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A file format for storing multiple types of graphical and numerical data and trans-ferring them between different types of machines, together with a library of functions for handling such files in a uni-form way. NCSA developed and supports the file function and library and has placed them in the public domai Hierarchical Data Format files are supported on most common types of computers. The format can easily be extended to accommodate additional data models. The library functions have both FORTRAN and C interfaces.
Scientific & EducationalThe Hubble Deep Field is an image of a small region in the constellation Ursa Major, constructed from a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope. It covers an area 2.5 arcminutes across, about one 24-millionth of the whole sky, which is equivalent in angular size to a 65 mm tennis ball at a distance of 100 metres.
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