fv: FITS Viewer and Editor
Version 3.0
New features since v2.6 include:
- Search online SkyView database for images or objects located
in a given region of the sky
- Execute an Ftool from within fv (Unix only)
- Plot vector columns and subsets of rows
- Smooth image extensions with a boxcar filter
- Symlinks to files supported
- Copy/Paste works in all table views
- More scripting commands
- New image analysis tools: Ruler (measure distances in an image),
Profile (plot a cross-section of an image), Probe (calculate
flux and centroid data of image region).
- New DS9 region files supported
New features since v2.5 include:
- Ported to MacOS
- Improved window management and improved design of some windows
- Replaced Options menu with a Preferences window which brings together
and categorizes all of fv's user-controlled options
- New Auto-Plot preference
- Can turn off the Desktop Manager
- Expanded scripting capabilities via XPA mechanism
- File Selection window shows file sizes and modification dates
- POW's information/scope windows can be positioned on any side of
the window or turned off altogether
- New Histogram Equalization color table for images
- New Text Label handling on graphs
- Full font control over graph labels
A FITS file editor developed at the High Energy Astrophysics
Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA/ GSFC
- Project Scientist:
- Dr. William D. Pence (pence@tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- Project Engineers (Raytheon/ITSS/Emergent):
- Dr. Peter Wilson (pwilson@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- Dr. Ning Gan (ngan@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Original author: Jianjun Xu (jxu@oao.com)
Contributors: Dr. Lawrence Brown
To learn of new releases and bug fixes, visit the fv web page at
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftools/fv
Please send your comments, questions or feedback to:
ftoolshelp@olegacy.gsfc.nasa.gov