Fips: An OpenGL based FITS viewer
Abstract
FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a common format for astronomical data storage. It was first standardised in the early 1980s (Wells and Greisen, 1981). Even though astronomical data is now processed mostly using software, visual data inspection by a human is still important during equipment or software commissioning and while observing. We present FIPS,
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Computing
- Pub Date:
- January 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ascom.2019.01.001
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1901.10189
- Bibcode:
- 2019A&C....26...61K
- Keywords:
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- Techniques;
- Image processing;
- Image-based rendering;
- Graphical user interfaces;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted to Astronomy and Computing