Viewing DSS Fits Files
Bill Cotton
bcotton at nrao.edu
Mon May 4 19:55:23 EDT 1998
dgb at doplar.wa.astro.gov.au writes:
> The other day I asked about viewers for fits files to help me with a
> photographic project for my astronomical club. I was given the net
> address to download FITsview 2.0.
>
> The good news is that I now have this program and it works well with the
> sample images that came with it. However, when I try to view fits files
> downloaded fromm DSS I get an error message saying that I have performed
> an illegal function. I have tried on different days downloading DSS
> images and seeing if they will be accepted by the program. But no
> luck. If it is of any use my computer has Windows 95 and runs a late
> version of Netscape.
>
> Your help is once again needed.
>
> Gordon
>
> (What I have seen so far, I think Fitsviewer is a fantastic research
> tool)
>
>
Gordon,
Could you be a bit more specific about your source of dss images.
I can't reproduce your problem using images from the stsci server.
Also, could you please use an E-Mail account with a proper host name?
When I try to send you a message directly it bounces complaining of
"Unknown host".
-Bill Cotton
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