SAOImage DS9 Changelog

What's new in SAOImage DS9 8.2

Jan 14, 2021
  • THEME:
  • Fixed an issue with MacOS prism and catalogs.
  • Fixed an issue with Linux/Windows scale, horz, vert graphs.

New in SAOImage DS9 8.0 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • New backward compatible reimplementation of the API controlling the command line, XPA, and SAMP. Implemented using formal parsers the API will provide error detection feedback: should an error be detected while processing a command, DS9 will now indicate to the user exactly where the error occurred and suggest options.
  • WCS support has been reimplemented to fully support FITS WCS Papers I, II, and III. In addition to supporting the official WCS standards (including generic non-equatorial celestial systems), a number of non-standard WCS definitions are also supported.

New in SAOImage DS9 7.4 (Jan 8, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Image Blocking
  • Reorder Data Cube Axes
  • New Colormaps
  • Other Enhancements:
  • Improved FITS compression support
  • Increased Smoothing performance for data cubes and mosaics
  • Improved SkyView support
  • many many bug fixes

New in SAOImage DS9 7.2 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • More robust handling of SEGV and SIGBUS events.
  • DS9 now distinguishes between BLANK/NAN/INF values.
  • saveimage now supports EPS.
  • Support for NRRD (Nearly RAW Raster Data) format.
  • Added support for exporting RGB images in TIFF, JPEG, or PNG.
  • Improvement for FITS compression support.
  • Multiple bug fixes.
  • Released under GPL v3