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<h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" width="100" height="98" align=
"middle">SAOImageDS9 Version 1.5 Release Notes</h3>
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<h4><b>Version 1.5</b></h4>
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<li><tt>Fixed problem with Windows style Open file dialog
box</tt></li>
<li><tt>Now supports following coords systems:</tt></li>
<li style="list-style: none">
<ul>
<li><tt>Image (was Logical)</tt></li>
<li><tt>CCD (was Physical)</tt></li>
<li><tt>Detector (was Mosaic Physical)</tt></li>
<li><tt>Amplifier</tt></li>
<li><tt>WCS</tt></li>
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<li><tt>New version of Doug Mink's WCS libs</tt></li>
<li><tt>Fixed minor problems with interactive Pan Mode</tt></li>
<li><tt>Added "Source TCL" file support</tt></li>
<li><tt>Open Mosaic Image command</tt></li>
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<tt>Will open multiple fits files as a mosaic.</tt><br>
<tt>Supports following patterns:</tt><br>
<tt>*#.fits</tt><br>
<tt>*_#.fits</tt><br>
<tt>*.IM*.fits</tt></li>
<li><tt>Open Mosaic Segment command</tt></li>
<li><tt>Fixed minor problem with zscale and high energy
data</tt></li>
<li><tt>The Magnifier now Works!</tt></li>
<li style="list-style: none"><br>
<tt>There are two algorithms available (under Preferences)</tt><br>
<tt>Magnification can be selected via preferences</tt>
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<li><tt>Fast (and less Accurate)</tt></li>
<li><tt>More Accurate (and slower)</tt></li>
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<li><tt>Improvements to Dialogs</tt></li>
<li><tt>Now supports (unoffical)FITS data size -16 (unsigned
short)</tt></li>
<li><tt>Support for byte swapped processors</tt></li>
<li><tt>Support large images &gt; 8k x 8k</tt></li>
<li><tt>Loading images are now 10x faster</tt></li>
<li><tt>Supports BLANK Fits keyword</tt></li>
<li><tt>&nbsp;Menu Short Cuts have been added (use Alt key, such as
Alt-f for Frame menu)</tt></li>
<li><tt>Horizontal and Verticle Graphs now work in all modes (not
just Crosshair)</tt></li>
<li><tt>ds9 will accept fits files via STDIN (ie. $ cat foo.fits |
ds9 -file -&nbsp; )</tt></li>
<li><tt>command line argument support (ie. $ds9 -? for
list)</tt></li>
<li><tt>crosshair position is more accurate</tt></li>
<li><tt>added new scales: 'ln' and 'log'.</tt></li>
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<li><tt>ln --&nbsp; SAOimage natural log based algorithm</tt></li>
<li><tt>log--&nbsp; IRAF log base 10 algorithm</tt></li>
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<li><tt>Support for Postscript printing (Level 1 and Level
2)</tt></li>
<li><tt>Blinking is now supported</tt></li>
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