roberts@iisat.uucp (Greg Roberts) (12/14/90)
I have prepared 17 new gif images for ftp. They are located at the old site
iris1.ucis.dal.ca and note that login restrictions apply until after 5 pm
local time. The 17 images have the names 90Hxxx.gif,doradus.gif,ngc1068.gif,
ngc7457.gif,orion1.gif,orion2.gif,pluto.gif,raquarii.gif and saturn.gif.
These are scanned images from black and white publicity photographs which
are being provided by Charles Redmond at NASA HQ. I am also making some
arrangements to start converting color 35mm slides to gif images.
A couple of the 90Hxxx.gif images are sideways, a launch to the left and
landing up. I did not want to crop those images since I lost some of the
shuttle in landing when scanned sideways.
The files are non standard sizes, not 640X480 but up to 500X750. Refinements
are in the works.
I will also be making a gif image of Saturn removed from the CD ROM set of
images next week. I have been trying to write a program which can decompress
a disk image to FITS format and then convert it to GIF. I can't find a
copy of PBMPLUS implemented anywhere on a PC. If anyone knows, it would be
nice to know where. The problem is the conversion, not the decompression.
I aslso have some COBE images in color, but they do not scan well, so I will
try to get them done in color by a professional outfit. Availability is up
to someone else.
Note please, that unlike during the summer, I do not have the time to mail
disks to people who can't ftp them. Sorry.
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