[fitsbits] Re: SDSS data

[Clive Page]

In article <y93he6md9ap.fsf at nestle.ai.mit.edu>,
Allan Adler  <ara at nestle.ai.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>I'm under the impression that the data in the SDSS database resides
>in FITS files. If on my Linux system I execute
>
>wget -q -O "out.csv" "http://skyserver.pha.jhu.edu/dr1/en/tools/search/x_sql.asp?
format=csv&cmd=SELECT%20TOP%2010%20*%20FROM%20Galaxy%20WHERE%20r%3C17"
^^^^^^^^^^

Well it doesn't look as if the SkyServer can output FITS files, but if you
submitted a request saying format=csv then I'd say you should not be
surprised to get a csv file as a result.    There are FITS utilities (try
FTOOLS, see http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/) that might help in the conversion.
Why don't you ask the people at JHU if they can provide direct FITS output?


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