Re: Michael's pipeline and other programs

[Stupendous Man <richmond@a188-l009.rit.edu>]

> I have a very good plan to check my images 
> using Michael's pipeline. But I don't
> input coordinates for now.
> How I can add coordinates to FITS.

> I mean
> -codes of RA and Dec (or examples) of inputs

  Well, most CCD-control programs will allow you to enter information
about a frame when you acquire it; that information is then placed
into the FITS header.

  There are a number of image-processing packages which allow you
to read the FITS header, and some allow you to write information
into the header, too.  The "picksym" and "putsym" programs which
are in the "bait" package and part of the Mark IV pipeline read
and write data to the FITS header.

  As for the format, this will work:

RA      = '05:22:09.95'         / RA of Field Center                   
DEC     = '10:20:30.4'          / Dec of field center                            
  If you want to know the full set of keywords and formats
that are read by the Mark IV pipeline, please send me E-mail
directly ... or you can look at some sample FITS images 
to see for yourself.  Ask anyone for a set of the DS24 raw 
images, or look at a pair at

         http://spiff.rit.edu/tass/ds24/

> -format of input

  I'm not sure what you mean by this.  Have you read the 
pipeline documentation?

                             Michael Richmond