Re: trouble reading fits files

On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 10:37 -0400, rgibson_at_email.domain.hidden> I am trying to read a fits file with ISIS, using, e.g., fits_read_col.
> 
> I get an error message, "Unable to locate a binary table".
> 
> However, fv is able to display the fits file just fine.
> Prism has trouble loading the file data.
> dmlist (in CIAO 3.4) also has some trouble reading the file.
> 
> I have tried saving the file in fv and still can't read it in ISIS.
> 
> I have trouble with the low-level _fits* routines as well, though maybe I
> mis-used them.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  (I've read plenty of fits files before with no
> trouble.)  This is a freshly-generated fits file from HEASARC Browse, so I
> don't think it's too out of date.
>

Since fverify indicates that the file does not adhere to the
FITS standard, I think the bug is in the software that created
the file.

I think the best solution would be to report the bug to the
HEASARC Browse maintainers.

> Is there some sort of "fitsclean" utility that would make it isis-readable?
>

No.  It's hard to imagine how such a thing could work.
I think the best solution is to fix the file.

Thanks,
-John
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