astropy.io.fits Documentation

A package for reading and writing FITS files and manipulating their contents.

A module for reading and writing Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) files. This file format was endorsed by the International Astronomical Union in 1999 and mandated by NASA as the standard format for storing high energy astrophysics data. For details of the FITS standard, see the NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology publication, NOST 100-2.0.

Contents

• Working with FITS Files in Astropy
  • Introduction
  • Quick Tutorial
  • FITS Headers
  • Image Data
  • Table Data
  • Verification
  • Less Familiar Objects
  • Reference Manual
• API Documentation
  • Opening Files
  • HDU Lists
  • Header Data Units
  • Headers
  • Cards
  • Tables
  • Images
  • Exceptions and Utility Classes
  • Verification options
• astropy.io.fits History
  • 3.1.0 (unreleased)
  • 3.0.6 (unreleased)
  • 3.0.5 (2012-01-30)
  • 3.0.4 (2011-11-22)
  • 3.0.3 (2011-10-05)
  • 3.0.2 (2011-09-23)
  • 3.0.1 (2011-09-12)
  • 3.0.0 (2011-08-23)
  • 2.4.0 (2011-01-10)
  • 2.3.1 (2010-06-03)
  • 2.3 (2010-05-11)
  • 2.2.2 (2009-10-12)
  • 2.2.1 (2009-10-06)
  • 2.2 (2009-09-23)
  • 2.1.1 (2009-04-22)
  • 2.1 (2009-04-14)
  • 2.0.1 (2009-02-03)
  • 2.0 (2009-01-30)
  • 1.4.1 (2008-11-04)
  • 1.4 (2008-07-07)
  • 1.3 (2008-02-22)
  • 1.1 (2007-06-15)
  • 1.0.1 (2006-03-24)
  • 1.0 (2005-11-01)
  • 0.9.6 (2004-11-11)
  • 0.9.3 (2004-07-02)
  • 0.9 (2004-04-27)
  • 0.8.0 (2003-08-19)
  • 0.7.5 (2002-08-16)
  • 0.7.3 (2002-07-12)
  • 0.7.2.1 (2002-06-25)
  • 0.7.2 (2002-06-19)
  • 0.6.2 (2002-02-12)