library for I/O with FITS format data files (development files)

 FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in
 astronomy. cfitsio is a library of ANSI C routines for reading and
 writing FITS format data files. A set of Fortran-callable wrapper
 routines are also included for the convenience of Fortran
 programmers.
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 This package contains what you need for compiling sources that
 use this library in your own code.