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NAME

convert - to convert bitmaps to FITS format

SYNOPSIS

convert [outname] [shift]

DESCRIPTION

This program reads the file `fname.fts' and if outname is not specified writes the file `fname.fts' with the most basic FITS header. The input file must have the following format:

first two bytes
- number of columns in image next two
bytes
- number of rows in image next (ncol*nrow) bytes - 16-bit data values for each pixel, columns increasing more rapidly than rows

If the shift keyword is specified, the data are divided by 2 to give a maximum pixel value of 32768.