FITS Software
The following is an extract from https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_viewer.html: FITS Image Software Packages for image viewing, analysis, and format conversion The following
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astronomy.network The Website of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
Andrew Thornett, Lichfield, England, M6THO, andrew (at) thornett (dot) net
Astrophotography
Using TOPCAT Software for Windows to visualise and interpret SDFITS data (NASA single dish data format)
The SDFITS single dish data format (https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/Main/SdfitsDetails#:~:text=Briefly%2C%20SDFITS%20is%20a%20convention%20for%20storing%20single-dish,freedom%20to%20add%20any%20additional%20columns%20as%20necessary): The SDFITS convention was developed in the late 1980s. An early version was
Read moreMy photos of NGC891 & Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from LRO, Lichfield, 26/10/2024
Taken using my Seestar S50 telescope. 5 minute exposure No filter.
Read moreEastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) taken with my Seestar at LRO 16/9/2024
20 minutes of data
Read moreAdvice from James Rowley-Hill on hunting and photographing aurorae in UK at IAS 14/9/2024
Advice from James Rowley-Hill on hunting and photographing aurorae in UK. Aurorae look MUCH better on camera and may not
Read moreBest astronomy images
Some of my favourite images taken by myself in Lichfield, UK, since I started astrophotography in late 2019 – combination
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