# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ ===================================================================== Accessing data stored as a table in a multi-extension FITS (MEF) file ===================================================================== FITS files can often contain large amount of multi-dimensional data and tables. This example opens a FITS file with information from Chandra's HETG-S instrument. The example uses `astropy.utils.data` to download multi-extension FITS (MEF) file, `astropy.io.fits` to investigate the header, and `astropy.table.Table` to explore the data. ------------------- *By: Lia Corrales, Adrian Price-Whelan, and Kelle Cruz* *License: BSD* ------------------- """ ############################################################################## # Use `astropy.utils.data` subpackage to download the FITS file used in this # example. Also import `~astropy.table.Table` from the `astropy.table` subpackage # and `astropy.io.fits` from astropy.utils.data import get_pkg_data_filename from astropy.table import Table from astropy.io import fits ############################################################################## # Download a FITS file event_filename = get_pkg_data_filename('tutorials/FITS-tables/chandra_events.fits') ############################################################################## # Display information about the contents of the FITS file. fits.info(event_filename) ############################################################################## # Extension 1, EVENTS, is a Table that contains information about each X-ray # photon that hit Chandra's HETG-S detector. # # Use `~astropy.table.Table` to read the table events = Table.read(event_filename, hdu=1) ############################################################################## # Print the column names of the Events Table. print(events.columns) ############################################################################## # If a column contains unit information, it will have an associated # `astropy.units` object. print(events['energy'].unit) ############################################################################## # Print the data stored in the Energy column. print(events['energy'])