Beta Test software is now available that allows completely flexible command line operation, or full scripting, for full automation of standard Meade or...

Arecibo Observatory radio telescope data are using the variable length array convention for the primary data. The raw data are written this way for speed and...

It's worth noting, in case some of you are not aware of this, that the X-ray community has been using the variable length array convention since the mid 1990s,...

Greetings, WCSLIB 3.6 is now available from http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~mcalabre. Change notes are appended. The main development in this release is a new...

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How does one synch up a pair of images in ds9, so as to blink them? Is there a way to rotate, translate, scale, ... ? Or at least translate?

Gentlemen and ladies, I have the privilege of initiating the design of FITS format applications for astrometry usage for ESO's VLTI, with particular...

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This message is to report that effective 9 August 2004, the IAU FITS Working Group (see http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/iaufwg/iaufwg.html) has voted to approve 2...

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On Mon 2004/08/09 13:14:20 MST, "K. L. Tah" wrote in a message to: I was wondering if someone could tell me the accuracy with which...

Space and time ------------------------------- There are two theories or convictions centered around the existence or creation of our present universe,and life...

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Hi, I've just retrieved a fits file from http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form and would like to know the coordinates which the center pixel of this image...

Hi, I've just retrieved a fits file from http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form and would like to know the coordinates which the center pixel of this image...

DS9: Astronomical Image Display Public Release 3.0 26 July 2004 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/saord Summary ------- We are pleased to announce the availability...

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Is there a standard CTYPE notation for hour angle and declination? Best wishes, Jenny -- Dr. Jennifer Hatchell tel: +49 (0)228 525...

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PS: This issue reminded me that there is still something lacking in WCS. For geocentric equatorial coordinates we have RADESYS to tell us what our coordinate...