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Fits Image Viewer???

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Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
Hello All,

In the past before switching over to the FITS file type I always captured TIFF or PNG files and before I would load them into stacking and registering software (APP & DSS) I would double click on the 1st image and them Microsoft image viewer would pop up and I could quickly look at the images for abnormalities and delete them prior to stacking them.

With the FITS file type Microsoft image viewer doesn’t view these files. What are you guys using to quickly scroll thru your FITS images before stacking them?

I’m not using PI or PS,  I’m currently using Gimp and yes it does open the files but is slow and quite time consuming to open each individual file to do a quick visual on it.

Thanks in advance!

Dale
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Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
I use this: works perfect:

https://download.astronomy-imaging-camera.com/download/asistudio/?wpdmdl=196

Thanks Allan,

I’m on my iPad right now but I’ll take a look at it. I assume this is a stand alone viewer?

Dale
Björn Arnold avatar
Björn Arnold avatar
Hi Dale,

If I want to have a quick look, especially at the headers, I‘m using FITSLiberator.

Björn
Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
Björn Arnold:
Hi Dale,

If I want to have a quick look, especially at the headers, I‘m using FITSLiberator.

Björn

thank you Bjorn! I'll take a look at that too!

Dale
Fritz avatar
Fritz avatar
Hi Dale,

SAOImageDS9 has many features, is well documented and free.

CS,
Fritz
Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
one of the applications is a stand alone viewer

asifitsview:

Great! Thanks Allan!
Ruediger avatar
Ruediger avatar
Hello all,

all the recommended tools are separate tools which do not integrate into file explorer. Therefore I would recommend "FITS4WIN2".
Here is the link: https://astroshed.com/software.html

This is not freeware, but it integrates seamless into Windows file explorer and you can use the explorer preview function and see the fits content as image. What is even more smart, you can use the fits tags as columns when list folder content (see screenshot below. Some randomly chosen columns). 

I use this tool now for couple of years and I am very satisfied. In the price included is also a Fits header mass manipulation tool resp viewer.

Cheers
Rüdiger



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GreatAttractor avatar
GreatAttractor avatar
I use FIPS: https://fips.space/
Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
Ruediger:
Hello all,

all the recommended tools are separate tools which do not integrate into file explorer. Therefore I would recommend "FITS4WIN2".
Here is the link: https://astroshed.com/software.html

This is not freeware, but it integrates seamless into Windows file explorer and you can use the explorer preview function and see the fits content as image. What is even more smart, you can use the fits tags as columns when list folder content (see screenshot below. Some randomly chosen columns). 

I use this tool now for couple of years and I am very satisfied. In the price included is also a Fits header mass manipulation tool resp viewer.

Cheers
Rüdiger




Thanks for this Ruediger! I’ll look into it.
Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
I use FIPS: https://fips.space/

Thanks this looks interesting!

Dale
John avatar
John avatar
i use sao image,for mac very good.  windows i use fitswork 4 https://www.fitswork.de/software/softw_en.php
Michael Deyerler avatar
Michael Deyerler avatar
I use fitswork  - small and handy.
Dale Penkala avatar
Dale Penkala avatar
John:
i use sao image,for mac very good.  windows i use fitswork 4 https://www.fitswork.de/software/softw_en.php

 
Michael Deyerler:
I use fitswork  - small and handy.

Thanks for the info, I’ll check these out!

Dale
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