From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Fri Jul 9 11:32:21 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id LAA22506 for fitsbits-spinner; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:31:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id LAA22501 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:31:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id LAA24167 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:31:50 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id KAA22173 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:54:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id KAA24124 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:54:52 -0400 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id KAA15214; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:54:52 -0400 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 10:05:46 -0400 From: Tom McGlynn Message-ID: <37820D3A.5E5215E7 at silk.gsfc.nasa.gov> Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!blanket.mitre.org!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news2.best.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!usenet Reply-To: fepc at nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: NASA is looking at Space Sciences Data Formats Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk FITS users, There is an effort underway to understand and rationalize the use of data formats within the NASA space sciences community. I've appended a notice of this effort below. The hope is to involve as many people in this as possible. NASA's astronomy data is now largely provided in FITS and, while there are no current plans for this to change, the scope of this review includes astronomy data. Please feel free to join the discussion at the site described below. Regards, Tom McGlynn NASA/HEASARC Data Formats: A Community Alert The Space Science community currently expends considerable resources maintaining and evolving a wide variety of data formats. A combination of internal and external pressures make it unlikely that NASA will support all the currently existing formats into the future. A group of concerned individuals who represent format developers, researchers, project data managers, archive managers, and commercial tool vendors have initiated a Format Evolution Process (FEP) and have convened an FEP Committee, hosted by the NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology. During the next few weeks, you have an opportunity to join this process and express your views before the shakedown begins. Working together, we can ensure that the formats we find most useful will survive and evolve. You can find a more detailed statement concerning our goals on the WWW at http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/fep/. The dialogue is organized into discussion forums focussed on various types of users, format developers, and tool developers. An easy to use WWW form interface allows you to express your opinions concerning the various formats you have used and the functionalities you wish formats and their supporting software had. Completed forms are posted on the WWW for others to read and comment on via a web- based e-mail service which allows participants to follow sequential threads of comments. There is also a forum on the potential impacts of new standards and technologies on the formats. Participants are encouraged to submit white papers on relevant topics or provide pointers to such white papers. We expect the web site to evolve into a NASA-wide resource for information on formats and support services. Once sufficient material has been submitted, we plan to convene a meeting of interested contributers to draft consensus documents guiding future data format evolution. If you use, store, provide, or manipulate data, you should begin participating in this dialogue now. From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Tue Jul 13 12:08:05 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id MAA28814 for fitsbits-spinner; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:07:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id MAA28809 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id MAA02875 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:07:17 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id KAA28699 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 10:33:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id KAA02673 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 10:33:47 -0400 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id KAA18277; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 10:33:46 -0400 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:14:54 GMT From: ascotti at netscape.net (Alessandro Scotti) Message-ID: <931875516.877.4 at news.remarQ.com> Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - The Internet's Discussion Network Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!chaos.aoc.nrao.edu!newshost.nmt.edu!rutgers!news.sgi.com!nntp.primenet.com!nntp.gctr.net!nuq-peer.news.verio.net!remarQ73!supernews.com!remarQ.com!remarQ69!news.remarQ.com!nautilus Subject: FITS sample scaling Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Hello. I have added support for FITS simple images to a program of mine and while the image loads just fine sometimes I get very dark pictures with little contrast. Using DISPLAY (a DOS picture viewer) I noticed that for these images it says something like "sqrt scale", while on other it is "linear scale". I have found no documentation on that feature so far, can someone explain what's going on or point me to some document? Even the smallest hint will be *very* appreciated. Thanks. From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Fri Jul 16 15:53:17 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id PAA15191 for fitsbits-spinner; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:52:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id PAA15186 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:52:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA11449 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:52:40 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id PAA15129 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:23:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA11415 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:23:03 -0400 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA27902; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:23:02 -0400 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: 16 Jul 1999 19:21:08 GMT From: monica lynn shaw Message-ID: <7mo0n4$qjn$1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!not-for-mail Subject: programs which support FITS Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Hi, I've got some FITS files that I need to look at. What kind of program will views this type of format? I know I can use IRAF, but how? Also, does anyone know of any shareware programs for the mac or pc which will display fits files? Thanks.. I apologize for the amateur nature of this email. :/ -Monica -- From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Fri Jul 16 16:01:23 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id QAA15240 for fitsbits-spinner; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:01:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id QAA15235 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:01:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id QAA11496 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:01:07 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id PAA15221 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:59:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gorilla.cv.nrao.edu (gorilla.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.9]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id PAA11472 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:59:56 -0400 Received: (from bcotton at localhost) by gorilla.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5/CV-2.3) id PAA24273; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:59:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:59:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Cotton Message-Id: <199907161959.PAA24273 at gorilla.cv.nrao.edu> To: monica lynn shaw CC: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Re: programs which support FITS Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits In-Reply-To: <7mo0n4$qjn$1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <7mo0n4$qjn$1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk monica lynn shaw writes: > Hi, I've got some FITS files that I need to look at. What kind of program > will views this type of format? I know I can use IRAF, but how? > > Also, does anyone know of any shareware programs for the mac or pc which will > display fits files? Thanks.. I apologize for the amateur nature of this > email. :/ > Have a look at http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~bcotton/fitsview.html. This site has freeware FITS image viewers for Windows, Macs and Unix/XWindows systems. -Bill Cotton From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Mon Jul 26 19:55:36 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id TAA13076 for fitsbits-spinner; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:55:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id TAA13071 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:55:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id TAA01185 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:55:03 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id TAA21070 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id TAA13852 for ; Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:34:00 -0400 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id TAA03813; Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:33:59 -0400 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: 17 Jul 1999 22:24:44 GMT From: "Fabio" Message-ID: <01bed0a3$4c52e420$418bd8d4 at privato> Organization: TIN Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!oleane!bignews.mediaways.net!newsfeed.nettuno.it!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!news.tin.it!not-for-mail References: <7mo0n4$qjn$1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <199907161959.PAA24273 at gorilla.cv.nrao.edu> Subject: Re: programs which support FITS Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk > > Hi, I've got some FITS files that I need to look at. What kind of program > > will views this type of format? I know I can use IRAF, but how? > > > > Also, does anyone know of any shareware programs for the mac or pc which will > > display fits files? Thanks.. I apologize for the amateur nature of this > > email. :/ Hi, There is the freeware version of our Astroart, it supports also WCS. http://www.sira.it/msb/astroart.htm Best regards, F. Cavicchio. From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Mon Jul 26 20:16:56 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id UAA13119 for fitsbits-spinner; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:16:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id UAA13114 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:16:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id UAA01223 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:16:49 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id NAA07136 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:36:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from palantir.cv.nrao.edu (tismail at palantir.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.254]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id NAA18421 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:36:38 -0400 Received: (from tismail at localhost) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA16174 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:36:37 -0400 Received: from wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov(128.183.50.20) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu via smap (V1.3) id sma016171; Mon Jul 19 13:36:28 1999 Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.16.178]) by wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA20351 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:30:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13948; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:30:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3793609B.E2F97C6B at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:30:03 -0400 From: William Pence Organization: NASA/GSFC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FITSBITS Subject: HEASARC FITS Software Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk FITS Software Update -------------------- For the benefit of new readers, and as a reminder to veterans, here is a summary of some of the FITS-related software available from the HEASARC: 1. fv (v2.5)- a full featured viewer and editor for any type of FITS file, including tables and images. Versions for most unix platforms (including Mac and PC Linux), and a version for Windows 95/98/NT are available from http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/fv/ 2. Several individual FITS utility programs are available from http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/ftools_select.html: fverify - program to verify that a FITS file conform to the new FITS Standard fdump - print out the contents of a FITS table to an ASCII file fcopy - a simple file copy program that enables very powerful filtering or row selection operations when copying a FITS file. 3. FTOOLS (v4.2) - this is the large package of FITS utilities and data analysis programs, (including the above 2 items). See http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools for more information. 4. CFITSIO (v2.032)- this is the C and Fortran subroutine interface library for reading and writing FITS files that is used by all the above software. It is available from http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/ -------------------------------------------- From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Tue Jul 27 15:00:55 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id PAA20755 for fitsbits-spinner; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 15:00:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id PAA20750 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 15:00:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id PAA02766 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 15:00:22 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id OAA20715 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:20:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id OAA02732 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:20:45 -0400 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id OAA05953; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:20:45 -0400 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:19:55 -0700 From: Jason Harris Message-ID: <379DF84B.9D312495 at ucolick.org> Organization: Lick Observatory Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.ucsc.edu!usenet Subject: Help: FITSIO on Linux Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Hello, I am trying to use the FITSIO library (fortran version) under Linux (RH6.0). Whenever I try to open a FITS image, I get an end of file error message in the subroutione ftread.f I know the FITS image is OK, b/c I opened it in ximtool no problem (also, I used 3 different FITS images of different origins). Does this sound familiar to anyone? TIA, -- Jason Harris Grad Student UCO/Lick Observatory From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Tue Jul 27 18:46:27 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id SAA22139 for fitsbits-spinner; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:46:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id SAA22134 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:46:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id SAA03013 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 18:46:20 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id RAA20995 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:39:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from palantir.cv.nrao.edu (tismail at palantir.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.254]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id RAA02937 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:39:44 -0400 Received: (from tismail at localhost) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA14108 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:39:41 -0400 Received: from wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov(128.183.50.20) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu via smap (V1.3) id sma014102; Tue Jul 27 17:39:31 1999 Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.16.178]) by wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04550; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:34:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA24400; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:33:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <379E2599.E6EB982D at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:33:13 -0400 From: William Pence Organization: NASA/GSFC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Harris CC: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Re: Help: FITSIO on Linux References: <379DF84B.9D312495 at ucolick.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Jason Harris wrote: > > I am trying to use the FITSIO library (fortran version) under Linux > (RH6.0). Whenever I try to open a FITS image, I get an end of file > error message in the subroutione ftread.f > > I know the FITS image is OK, b/c I opened it in ximtool no problem > (also, I used 3 different FITS images of different origins). > > Does this sound familiar to anyone? If an EOF error occurs it will always happen in the ftread routine since that is the routine that reads records from the file. Typically this means the program is trying to move to a nonexistent extension in the file, or the file is corrupted some how. Send me more details and I'll try to help: What is the size of the FITS file in bytes? What are the BITPIX, NAXIS, and NAXISn keyword values? What is the program doing when it returns this error? Also, another simple thing to check is that the input status value = 0 in the routine that is returning the error, and print out any messages on the FITSIO error message stack, which might provide more clues. -Bill Pence ____________________________________________________________________ Dr. William Pence pence at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC Code 662 HEASARC +1-301-286-4599 (voice) Greenbelt MD 20771 +1-301-286-1684 (fax) From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Wed Jul 28 17:46:42 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id RAA05803 for fitsbits-spinner; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:46:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id RAA05797 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:46:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id RAA05665 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:46:11 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id MAA14025 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:43:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.17]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id MAA22322 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:43:13 -0400 Received: (from news at localhost) by newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id MAA30506; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 12:43:12 -0400 To: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:41:32 -0700 From: Bob Denny Message-ID: <3795F83C.C2681831 at dc3.com> Organization: DC-3 Dreams, SP Path: newsfeed.cv.nrao.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!newsfeed.icl.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.idt.net!peerfeed.news.psi.net!psinr!client.POSTED!not-for-mail References: <7mo0n4$qjn$1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <199907161959.PAA24273 at gorilla.cv.nrao.edu> Subject: Re: programs which support FITS Newsgroups: sci.astro.fits Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Hello Bill -- I just wanted to thank you for FITSView! There's a lot of great technology hidden behind its modest user interface. I am just about to release some amateur/educational software that generates and uses WCS, and I have used your program tons of times myself and for demonstrations to show why everyone should be using WCS. Your histogram EQ is virtually perfect for eyeball work without having to adjust the B and C controls. The port of fv from the FITS Tools is abysmal as far as its user interface goes. It won't even fit on an 800x600 screen, and the controls are unbelievably baroque. Just try blinking images :-) Plus it has to install a monster load of emulation junk just for that one program. Anyway, thanks for a nice tool. -- Bob PS: Look at http://pinpoint.dc3.com/ for what I am doing. From owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Thu Jul 29 13:41:13 1999 Received: (from majordom at localhost) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) id NAA15576 for fitsbits-spinner; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:dwells at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id NAA15571 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:41:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwells at localhost) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) id NAA08196 for fitsbits at majordomo.cv.nrao.edu; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 13:41:00 -0400 Received: from fits.cv.nrao.edu (IDENT:root at fits.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]) by kochab.cv.nrao.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/CV-SOL-3.0) with ESMTP id MAA15513 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:37:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from palantir.cv.nrao.edu (tismail at palantir.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.254]) by fits.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8/CV-2.2) with ESMTP id MAA08107 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:37:21 -0400 Received: (from tismail at localhost) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA03960 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:37:17 -0400 Received: from wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov(128.183.50.20) by palantir.cv.nrao.edu via smap (V1.3) id sma003957; Thu Jul 29 12:37:11 1999 Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.16.178]) by wheelo.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA04127; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:31:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA26346; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:30:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37A081BE.48C66C94 at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:30:54 -0400 From: William Pence Organization: NASA/GSFC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob Denny CC: fitsbits at fits.cv.nrao.edu Subject: Re: programs which support FITS References: <7mo0n4$qjn$1 at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <199907161959.PAA24273 at gorilla.cv.nrao.edu> <3795F83C.C2681831 at dc3.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-fitsbits at kochab.cv.nrao.edu Precedence: bulk Bob Denny wrote [to Bill Cotton]: > > I just wanted to thank you for FITSView! There's a lot of great technology > hidden behind its modest user interface. I am just about to release some > amateur/educational software that generates and uses WCS, and I have used > your program tons of times myself and for demonstrations to show why > everyone should be using WCS. Your histogram EQ is virtually perfect for > eyeball work without having to adjust the B and C controls. > > The port of fv from the FITS Tools is abysmal as far as its user interface > goes. It won't even fit on an 800x600 screen, and the controls are > unbelievably baroque. Just try blinking images :-) Plus it has to install a > monster load of emulation junk just for that one program. > Bob, Sorry you didn't have a good first impression of fv. First, make sure that you are using the latest 2.5 version that was released in May 1999; it sounds like you may have an old version. Fv is designed to view and edit any FITS file, possibly containing multiple tables and/or images, so the user interface has many menus and options. There is a short tutorial/user's guide available from the fv web site that explains how to use many of the features for new users. As for fitting on an 800x600 screen, you can select a default image window ranging from 300x300 to 700x700 pixels in size, which should suit any screen resolution. Regardless of the default size, you can interactively resize the images by dragging a corner with the mouse. Blinking of 2 images can be done very quickly and easily: open and display both images (they initially appear side by side on the display canvas), click on the 'merge graphs' option to combine both images in the same graph, then click on 'blink images' to start the blinking. You can blink any number of images at one time (not just 2), and the position registration of the images is determined by the WCS information, so the images do not need to have the same size or scale. You can also pan and zoom within the images while the blinking is in progress. Other useful image display features in fv are: - draws a grid of RA and DEC lines over the image - contour plots can be generated and combined with other images (e.g., draw optical contours on top of a radio image) - brightness/contrast and panning/zooming are interactively adjustable by dragging the mouse over the image - 20 different color mappings, and 3 different intensity scaling options (linear, log, or square root) are provided. Histogram equalization is not currently provided, but that is high on the list of enhancements for the next release. Finally, the installation of fv is intended to be easy and quick. The windows .zip file is only 2.6MB in size. Fv is written in native Tcl/Tk code, so it is not an emulation. So, we hope you will give fv another try. It is available from the fv web site at: http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/fv/ We can also send a version on CDROM to Linux PC users. Any questions, problems, or suggestions about fv should be sent to: ftoolshelp at athena.gsfc.nasa.gov regards, Bill Pence (for the ftools group)