Folks, The number of times through a complex multiplications in a Discrete Fourier Transform goes as N (the number of observations) times the number of frequency bins (Fmax/Fres). For 500 points and reasonable other numbers, this can be 5E7 complex multiplications per star. Once I teach my 8:30 class this morning, I will forward some DFT code (which is short, but Fortran!) Cheers, Doug'