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Strip extra axes from FITS file.
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import numpy as np | |
from astropy.io import fits | |
def strip_naxis(fitsimage, outname=None, strip_wcs=True): | |
"""Strip additional axes from FITS file. | |
Strips axes 3 and/or 4 if present. | |
Parameters | |
---------- | |
fitsimage : str or astropy.io.fits.HDUList | |
""" | |
def get_hdulist(fitsimage): | |
"""Get HDUList object from filepath or form HDUList object.""" | |
if isinstance(fitsimage, str): | |
hdulist = fits.open(fitsimage) | |
opened = True | |
elif isinstance(fitsimage, fits.HDUList): | |
hdulist = fitsimage | |
opened = False | |
else: | |
raise ValueError("FITS image must be a filename/path or an " \ | |
"astropy.io.fits.HDUList object.") | |
return hdulist, opened | |
image, opened = get_hdulist(fitsimage) | |
if image[0].header["NAXIS"] == 3: | |
image[0].data = image[0].data[0, :, :] | |
elif image[0].header["NAXIS"] == 4: | |
image[0].data = image[0].data[0, 0, :, :] | |
else: | |
pass | |
if strip_wcs: | |
try: image[0].header["FREQ"] = image[0].header["CRVAL3"] | |
except KeyError: pass | |
for i in ["3", "4"]: | |
for j in ["CRVAL"+i, "CTYPE"+i, "CDELT"+i, "CRPIX"+i, "NAXIS"+i, "CUNIT"+i, "CROTA"+i]: | |
try: del image[0].header[j] | |
except KeyError: pass | |
image[0].header["NAXIS"] = 2 | |
if outname is None: | |
outname = fitsimage | |
image.writeto(outname, clobber=True) | |
if opened: | |
image.close() |
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