Comments on FITS Standard 1.2

[Patrick Wallace]

Kevid Reardon wrote:

> "Use of GPS time (19  s behind TAI) is deprecated"
> ...why is it deprecated? For many amateurs or smaller observatories
> this may be the easiest way to get an precise time measurement.

I think the deprecation refers to use of the timescale, not the method
of getting the time.

Patrick Wallace
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