[Aavso-photometry] FITS Keyword List

[Jim Jones]

BTW, neither warning involved EGAIN or RDNOISE.  One was for using /07 
instead of /2007 in DATE.  The other was for using EPOCH instead of EQUINOX.

Jim Jones

Jim Jones wrote:
> Interesting.  I submitted an SBIG image from my ST8 and it found 2 
> warnings and 0 errors.  So I guess that as far as NASA is concerned, 
> SBIG meets the fits "standard".
>
> Maybe we should be kinder when we speak of SBIG's efforts.
>
> Jim Jones
>
> Brian D. Warner wrote:
>   
>> Michael,
>>
>> The one FITS standard has become a pretty well universally adopted convention.
>> Regardless of how well-adopted that convention is, that does not equate to
>> a formal standard.
>>
>> Any claims by any vendor should more carefully qualify what is meant about
>> compliance. If it follows a convention, that is what should be stated, not
>> that it's in compliance with _the one standard._
>>
>> I'll go back to my original contention that if any image from any package can
>> pass the test on
>>
>>   http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_verify.html
>>
>> (not NOFS, as I incorrectly stated, but NASA/GSFC FITS Support page), it should be
>> considered "compliant" for now and that the software is also "compliant." That is
>> a formal test that can be independently validated by anyone.
>>
>> Arne proposed that he work with vendors to adopt some sort of rules. That's fine,
>> but unless something special happens, it looks to be just another convention,
>> maybe the "AAVSO FITS convention." That's fine, too, just as long as it's recognized
>> as such and not some formal standard against which software is claimed to comply and 
>> so
>> imply suitability or usefulness.
>>
>> Unfortunately, without the making of a true standard, the issue of compliance will
>> never be resolved (that assumes people will honor that standard). Adding yet another
>> convention just means more work, headaches, and tech support issues for vendors and
>> end-users.
>>
>>
>> Clear Skies,
>> Brian D. Warner
>> Palmer Divide Observatory/Space Science Institute
>> http://www.MinorPlanetObserver.com
>>
>> Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)
>> http://www.MinorPlanetObserver.com/astlc/default.htm
>>
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