MATLAB Programming

Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) Files
PrimaryData: [1x1 struct]
BinaryTable: [1x1 struct]
Unknown: [1x1 struct]
Image: [1x1 struct]
AsciiTable: [1x1 struct]
Importing Data from a FITS File
To import data into the MATLAB workspace from a FITS file, use the
fitsread function. Using this function, you can import the data in the
PrimaryData sectionofthefileoryoucanimportthedatainanyofthe
extensions in the file, such as the Image extension. This example illustrates
how to use the fitsread function to read data from a FITS file:
1 Determine which extensions the FITS file contains, using the fitsinfo
function.
info = fitsinfo('tst0012.fits')
info =
Filename: 'tst0012.fits'
FileModDate: '12-Mar-2001 18:37:46'
FileSize: 109440
Contents: {1x5 cell}
PrimaryData: [1x1 struct]
BinaryTable: [1x1 struct]
Unknown: [1x1 struct]
Image: [1x1 struct]
AsciiTable: [1x1 struct]
The info structure shows that the file contains several extensions
including the BinaryTable, AsciiTable, andImage extensions.
2 Read data from the file.
To read the PrimaryData in the file, specify the filename as the only
argument:
pdata = fitsread('tst0012.fits');
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