programs which support FITS

[William Pence]

This difference is probably explained by the fact that the stand-alone version
of fv available from

http://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/fv/

is a later version than the one that was distributed with the ftools software
release.  This later version has more features and has fixed a few bugs.  Also,
this is not a 'lite' version in the sense that it has all the features, and much
more, than in the ftools release version.

-Bill Pence

Dumbo wrote:
>
> Fv was the only viewer that let me look at the spectra stored at the ADC.
> 
> Bizzarely however after I tried unsuccessfuly using the fv with the full
> Ftool install it wouldnt work. It just kept on giving invalid Fit file
> errors every time I tried to view them. Frustrated I uninstalled it and some
> days later and tried the lite fv download on its own. Voila, it worked.
> 
> Not sure why the lite download would work where the full one didnt but I
> assume its down to an IUI error (Insufficient User Intelligence).
> 
> Anyways now I am happily looking at my spectra so the point is moot ;)
> Thanks for a great (and free) product.
> 
> _dumbo