[fitsbits] FITS reference
Arnold Rots
arots at head-cfa.harvard.edu
Wed Oct 10 15:04:58 EDT 2001
I would add the formal bibcode "2001A&A...376..359H" or the full URL
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2001A%26A...376..359H
- Arnold
William Pence wrote:
>
> As a result of the imminent publication of the NOST FITS Standard in the
> Astronomy and Astrophysics journal, I'm proposing to update the COMMENT
> cards that the CFITSIO library writes in the the primary header of every
> new FITS file that it creates. Previously, CFITSIO wrote the following
> 4 comment cards:
>
> COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format defined in Astronomy and
> COMMENT Astrophysics Supplement Series v44/p363, v44/p371, v73/p359, v73/p365.
> COMMENT Contact the NASA Science Office of Standards and Technology for the
> COMMENT FITS Definition document #100 and other FITS information.
>
> Now I am proposing to reduce this to a single comment card:
>
> COMMENT FITS format is defined in 'Astronomy and Astrophysics' vol 376 page 359
>
> Any comments on this proposed change to CFITSIO?
>
> -Bill Pence
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