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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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  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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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


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