importfits Namespace Reference

Functions
def	importfits

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Function Documentation

def importfits.importfits	(		fitsimage = '',
			imagename = '',
			whichrep = 0,
			whichhdu = 0,
			zeroblanks = True,
			overwrite = False
	)

Convert an image FITS file into a CASA image

Standard image FITS files are processed into a Casa image

Keyword arguments:
fitsimage -- Name of input image FITS file
        default: none; example='3C273XC1.fits'
imagename -- Name of output CASA image
        default: none; example: imagename='3C273XC1.image'
whichrep -- If fits image has multiple coordinate reps,
        choose one.
        default: 0 means first; example: whichrep=1
whichhdu -- If fits file contains multiple images,
        choose this one
        default=0 mean first; example: whichhdu=1
zeroblanks -- Set blanked pixels to zero (not NaN)
        default=True; example: zeroblanks=True
overwrite -- Overwrite pre-existing imagename
        default=False; example: overwrite=True

Definition at line 13 of file importfits.py.