basic_fits_info
Last updated: Feb26,2020

Derive basic header information from a FITS headers.

 


% basic_fits_info --help  

Usage: basic_fits_info a.fits 
arg1 - Name of FITS image 
Additional options: 
     -v = print verbose comments 
 --help = view a help document 

% basic_fits_info /home/sco/AUTO_match_for_wcs/S/20191018T024545.3_acm_sci.fits  
 ___ i` 19:22:53.458 +53:19:26.81 321.27509 295.624445 4    (object,filter,ra,dec,az,parang,exptime)

% basic_fits_info /home/sco/AUTO_match_for_wcs/S/Rsco2043.fits  
 NGC3379_V V 10:47:49.900 +12:34:57.00 None None 600.00    (object,filter,ra,dec,az,parang,exptime)

Note that because the acm images do not have sexigecimal positions written to the RA and DEC header cards, the xy2sky utility is use to predict the RA,DEC of the image center. Otherwise, the RA,DEC cards are converted directly to seigecimal strings.

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