Category Archives: FITS

Using Montage To Build New Applications: The IRSA Finder Chart Service

Posted on March 19, 2011 by astrocompute

Because Montage is written as a toolkit, its components – useful tools in their own right – can be used to support the development of new applications. We describe one application here: the IRSA Finder Chart service, developed by my … Continue reading →

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Analyzing and Processing FITS files with Montage

Posted on March 4, 2011 by astrocompute

Ever want to do basic tasks such as retrieve the header from a FITS file, check that the header of a FITS file is valid, re-size a FITS file, or do a cutout of a FITS file? The Montage distribution … Continue reading →

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