FITS2BITMAP

NAME

fits2bitmap - Create a bitmap file from a FITS image.

DESCRIPTION

usage: fits2bitmap [-h] [-e hdu] [-o filename] [--scale SCALE] [--power POWER]

[--asinh_a ASINH_A] [--min_cut MIN_CUT] [--max_cut MAX_CUT] [--min_percent MIN_PERCENT] [--max_percent MAX_PERCENT] [--percent PERCENT] [--cmap colormap_name] filename [filename ...]

positional arguments:

filename

Path to one or more FITS files to convert

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-e hdu, --ext hdu

specify the HDU extension number or name

-o filename

Filename for the output image (Default is a PNG file with the same name as the FITS file)

--scale SCALE

Type of image scaling ("linear", "sqrt", "power", "log", or "asinh")

--power POWER

Power index for "power" scaling

--asinh_a ASINH_A

The value in normalized image where the asinh curve transitions from linear to logarithmic behavior (used only for "asinh" scaling)

--min_cut MIN_CUT

The pixel value of the minimum cut level

--max_cut MAX_CUT

The pixel value of the maximum cut level

--min_percent MIN_PERCENT

The percentile value used to determine the minimum cut level

--max_percent MAX_PERCENT

The percentile value used to determine the maximum cut level

--percent PERCENT

The percentage of the image values used to determine the pixel values of the minimum and maximum cut levels

--cmap colormap_name

matplotlib color map name