[comp.archives] [astro...] FITS images

abed@saturn.wustl.edu (Abed Hammoud) (10/27/90)

Archive-name: fitstopgm/26-Oct-90
Original-posting-by: abed@saturn.wustl.edu (Abed Hammoud)
Original-subject: FITS images
Archive-site: fits.cx.nrao.edu [192.33.115.8]
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)


	Hello,

	I have some astronomical images in FITS format. I obtained
	a program called "fitstopgm" from the ftp site fits.cx.nrao.edu;
	this program worked for some of the images but did not for many
	other (even thougt they are all FITS files). The error messages
	I get are some thing like "I cannot read header" or "...number
	of axis does not match...", if any body have a solution to my
	problem I would appreciate any comments. I would also like
	to know if there is somewhere a program that read "all kind"
	of FITS files and converts them to other easy to manipulate
	formats.


	thanks a million


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