Creating Fits Files

At any point in the Virtual Pipeline you can store the val with

• 3D (x, y, wav) SyntheticCube
• 2D (x, y) SyntheticImage

dimension of the different FC_objects, respectivly, in a fits file (e.g. output.fits).

For a 3D SyntheticCube, add to you script:

from astropy.io import fits

# store FC_object.val in fits file
fits.writeto('output.fits', FC_object.val.swapaxes(0, 2).swapaxes(1, 2),
             clobber=True)

In this case you will find the file output.fits in the same directory as example.py.

If you extend the example described in SyntheticCube, the file will be exactly the same like the here.

For a 2D SyntheticImage, add to you script:

from astropy.io import fits

# store FC_object.val in fits file
fits.writeto('output.fits', FC_object.val, clobber=True)