[fitsbits] Start of the FITS Euro3D Public Comment Period

This is to announce the start of the 30-day Public Comment Period on the
Euro3D FITS convention. This convention has been submitted for
inclusion in the 'Registry of FITS Conventions' which is maintained by
the IAU FITS Working Group. This is the 11th in a growing series of
conventions submitted to the Registry.

The Euro3D data interchange format is used for storing data from
integral field spectrographs in which 1-dimensional spectra are obtained
at multiple positions over a 2-dimensional spatial field of view. Each
spectrum is stored as a vector in one row of a binary table, along with
other columns containing parameters describing the spectrum (such as
it's location in the 2D field).

A document describing this convention and a sample FITS file that uses
it are available for public review and comment from the FITS registry
web page at

http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_registry.html

Comments may be posted here on the FITSBITS mail exploder or the
sci.astro.fits newsgroup. Minor typographical issues may be sent
directly to the authors of the convention.

Bill Pence
(on behalf of the IAU FITS Working Group)
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Dr. William Pence
NASA/GSFC Code 662 HEASARC +1-301-286-4599 (voice)
Greenbelt MD 20771 +1-301-286-1684 (fax)