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Converting Fits file into ASCII format

rohit wrote on Oct 31, 2006

Hi All,

I have a fits file. It is actually a spectra. When I use splot <filename>.fits I get a plot of spectra of an object which is normalized amplitude (y-axis) versus wavelength (x-axis). I would like to extract the data, get two columns one which would give me normalized amplitude in the range of 0-1 while the other column will give me wavelength. I would like to know how I can do that in IRAF. Someone suggested wspectext but it only gives me information about the file not the actual data I want to have.

Thanks,

Trillian

rohit wrote on Oct 31, 2006

Sorry Wspectext did work. Apparently IRAF was acting funny! Sorry for this!

Last post on Oct 31, 2006