FITScope

About

FITS Image Viewer for macOS.

Supported Formats

FITScope renders the first image HDU of a FITS file (the primary HDU, or the first image extension when the primary header is empty). The following formats are supported:

• Pixel format (BITPIX): 8, 16, 32, -32, -64
• Geometry (NAXIS): 2 (a single two-dimensional image)
• Scaling: BSCALE / BZERO, in integer or floating-point form
• Color: optional Bayer demosaicing via BAYERPAT

The following are not currently supported and surface a clear error message:

• BITPIX 64 (64-bit integer pixels)
• NAXIS other than 2 (e.g. 3-D cubes or multi-plane images)

Cloning

This project uses submodules.
To clone it, use the following command:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/macmade/FITScope.git

License

Project is released under the terms of the MIT License.

Repository Infos

Owner:          Jean-David Gadina - XS-Labs
Web:            www.xs-labs.com
Blog:           www.noxeos.com
Twitter:        @macmade
GitHub:         github.com/macmade
LinkedIn:       ch.linkedin.com/in/macmade/
StackOverflow:  stackoverflow.com/users/182676/macmade