debbie" "gumby at cruzio.com" "" "21" "Re: viewer for mac?" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995090721:09:05" "viewer for mac?" (number " " mark " Don Gumby Debbie Sep 7 21/515 " thread-indent "\"Re: viewer for mac?\"\n") "<42bqiv$its at newsbf02.news.aol.com>"] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA08184; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:52:38 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: Organization: Cruzio Community Networking System, Santa Cruz, CA Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!maui.cc.odu.edu!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!miwok!bdt.com!hal.COM!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.scruz.net!cruzio!pine147.cruzio.com!user References: <42bqiv$its at newsbf02.news.aol.com> Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits content-length: 513 From: gumby at cruzio.com (Don & Debbie) Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Re: viewer for mac? Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 21:09:05 GMT In article <42bqiv$its at newsbf02.news.aol.com>, rocketroc at aol.com (ROCKETROC) wrote: > Is their a FITS viewer for the Mac? Graphic Converter (shareware) can import files in the FITS format. You can find it on an Info-Mac mirror. There is also a free Photoshop style plug-in tool called PhotoFits which can be found at: . The README for PhotoFits warns that it probably won't work for some FITS files, and it is a work-in-progress. Good luck. Don A. Lloyd -- From fitsbits-request Tue Sep 12 20:56:06 1995 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["945" "" "8" "September" "1995" "16:40" "EDT" "Barry M. Schlesinger" "bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov" "<8SEP199516402816 at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>" "23" "IAUFGW official List of Registered Extensions in on the Web" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995090820:40:00" "IAUFGW official List of Registered Extensions in on the Web" (number " " mark " Barry M. Schlesin Sep 8 23/945 " thread-indent "\"IAUFGW official List of Registered Extensions in on the Web\"\n") nil] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA01743; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 20:56:06 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: <8SEP199516402816 at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!portal.gmu.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon.jsc.nasa.gov!ames!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov!bschlesinger Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits content-length: 943 From: bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry M. Schlesinger) Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: IAUFGW official List of Registered Extensions in on the Web Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:40 EDT The IAU FITS Working Group List of Registered Extensions is now available on the World Wide Web, at http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/fits/xtension.html. It was previously available only in text form, at ftp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/fits/xtension.lis In order to allow reading software to identify whether or not it is capable of interpreting an extension, the extension type names, e. g., TABLE, BINTABLE, must be unique; that is, a given extension type name can identify only one structure. To ensure this uniqueness, all extension type names and their meaning must be registered with the IAU FITS Working Group, even those extension types used at only one installation. This Web page contains the current list, including links to those descriptive documents that are electronically available. It also provides information on how to register an extension type name. Barry Schlesinger FITS Support Office GSFC/ADF From fitsbits-request Tue Sep 12 21:44:20 1995 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["6689" "" "8" "September" "1995" "16:51" "EDT" "Barry M. Schlesinger" "bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov" "<8SEP199516513050 at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>" "162" "Sources of FITS Information" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995090820:51:00" "Sources of FITS Information" (number " " mark " Barry M. Schlesin Sep 8 162/6689 " thread-indent "\"Sources of FITS Information\"\n") nil] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA01791; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 21:44:20 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: <8SEP199516513050 at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!portal.gmu.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!ames!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov!bschlesinger Reply-To: fits at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits content-length: 6687 From: bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry M. Schlesinger) Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Sources of FITS Information Date: 8 Sep 1995 16:51 EDT 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://www.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, PostScript, and ASCII text o "A User's Guide to FITS", published by the FITS Support Office, in LaTex, and compressed and uncompressed PostScript o Proposed revisions to the "Definition of FITS"covering the specification of units (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://www.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 some 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. 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. The documents subdirectory of the fits directory contains a number of subdirectories. The BINTABLE draft for Astronomy and Astrophysics is, in various formats, in files bintable_aa.*. A proposals subdirectory is reserved for detailed proposals currently being considered by the FITS committees. A drafts subdirectory contains drafts of designs not yet submitted. The wcs subdirectory contains a draft of the current proposal for world coordinate system conventions now under community review and earlier documents and presentations on world coordinates. Other subdirectories include sample FITS files -- both actual data files and files specially constructed to test the ability of software to read all kinds of FITS structures, some code for particular environments, pointers to other code, and an archive of Usenet postings related to FITS. This machine supports a WAIS server named nrao-fits (URL wais://fits.cv.nrao.edu/nrao-fits; also see ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits/wais-sources/nrao-fits.src) which has an index of all of the FITS-related text files in the archive. 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 Conventions specific to particular projects or disciplines o Some 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 material 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. From fitsbits-request Wed Sep 13 13:49:04 1995 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["157" "Sat" "9" "September" "1995" "04:51:47" "GMT" "Jacob Bukczynski" "jbukczyn at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca" "<42r384$1f88 at rover.ucs.ualberta.ca>" "6" "FITS viewer for Windows" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995090904:51:47" "FITS viewer for Windows" (number " " mark " Jacob Bukczynski Sep 9 6/157 " thread-indent "\"FITS viewer for Windows\"\n") nil] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA04355; Wed, 13 Sep 1995 13:49:04 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: <42r384$1f88 at rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Organization: Computing and Network Services, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!maui.cc.odu.edu!news.larc.nasa.gov!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits content-length: 155 From: jbukczyn at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Jacob Bukczynski) Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: FITS viewer for Windows Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 04:51:47 GMT Is there a freeware/shareware FITS viewer for Windows somewhere? If any on has it, can you please post it or give me a site where it can be found? Thanks From fitsbits-request Thu Sep 14 10:36:23 1995 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["534" "" "14" "September" "1995" "14:36:13" "GMT" "Don Wells" "dwells at nrao.edu" "" "14" "Re: FITS viewer for Windows" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995091414:36:13" "FITS viewer for Windows" (number " " mark " Don Wells Sep 14 14/534 " thread-indent "\"Re: FITS viewer for Windows\"\n") "<42r384$1f88 at rover.ucs.ualberta.ca>"] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA07907; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:36:23 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: Organization: nrao Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!news.cv.nrao.edu!dwells References: <42r384$1f88 at rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits content-length: 532 From: dwells at nrao.edu (Don Wells) Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Re: FITS viewer for Windows Date: 14 Sep 1995 14:36:13 GMT "JB" == Jacob Bukczynski writes: JB> Is there a freeware/shareware FITS viewer for Windows somewhere?.. See http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/os-support/ms-windows/fitsview/ or ftp://fits.cv.nrao.edu/fits/os-support/ms-windows/fitsview/ -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells at nrao.edu http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/~dwells National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA From fitsbits-request Fri Sep 22 10:26:24 1995 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["215" "" "20" "September" "1995" "14:38:56" "GMT" "Xinjian Lu" "xlu at solitaire.cv.nrao.edu" "<43p920$bn1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>" "9" "HDF-FITS Conversion Page" "^From:" nil nil "9" "1995092014:38:56" "HDF-FITS Conversion Page" (number " " mark " Xinjian Lu Sep 20 9/215 " thread-indent "\"HDF-FITS Conversion Page\"\n") nil] nil) Received: by fits.cv.nrao.edu (5.x/S2.3/NRAO-CV/2.3) id AA11460; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:26:24 -0400 Return-Path: Message-Id: <43p920$bn1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Path: solitaire.cv.nrao.edu!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!portal.gmu.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits,sci.data.formats content-length: 213 From: Xinjian Lu Sender: fitsbits-request at fits.cv.nrao.edu To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: HDF-FITS Conversion Page Date: 20 Sep 1995 14:38:56 GMT Hi, The NCSA HDF group has set up a web page for HDF-FITS Conversion at: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8001/fits/ Please take a look and send your comments about HDF-FITS conversion to us. Thank you, xinjian