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Next: Starting fv and opening Up: fv guide home Previous: fv Overview InstallationIt is recommended that you first install fv on your machine and then follow along by repeating each step in this tutorial. Alternatively, you can get an overview of fv just by reading through this tutorial and studying the snapshots of the various fv windows that are included. Versions of fv are available for LINUX and Mac OS X as well as Microsoft Windows machines. Installation packages can be obtained from fv download web page here. Follow the simple installation instructions provided on that web page. A few sample FITS files are included with fv and are located in the 'samples_data' and 'sample_scripts' subdirectory under the main fv installation directory. These sample FITS files will be used in the following tutorial.
As of fv 5.1, the installation package also create two other icons on user's desktop, Hera
and Student Hera for Microsoft Windows OS and Mac OS X machine. These two icons will allow
user to try out the HEASARC Hera service. For more information on the service
Hera provides, please visit
here for Hera and
here for Student Hera.
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Next: Starting fv and opening Up: fv guide home Previous: fv Overview Project Scientist: William Pence Project Engineer : Pan Chai July 2008 |
HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
