Questions tagged [fits]
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Finding galaxy spectra in SDSS Catalog by object name
I am looking to find galaxy spectra of early type elliptical galaxies in the SDSS catalog by the objects name. See: https://dr12.sdss.org/advancedSearch. I dont know how to find out the PLATEID of my ...
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working with stellar spectra in fits format in python
Hey I am new to working with astronomical data in Python. I wanted to start working with stellar spectra and I am having trouble with the data. To get a first look I just wanted to plot a spectra (...
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Algorithm to fit galaxies
Do you know of any other data analysis algorithm that fits 2-D analytic functions to galaxies and point sources directly to digital images, other than GALFIT? Especially to subtract lens light from ...
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Issues in dimensions and slicing while plotting contours over a FITS Image in Astronomical Plotting Library in python (APLpy)
I have been trying to plot the contours of a FITS image over itself in APLpy. The image was created in AIPS, and has dimensions (1024,1024,1,1), viz., right ascension (RA--SIN), declination (DEC--SIN),...
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superimpose borders of several FITS on the sky map
I have several FITS files with correct WCS info (as far as I know) and want to project them or preferably their borders only in the same sky projection, so it will be easy to understand an actual ...
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Lightkurve from fits. file to csv - AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'to_frame
I am trying to convert a TESS file into a csv file, using the to_csv function within the lightkurve package.
I have tried:
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How can I create a mask for a fits image?
I need to create a mask of a fits image.
By this I mean that I want to create the image that covers all secondary objects from the original image except the one is in the center.
I have some routines ...
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How to invert fits headers order (primary/secondary)?
I have an image from Hubble telescope with two headers and this creates a problem because my program expects the NAXIS, NAXIS1, NAXIS2 in the first header, but in this image case, this info is in the ...
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How can I crop a fits file and get correct WCS header info without a new plate solve and WITHOUT USING PYTHON?
While my question is similar to this one, the suggestions offered there won't work for my specific situation. For over a month I've been trying to find software capable of this but it's been an ...
