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Create pandas dataframe from FITS table
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fits2df.py
# Need to convert from big-endian to little-endian to avoid this error:
# ValueError: Big-endian buffer not supported on little-endian compiler
data = fitsio.read(path).byteswap().newbyteorder()
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
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