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CFITSIO Definitions
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Current Header Data Unit (CHDU)
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Function Names and Variable Datatypes
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Support for Unsigned Integers and Signed Bytes
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Dealing with Character Strings
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Implicit Data Type Conversion
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Data Scaling
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Support for IEEE Special Values
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Error Status Values and the Error Message Stack
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Variable-Length Arrays in Binary Tables
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Multiple Access to the Same FITS File
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When the Final Size of the FITS HDU is Unknown
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CFITSIO Size Limitations