While cfitsio does not require the “.gz” suffix, I’m pretty sure it can deal with it, and so Nate’s code should work.
Also, I believe our cfitsio can currently read .fz files (and has, for some cameras).
While cfitsio does not require the “.gz” suffix, I’m pretty sure it can deal with it, and so Nate’s code should work.
Also, I believe our cfitsio can currently read .fz files (and has, for some cameras).
I agree with that. Data compression should be an implementation detail.