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FITS Resources
- sci.astro.fits is the official FITS newsgroup for public discussion of FITS-related matters. Interested researchers may subscribe to the fitsbits email exploder which provides a moderated bi-directional gateway to the newsgroup. Archives of previous postings are available: Of historical interest: charter of the newsgroup, the results and analysis of the vote which lead to the creation of the newsgroup, and an analysis of the readership in 1993.
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Other FITS-related mail lists:
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fitswcs
- FITS World Coordinate System discussion list
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iaufwg
- IAU FITS Working Group discussions
(archive from 1990 to 1995)
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WGAS
- AAS Working Group on Astronomical Software discussions
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wfc
- WGAS (North American Regional) FITS Committee discussions
(archive from 1992 to 1995)
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fitsmime
- dormant list where MIME codes for FITS were discussed
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HEAFITS
- discussion list for FITS issues related to high energy astrophysics
(another incomplete archive)
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DISHFITS
- discussion list for FITS issues related to single dish radio astronomy.
- NRAO maintains many other email lists.
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fitswcs
- FITS World Coordinate System discussion list
- The
IAU FITS Working Group
is the international control authority for the FITS
data format. An
archive
of past IAU-FWG discussions is available as well as some
of the annual FITS committee status reports:
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American Astronomical Society Working Group on Astronomical Sofware
(govening body of the North American FITS committee)
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 2011 - European FITS Committee: 1986
- IAU FITS Working Group: 1992, 1993, 1994
- ADASS FITS Birds of a Feather Session: 1998
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American Astronomical Society Working Group on Astronomical Sofware
- NRAO FITS archive, including documents, FITS newgroup archives, and sample data files
- HEASARC FITS information and sample data files related to High Energy Astrophysics
- IAU Recommendations for Nomenclature of Astronomical Sources
- sci.data.formats newsgroup - A newgroup group for scientific data formats that sometimes includes FITS-related discussions. The FAQ for this newsgroup has not been updated since 1995 but it is cited here because it is not yet obsolete.
- ADASS - Astronomy Data Analysis Software and Systems conference series.
- AstroWeb - Astronomy/Astrophysics resources on the Internet.
- Astronomical Software on the Web - compiled by the Telescope Data Center at SAO.
- Astronomical Software and Documentation Service - a compilation of available software packages and telescope and instrument manuals.
- European Standards for Open Information Interchange.
- A Summary of the International Standard Date and Time Notation.
- Metadata and Data Management Info Page.
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