From dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu Thu May 30 10:56:35 1991 X-VM-VHeader: ("From:" "Sender:" "Resent-From" "To:" "Apparently-To:" "Cc:" "Subject:" "Date:" "Resent-Date:") nil X-VM-Bookmark: 6 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["1345" "Thu" "30" "May" "1991" "06:27:50" "GMT" "Don Wells" "dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu " nil "25" "Activation of alt.sci.astro.fits" "^From:" nil nil "5"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits Distribution: alt Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA From: dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) Subject: Activation of alt.sci.astro.fits Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 06:27:50 GMT I have formed this group in order to provide a forum for discussion of technical issues related to the FITS [Flexible Image Transport System] data format, the standard data interchange format of astronomy worldwide. The idea of a newsgroup for FITS was recommended by Trond Melen of the European Southern Observatory in Garching, FRG. I discussed the concept of this newsgroup in my annual presentation on the state of FITS, made in the morning business session of the Working Group for Astronomical Software held on Tuesday 28th May (yesterday), at the summer meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. I did not sense any opposition to the idea among the people present at the WGAS meeting, and so the group has been created. I do not intend to make any more transmissions on this newsgroup until Preben Grosbol (Chairman of the IAU [International Astronomical Union] FITS Working Group) has posted to the newsgroup. I would also like to see a posting by Barry Schlesinger (the FITS "hotline" person at the FITS Office at NSSDC-NOST). -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells at nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 Edgemont Road Fax= +1-804-296-0278 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA 78:31.1W, 38:02.2N From bankst at matai.vuw.ac.nz Thu May 30 22:36:38 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["880" "" "30" "May" "91" "22:08:54" "GMT" "bankst at matai.vuw.ac.nz" "bankst at matai.vuw.ac.nz" nil "17" "Re: Activation of alt.sci.astro.fits" "^From:" nil nil "5"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits Distribution: alt,vuw Organization: Victoria University of Wellington, NZ From: bankst at matai.vuw.ac.nz Subject: Re: Activation of alt.sci.astro.fits Date: 30 May 91 22:08:54 GMT In article , dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes: > I have formed this group in order to provide a forum for discussion of > technical issues related to the FITS [Flexible Image Transport System] > data format, the standard data interchange format of astronomy > worldwide. The idea of a newsgroup for FITS was recommended by Trond > Melen of the European Southern Observatory in Garching, FRG. > I'm pleased to see this group being formed, and would like to add my voice to its support. I think its an excellent way for us to all keep up on the developments in FITS, and find help if we need it. -- Timothy Banks, Physics Department, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. Bankst at matai.vuw.ac.nz, bankst at rata.vuw.ac.nz, astrofiz at rs1.vuw.ac.nz "I know you're out there - I can feel the popcorn!" Std. Disclaimer applies. From richard at elroy.jpl.nasa.gov Sun Jun 9 22:24:16 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["395" "" "30" "May" "91" "16:20:40" "GMT" "Richard Weidner" "richard at elroy.jpl.nasa.gov " nil "9" "upside down" "^From:" nil nil "5"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL From: richard at elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Richard Weidner) Subject: upside down Date: 30 May 91 16:20:40 GMT Hello newsgroup. I am glad Melen proposed this group. We received data in FITS format from Hubble. It would be very useful to discuss that beastie. Since I did not attend the ASWG meeting you referenced, would somebody like to print some references to FITS. That would give a standard basis for discussion. (Please not the whole document, just the publication details so we can get a copy.) From rthomson at mesa.dsd.es.com Sun Jun 9 22:24:42 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["337" "" "30" "May" "91" "20:29:19" "GMT" "Rich Thomson" "rthomson at mesa.dsd.es.com " nil "9" "FITS reader for AVS" "^From:" nil nil "5"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits Reply-To: rthomson at dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson) Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.85.21 From: rthomson at mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson) Subject: FITS reader for AVS Date: 30 May 91 20:29:19 GMT Would anyone be interested in collaborating on an AVS module that would read FITS style images? -- Rich -- ``Read my MIPS -- no new VAXes!!'' -- George Bush after sniffing freon Disclaimer: I speak for myself, except as noted. UUCP: ...!uunet!dsd.es.com!rthomson Rich Thomson ARPA: rthomson at dsd.es.com PEXt Programmer From n311bs at tamuts.tamu.edu Sun Jun 9 22:24:58 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["475" "" "31" "May" "91" "19:18:45" "GMT" "Ross Mckinney" "n311bs at tamuts.tamu.edu " nil "9" "I'll bite" "^From:" nil nil "5"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits Distribution: alt.sci.astro.fits Organization: /tamu/Zn/n311bs/.organization From: n311bs at tamuts.tamu.edu (Ross Mckinney) Subject: I'll bite Date: 31 May 91 19:18:45 GMT Ok, I'll bite. This sounds interesting, and I have been looking for this kind of data for a while. If someone could post a synopsis of FITS (I've never heard of it before), I'll be glad to write or help write some programs to access the images and perhaps convert them to GIF (If I get what you are saying correctly). -Jack (I know, the Header says Ross, I'll explain later) From dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu Wed Sep 18 18:15:41 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["2034" "Wed" "18" "September" "1991" "22:55:27" "GMT" "Don Wells" "dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu " nil "44" "Re: wrong name for this group" "^From:" nil nil "9"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits In-Reply-To: sla at fast.ucsc.edu's message of 18 Sep 91 17: 39:54 GMT Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA From: dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) Subject: Re: wrong name for this group Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1991 22:55:27 GMT In article <21022 at darkstar.ucsc.edu> sla at fast.ucsc.edu (Steve Allen) writes: In article <1991Sep18.114743.9862 at uwovax.uwo.ca> 17001_1511 at uwovax.uwo.ca writes: >Again I say, should this not have been sci.astro.fits ???? There is now general agreement in the FITS community that our long-term goal should be to create sci.astro.fits. SA> only 46 messages... not exactly high traffic... Several key groups in the FITS community have not yet demonstrated that they are able to participate in this newsgroup. Our goal must be to create a true worldwide discussion forum for FITS-related matters. SA> ... Nor do I believe that we actually have 100 subscribers... FITS is a matter of such importance in astronomy, throughout the world and across the entire range of observing frequencies and for both space-based and ground-based astronomy, that I will be surprised if we have trouble meeting the 100-excess-yes-votes test when the moment comes. Preben Grosbol is currently, this week, polling the European FITS Committee. In a message to me only 12 hours ago he said: "On the USEnet News, there are still a number of people who do not get the News or only with significant difficulty. I will make the final statistics end next week. I can already see that we cannot rely on News only. Some link/exchange to normal e-mail is needed." His conclusion regarding the need for an exploder is consistent with my own knowledge of the community. I expect that we will soon be operating an exploder with a bi-directional gateway to this newsgroup. SA> ... does anybody want to act as the central administration site SA> [for a rollcall and/or a USEnet vote]? You can expect that I will volunteer for that duty. I created this newsgroup. -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells at nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 Edgemont Road Fax= +1-804-296-0278 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA 78:31.1W, 38:02.2N From dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu Thu Sep 19 21:34:47 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["1688" "Fri" "20" "September" "1991" "00:52:35" "GMT" "Don Wells" "dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu " nil "33" "Re: is there an ftp archive site for std | c++ sw | test data" "^From:" nil nil "9"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits In-Reply-To: alans at juliet.ll.mit.edu's message of 19 Sep 91 12: 20:40 Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA From: dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) Subject: Re: is there an ftp archive site for std | c++ sw | test data Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1991 00:52:35 GMT In article alans at juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Alan Stein) writes: AS> ... I believe... that my copy of the "FITS standard" AS> specification is outdated, and would like to obtain a current AS> version... Do anonymous-FTP to fits.cx.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8] and look in directory FITS/doc. You will find several interesting documents: -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 169172 Jul 25 22:45 bintable.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 29273 May 27 14:36 bintable.tex -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 243 Jun 16 00:43 fits-docs.bib -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 363903 Jul 21 17:56 fits_standard.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 7201 Jul 21 17:58 fits_standard.readme -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 99523 Jun 27 1990 fitsdbmsapp.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 42193 Jun 27 1990 fitsdbmsapp.ps.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 20603 Jun 27 1990 fitsdbmsapp.tex -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 7775 Feb 28 1989 fitsfp89.txt -r--r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 364130 Jun 16 00:16 vf.ps -rw-r--r-- 1 dwells vlb 71244 Jun 16 00:45 vf.tex The "fits_standard" is the most recent draft (version 0.2) of the NASA version of the FITS standard. The "bintable" is the May draft of the BINTABLE extension draft standard, and it should be regarded as superceding the binary table appendix in the NASA standard document. -- Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells at nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 Edgemont Road Fax= +1-804-296-0278 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA 78:31.1W, 38:02.2N From dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu Fri Sep 20 15:59:09 1991 Status: RO X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["395" "Fri" "20" "September" "1991" "19:28:37" "GMT" "Don Wells" "dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu " nil "7" "Gateway test#1" "^From:" nil nil "9"]) Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.fits Path: cv3.cv.nrao.edu!mail-to-news-gateway Message-ID: <9109201928.AA10853 at fits.cx.nrao.edu> Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory Lines: 7 From: dwells at fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) Sender: news at nrao.edu Subject: Gateway test#1 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1991 19:28:37 GMT Please ignore this test of a bi-directional Email exploder gateway to be associated with alt.sci.astro.fits. Donald C. Wells Associate Scientist dwells at nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory +1-804-296-0277 Edgemont Road Fax= +1-804-296-0278 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2475 USA 78:31.1W, 38:02.2N