dfitspy: a dfits|fitsort implementation in python
R. Thomas · The Journal of Open Source Software · 2019
The FITS format (Flexible Image Transport System) (Hanisch et al., 2001) is a widely used format to store astronomical data.It is used to store a lot of different types of data such as 1D or 2D spectra, 3D data cubes.It has been developed in the late 1970 to reach its final form almost two decades ago.FITS files are built with two components.The data themselves are stored as tables and contains any types of data.A header is built containing set of keywords-value pairs aiming at describing the data themselves.