[vsnet-chat 5342] Re: [CCD-astrometry-photometry] Re: A quick (freeware) tool to convertSBIG files to FITS

[Gianluca Masi <gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it>]

Thanks, Raoul, for this useful tool.

I also thanks all those who responded to my help request.

Sincerely,
Gianluca



Raoul Behrend wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Gianluca Masi:
> > [...] I have no converters to deal
> > with the ST-9 format to FITS conversion. This is quite a problem for me
> > and I wanted to ask you if you have/know any free tool to do this job.
> 
> Here is a converter towards fits runnning under dos/w**.
> 
> The list of known formats includes the following ones:
> bmp, imq, st4, stx, ima, cpa, pic, tif, gif, mx5, hx5, xl8, dat, pcx, per, dib,
> arn, blu, bb1, bb2, bb3, bb4, grn, irq, ibg, img, ir1, ir2, ir3, n07, n15, pds,
> red, sgr, sur, sun, vio, fts, 08b, raw, sbi, st5, st6, st7, st8, st9, 237, imi,
> ccd. These are the usual loseless format one find in astronomical imaging,
> including space probes like the Voyagers. It's probably the first converter
> from Titus format (earth observing satellites).
> 
> Bifsconv can be found in http://obsftp.unige.ch/pub/behrend , and is described
> at the bottom of http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_mgo.html .
> 
> Kindest regards, R. Behrend
> 
> -----
> 
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> Dr Raoul Behrend
> CH-1290 Sauverny / Suisse
> 
> Raoul.Behrend@Obs.UniGe.CH
> http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend
> 
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