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convert .dat to .fits [message #84948]

Wed, 19 June 2013 12:12

Ali Gamal
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hi
i have data.dat i want to convert it to .fits
by using idl
please help
bye

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Re: convert .dat to .fits [message #84949 is a reply to message #84948]

Wed, 19 June 2013 12:20

David Fanning
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Ali Gamal writes:

> i have data.dat i want to convert it to .fits
> by using idl

I don't want to be a pessimist, but I think you really want to be using
MatLab here. :-)

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: convert .dat to .fits [message #84950 is a reply to message #84948]

Wed, 19 June 2013 12:29

wlandsman
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Registered: June 2000

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You need to read your data.dat into an IDL variable and then write it to FITS.
We need to know more about the format of your data.dat file before we can tell you how to read it. If it is a binary file, then you can use READ_BINARY()

im = read_binary('data.dat') ;Read data into variable
writefits,'test.fits',im ;Write variable to a FITS file 'test.fits'

You need to get writefits.pro from the IDL Astronomy library if you don't already have it.
http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/

On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:12:46 PM UTC-4, Ali Gamal wrote:
> hi
>
> i have data.dat i want to convert it to .fits
>
> by using idl
>
> please help
>
> bye

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Re: convert .dat to .fits [message #84952 is a reply to message #84948]

Wed, 19 June 2013 12:34

Russell Ryan
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Registered: May 2012

Senior Member

On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:12:46 PM UTC-4, Ali Gamal wrote:
> hi
>
> i have data.dat i want to convert it to .fits
>
> by using idl
>
> please help
>
> bye

Well, since you've given no information about what the data.dat file contains or what *TYPE* of fits file you want, it's truly impossible to answer your question without some snarky comment. Maybe you should tell us more about the data in the data.dat file, more about the structure of the output you'd like, and where exactly you're stuck. Just for good measure, also tell us is the data.dat file an ascii file or some other goofy thing. What precisely do you mean by "fits" file --- do you mean flexible image transport system used primarily in astronomy? We all need to be on the same page here, and you're not very forthcoming with information.

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Re: convert .dat to .fits [message #84976 is a reply to message #84948]

Thu, 20 June 2013 06:17

Ali Gamal
Messages: 98
Registered: June 2013

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On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:12:46 PM UTC+2, Ali Gamal wrote:
> hi
>
> i have data.dat i want to convert it to .fits
>
> by using idl
>
> please help
>
> bye
...................
thanks all
i using astronomy program
now my output is .jpg
i want to make my output .fits
how can i make it
thanks bye

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