read.fitsim: Read FITS Image

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) See Also

View source: R/read.fitsim.R

Description

The mid-level function 'read.fitsim' allows FITS images to be read directly into R.

Usage

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read.fitsim(file, hdu = 1, maxlines = 50000, xlo = NA, xhi = NA, 
            ylo = NA, yhi = NA)

Arguments

file

file name

hdu

header and data unit to be read

maxlines

maximum number of header lines

xlo

lower x pixel sub-region (image only)

xhi

upper x pixel sub-region (image only)

ylo

lower y pixel sub-region (image only)

yhi

upper y pixel sub-region (image only)

Details

The mid-level function 'read.fitsim' is a wrapper around 'read.fits', and provides a more simplistic output of that routine.

Value

A matrix of data corresponding to the original FITS image.

Author(s)

Lee Kelvin <lee.kelvin@uibk.ac.at>

See Also

The astronomy package: astro.


astro documentation built on May 2, 2019, 2:14 a.m.

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