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Having trouble reading MRDFITS files [message #76724]

Tue, 28 June 2011 11:32

Emily Anne Moravec
Messages: 7
Registered: June 2011

Junior Member

Hello!
My friend and I are trying to write a program for the purpose of
reading a fits file and and plotting the fits file on the y axis and
wavelength on the x axis.
here is our simple program
PRO simpleprogram
y=MRDFITS('/Users/quasargroup/NGC3783_new_data/Xldsum_files/
lbg1960_x1sum.fits')
END

we the the error
% complied module: SIMPLEPROGRAM.
% MRDFITS: File acces error
% MRDFITS: Specified FITS File not found /Users/quasargroup/
NGC3783_new_data/Xldsum_files/lbg1960_x1sum.fits

All we want to do is even read in the data to make sure it is coming
in and then eventually change it into a graph. We really don't know
how to read in fits files.

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