save profiles in FITS format

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Source code repository for the frontend component of CARTA, a new visualization tool designed for the ALMA, the VLA and the SKA pathfinders.

https://cartavis.github.io/

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save profiles in FITS format #1261

Open kswang1029 opened 4 years ago

kswang1029 commented 4 years ago

Currently profiles (spatial, spectral, stokes, histogram) can be exported as tsv format. Users request to support FITS format too so that it is easier for post-processing with other tools (eg chemical modeling).

The actual generation of the FITS file can happen at the frontend or the backend. TBD.

veggiesaurus commented 4 years ago

can you provide an example FITS file with the correct headers and content?

kswang1029 commented 4 years ago

Here are two examples from SDSS. spectra_fits.zip I suspect there is no such standard for 1d spectrum.