Re: Import - FITS
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- Subject: [mg40479] Re: Import - FITS
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 04:55:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi, Import["anyFilenameYouLike","format"] may help you to force the import of a format that is not identifyed by the extension Regards Jens Robert Pigeon wrote: > > Hello again, > Mathematica 4.2 can import FITS files as you all know. It will import > files if the extension is FITS or FIT. But I have a full CD with CCD > pictures with an extension FTS. Those pictures where taken with CCD cameras > and telescopes and are part of a CD included in a book about Astronomical > Imaging. > I want to Import those pictures in Mathematica to do some processing. If I > put "FITS" at the end of my Import, I get the error message of type of file > not compatible. If I change the extension from FTS to FITS and try to > Import, I get an error message from FITS.exe that does the import. The > Header of the files are typical FITS Header. > > Is there a way to Import those pictures??? > > Thanks, > > Robert