Mitch Richling: CFITSIO Example Programs
Author: | Mitch Richling |
Updated: | 2023-11-15 |
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Below are a couple simple CFITSIO programs illustrating the most basic use of the library. They should be useful for the CFITSIO beginner.
Get it all on github: https://github.com/richmit/ex-CFITSIO/
2. The basics: Reading and Writing
dumpFitsHeader.c
- Shows how to query HDU count, and dump the content of the first HDU.
fits2tga.c
- Convert a FITS file to TGA (understands common color FITS formats)
3. Helper Code
fitsUtil.c
&fitsUtil.h
- A little helper function to manage error handling.