create

astrodata.create(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Return an AstroData object from data.

Parameters:

  • phu (fits.PrimaryHDU or fits.Header or dict or list) – FITS primary HDU or header, or something that can be used to create a fits.Header (a dict, a list of “cards”).

  • extensions (list of HDUs) – List of HDU objects.

Returns:

An AstroData instance.

Return type:

astrodata.AstroData

Raises:

ValueError – If phu is not a valid object.

Example

>>> from astrodata import create
>>> ad = create(phu=fits.PrimaryHDU(), extensions=[fits.ImageHDU()])