[fitsbits] CCD FITS photometry with Mathematica

[Jeff Bryant]

As a personal endeavor, I have recently written a help-browser 
documented Mathematica package for performing astronomical CCD photometry 
and FITS data reduction.  This package was designed for use with my own 
data, but I would like to make the package more useful to others in the 
field.  The functions included in the package include Julian date and 
heliocentric Julian date calculation, photometry, phase-folding, and header 
parsing routines.  Bias subtraction, flat-fielding, normalizing, averaging, 
and image plotting are supported.

   Since I only have my own FITS data to work with, I would be interested 
in hearing opinions and suggestions of the current version so that I can 
make it more useful to the general astronomical community.  The package can 
be found in the Wolfram Research Information Center by searching for CCD in 
the search field (should be the first item that appears) or by going 
directly to the following link:

http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Demos/4858/

There are two files available, an intro notebook and a ZIP file containing 
the package.  Simply unzip the package and put it in your 
AddOns/Applications directory in Mathematica (or in the 
$UserAddOnsDirectory).  Rebuild your help browser and you are ready to go.

Looking forward to any comments.

Thanks

-Jeff