Utilities to read and write files in the FITS (Flexible
Image Transport System) format, a standard format in astronomy.
Present low-level routines allow: * Reading and parsing FITS
headers * Reading FITS images (multi-dimensional arrays) *
Reading FITS binary tables * Writing FITS images
(multi-dimensional arrays) Higher-level functions allow: *
Reading files composed of one or more headers and a single
(perhaps multidimensional) image or single bintable * Reading
bintables into data frames * Generating vectors for image array
axes * Scaling and writing images as 16-bit integers Known
incompletenesses are reading FITS ASCII table and random group
extensions, as well as bit, complex, and array descriptor data
types in binary tables.

Utilities to read and write files in the FITS (Flexible
Image Transport System) format, a standard format in astronomy.
Present low-level routines allow: reading, parsing, and modifying
FITS headers; reading FITS images (multi-dimensional arrays);
reading FITS binary tables; and writing FITS images
(multi-dimensional arrays).  Higher-level functions allow: reading
files composed of one or more headers and a single (perhaps
multidimensional) image or single bintable; reading bintables into
data frames; generating vectors for image array axes; scaling and
writing images as 16-bit integers.  Known incompletenesses are
reading FITS ASCII table and random group extensions, as well as
bit, complex, and array descriptor data types in binary tables.

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) Utilities
Utilities to read and write files in the FITS (Flexible
Image Transport System) format, a standard format in astronomy (see
e.g. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS> for more information).
Present low-level routines allow: reading, parsing, and modifying
FITS headers; reading FITS images (multi-dimensional arrays);
reading FITS binary and ASCII tables; and writing FITS images
(multi-dimensional arrays).  Higher-level functions allow: reading
files composed of one or more headers and a single (perhaps
multidimensional) image or single table; reading tables into
data frames; generating vectors for image array axes; scaling and
writing images as 16-bit integers.  Known incompletenesses are
reading random group extensions, as well as
bit, complex, and array descriptor data types in binary tables.