Version
1.5 Release Notes
Version 1.5
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Fixed problem with Windows style Open file dialog box
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Now supports following coords systems:
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Image (was Logical)
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CCD (was Physical)
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Detector (was Mosaic Physical)
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Amplifier
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WCS
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New version of Doug Mink's WCS libs
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Fixed minor problems with interactive Pan Mode
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Added "Source TCL" file support
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Open Mosaic Image command
Will open multiple fits files as a mosaic.
Supports following patterns:
*#.fits
*_#.fits
*.IM*.fits
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Open Mosaic Segment command
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Fixed minor problem with zscale and high energy data
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The Magnifier now Works!
There are two algorithms available (under Preferences)
Magnification can be selected via preferences
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Fast (and less Accurate)
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More Accurate (and slower)
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Improvements to Dialogs
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Now supports (unoffical)FITS data size -16 (unsigned short)
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Support for byte swapped processors
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Support large images > 8k x 8k
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Loading images are now 10x faster
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Supports BLANK Fits keyword
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Menu Short Cuts have been added (use Alt key, such as Alt-f for
Frame menu)
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Horizontal and Verticle Graphs now work in all modes (not just Crosshair)
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ds9 will accept fits files via STDIN (ie. $ cat foo.fits | ds9 -file
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command line argument support (ie. $ds9 -? for list)
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crosshair position is more accurate
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added new scales: 'ln' and 'log'.
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ln -- SAOimage natural log based algorithm
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log-- IRAF log base 10 algorithm
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Support for Postscript printing (Level 1 and Level 2)
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Blinking is now supported