[Aavso-photometry] FITS Keyword List

[Michael Newberry]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian D. Warner" <brian at MinorPlanetObserver.com>
To: "Dave Lane" <dlane at ap.stmarys.ca>; "Michael Newberry" 
<mnewberry at mirametrics.com>
Cc: <aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:55 PM
Subject: [Aavso-photometry] FITS Keyword List


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>
> I agree, adoption of a solid convention or standard is the way to go.
> I think you'll find most vendors perfectly willing to work under that
> premise, just as long as the convention isn't a fast-moving target nor
> dictated by the desires of any one vendor or group.
>
    Well said, Brian. You can count us in. We try to follow the NOAO 
convention. But I would add that the critical point for getting the keywords 
straight is usually in the software that saves the image from the camera.

Michael

> There are already several ways that software needs to write out data
> to comply with the requirements of different groups, if the software
> is to generate a "camera-ready" report. The more general approach of
> dumping everything to a text file and letting the end user write his
> own parsing routines is much simpler and efficient, but that is never
> going to be acceptable, and probably shouldn't be.
>
>
> Clear Skies,
> Brian D. Warner
> Palmer Divide Observatory/Space Science Institute
> http://www.MinorPlanetObserver.com
>
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