Astro::FITS::CFITSIO

What is it?

Astro::FITS::CFITSIO is a Perl interface to William Pence's cfitsio subroutine library. For more information on cfitsio, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio

Where can (did) I get it?

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~rpete/cfitsio http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/P/PR/PRATZLAFF

What version of cfitsio does this module require?

Astro::FITS::CFITSIO version 1.06 requires at least cfitsio version 3.26

Installation

For installation instructions, see the 'INSTALL' file in the base distribution directory. Essentially, it just tells you to set the CFITSIO environment variable, and then do

     $ perl Makefile.PL OPTIMIZE=-O0
     $ make
     $ make test
     $ make install

Acknowledgement

m51.fits is included as a demonstration by kind permission of the IRAF group at the National Optical and Astronomical Observatories, in particular Pat Seitzer, who retain ownership.