[fitsbits] FITS status ? {External}

[Arnold Rots]

Like most of you, I am marginally in category A.
Being retired, I dabble in some Chandra related things, very part time, on
the basis of a connection with the CXC here at CfA.
With the PBR as released right now, things look depressing,  with a 68% cut
to NASA  Astrophysics and 57% to NSF.
Sure, it isn't the final budget, but this year there are too many programs
that need a fight.
That said, Astropy sounds like an area that certainly needs attention.

Cheers,

  - Arnold


Arnold H Rots

Research Associate

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On Wed, May 28, 2025, 18:19 Seaman, Robert Lewis - (rseaman) via fitsbits <
fitsbits at listmgr.nrao.edu> wrote:

> Hello FITS folks,
>
>
>
> I circulated a thread a couple of weeks ago about a proposed small
> addition to the allowed values for ZCMPTYPE to include “JPEGXL”. There are
> some other small details, but it isn’t much more complicated than that, and
> incrementing the standard (https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_standard.html)
> to version 4.01. Support in astropy and CFITSIO is in the works.
>
>
>
> Since then, I’ve contacted the latest two IAU FITS WG chairs, who are both
> now retired. The more basic logistical questions are A) who remains engaged
> from the old days in FITS as a standard, and B) how to navigate a
> transition to early (well, earlier) career astronomical software
> professionals.
>
>
>
> Action items:
>
>    - Please respond to this ping if you fall under category A
>    - Please make suggestions about how to do B
>    - Please consider participating in either:
>       - the upcoming ADASSx Summer Workshop, August 1-5, 2025, following
>       the Rubin Community Workshop in Tucson (
>       https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu/adassx-2025)
>       - and/or the regular ADASS XXXV, November 9-13, Görlitz, Germany
>       (website soon)
>       - and perhaps even submit FITS-related abstracts!
>
>
>
> FITS governance may need refreshing, but FITS as a day-to-day standard in
> astronomy continues strong.
>
>
>
> Rob Seaman
>
> Catalina Sky Survey
>
> University of Arizona
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