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diff --git a/doc/source/fits_conventions.rst b/doc/source/fits_conventions.rst index c68d269..d67add4 100644 --- a/doc/source/fits_conventions.rst +++ b/doc/source/fits_conventions.rst @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -======================================= -Distortion Correction in HST FITS Files -======================================= +=============================================== +Distortion Correction in HST FITS Files - DRAFT +=============================================== .. abstract:: :author: Warren Hack, Andy Fruchter, Perry Greenfield, Nadezhda Dencheva :date: 12 Oct 2010 - We present changes to the HST pipeline, which aim at increasing the astrometric - accuracy of archived HST images through successive WCS corrections. A convention - for storing distortion information in HST images was developed and implemented in - two software packages - PyWCS and STWCS. + A convention for storing distortion information in HST images was developed + and implemented in two software packages - PyWCS and STWCS. These changes + allow the development of a WCS based version of Multidrizzle and image + alignment software. The distribution of WCS solutions is discussed. + Introduction ============ |