Hi,

I am writing some software to read, process and write FITS files. I was
wondering about the options for FITS image compression, i.e.
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/c/c_user/node40.html

Does anyone know if other popular programs implement this? I.e. MaximDL,
AstroArt, Photoshop (via FITS Liberator) and the like?

If no-one implements such compression, then it makes no sense for me to do
it either, because the FITS files must be portable between applications.

Any comments/info?

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Carsten A. Arnholm
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