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FITS Resources
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- sci.astro.fits is the official FITS newsgroup for public discussion of FITS-related matters. Interested researchers may subscribe to the fitsbits email exploder which provides a moderated bi-directional gateway to the newsgroup. Archives of previous postings are available: Of historical interest: charter of the newsgroup, the results and analysis of the vote which lead to the creation of the newsgroup, and an analysis of the readership in 1993.
- Other FITS-related mail lists:
- fitswcs - FITS World Coordinate System discussion list
- iaufwg - IAU FITS Working Group discussions (archive from 1990 to 1995)
- WGAS - AAS Working Group on Astronomical Software discussions
- wfc - WGAS (North American Regional) FITS Committee discussions (archive from 1992 to 1995)
- fitsmime - dormant list where MIME codes for FITS were discussed
- HEAFITS - discussion list for FITS issues related to high energy astrophysics (another incomplete archive)
- DISHFITS - discussion list for FITS issues related to single dish radio astronomy.
- NRAO maintains many other email lists.
- The IAU FITS Working Group is the international control authority for the FITS data format. An archive of past IAU-FWG discussions is available as well as some early FITS committee status reports:
- NRAO FITS archive, including documents, FITS newgroup archives, and sample data files
- HEASARC FITS information and sample data files related to High Energy Astrophysics
- IAU Recommendations for Nomenclature of Astronomical Sources
- sci.data.formats newsgroup - A newgroup group for scientific data formats that sometimes includes FITS-related discussions. The FAQ for this newsgroup has not been updated since 1995 but it is cited here because it is not yet obsolete.
- ADASS - Astronomy Data Analysis Software and Systems conference series.
- AstroWeb - Astronomy/Astrophysics resources on the Internet.
- Astronomical Software on the Web - compiled by the Telescope Data Center at SAO.
- Astronomical Software and Documentation Service - a compilation of available software packages and telescope and instrument manuals.
- European Standards for Open Information Interchange.
- A Summary of the International Standard Date and Time Notation.
- Metadata and Data Management Info Page.
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