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[fitsbits] SAOImage DS9 release 5.0
SAOImage DS9: Astronomical Image Display
Public Release 5.0 15 Oct 2007 Summary --------- We are pleased to announce the availability of the new public release of SAOImage DS9 5.0. More information about this package (including download links) is available at our web site: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/ DS9 Description --------- SAOImage DS9 is an astronomical imaging and data visualization application. DS9 supports FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region manipulation, and many scale algorithms and colormaps. It provides for easy communication with external analysis tasks and is highly configurable and extensible. DS9 is a stand-alone application. It requires no installation or support files. Versions of DS9 currently exist for Solaris, Linux, Windows, and MacOSX . All versions and platforms support a consistent set of GUI and functional capabilities. DS9 supports advanced features such as multiple frame buffers, mosaic images, tiling, blinking, geometric markers, colormap manipulation, scaling, arbitrary zoom, rotation, pan, and a variety of coordinate systems. The GUI for DS9 is user configurable. GUI elements such as the coordinate display, panner, magnifier, horizontal and vertical graphs, button bar, and colorbar can be configured via menus or the command line. New features in this release --------- * MacOSX Aqua Support: DS9 has been ported to MacOSX Aqua and is an universal application which no longer requires X11. * Compressed FITS Support: DS9 supports compressed FITS images using RICE compression. * Mask Support: DS9 supports overlay masks. A mask is defined as a valid FITS image, in which a non zero value indicates that the selected mask color is to be displayed instead of the data value color. * SkyView Support: DS9 provides support for HEASARC's image cutout service, SkyView. This site provides image cutout service for a number of image surveys, including SDSS. * Multi-Language Support: By default, the language used for menus and dialog boxes is based on the value of the operating system locale variable. The user may override the default value by selecting the desired language in the preferences or by the -language command line option. * Preferences: A new preferences dialog has been implemented. Preferences are automatically saved when a user changes an option. Selecting the saving preferences menu item is no longer needed. Acknowledgments --------- DS9 was developed at SAO with significant help from collaborators and beta test users around the world. We especially would like to acknowledge help from the following collaborators: Steve Allen (UCO/Lick) De Clarke (UCO/Lick) Maureen Conroy (SAO) Janet Evans (SAO) Ian Evans (SAO) Carlos Gabriel (ESA) Uwe Lammers (ESA) Terry Matilsky (Rutgers University) Steve Murray (SAO) Frank Primini (SAO) John Roll (SAO) Peter Teuben (University of Maryland) with code contributions from: D.S. Berry (Starlink) L. Brown (HEASARC) Mark Calabretta (ATNF) Mike Fitzpatrick (NOAO) Dong Mink (SAO) Doug Tody (NOAO) P.T. Wallace (Starlink) R.F. Warren-Smith (Starlink) Peter Wilson (HEASARC) and other contributors: Mark Adler Jean-loup Gailly D. Richard Hip G. Howlett Jan Nijtmans John Ousterhout and translations from: Hans-Jakob Grimm (SAO) Allan Hornstrup (DNSC) Alberto Martins (Universidade de São Paulo) Manuel Perez Torres (SAO) Masahiro Tsujimoto (Penn. State) Elaine Fortin (SAO) Anne Lemiere(SAO) This work was performed with support from the Chandra X-ray Science Center and the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center. For more information, please visit our web site at: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/ William Joye |
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