The Ginga FITS Project

Penn State Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Ginga On Satellite

Ginga FRF to FITS Conversion Software

Ginga data are currently stored only in a highly non-standard binary format known as "FRF". As such, this valuable data is in danger of being lost as Ginga data analysis tools begin to age. Dr. John Nousek and Dr. Robin Corbet, have proposed a project to convert Ginga frf files to FITS format, to make the data more accessible to the astronomical community. Additionally, we are converting the Ginga Data System written by the instrument team at the University of Leicester to FTOOLS. This will allow scientists to immediately begin analyzing the data after the FRFs have been converted to FITS. See the current status page for details of the project.

Ginga FITS files are on-line at the HEASARC! Note that some FITS files are duplicated in the different "ac" directories. Here is a list of duplicate FITS files. It is recommened to used data from the latest "ac" directory.
The Ginga FITS Data System (GFDS) is available. It known to compile under SunOS 5.6.

A detailed summary of the project goals is discussed in Continuation of Conversion of Ginga Databases to Fits.

The Ginga FITS Users Guide, a guide to the Ginga FITS data system, is now on-line. A Postscript Version is also available.

The current status of the project is on-line.

The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center at Goddard Space Flight Center has a number of Ginga-related web pages which are of interest.

The Leicester University Department of Physics and Astronomy has put together a nice WWW interface to Ginga data and data products via The Ginga Data Archive Home Page.

Penn State's High Energy Astrophysics group web pages are maintained by Scott Koch.
Last update: April 1, 1999