wfits

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 WFITS ROOT N1 N2 NUMBER - Writes spectra to FITS files.

 Parameters: 
     
   Root   -- Root of output file names.
   N1     -- First spectrum to write.
   N2     -- Last spectrum to write.
   NUMBER -- Name of integer header item for numbering output files.

   Output files are names <root>.<number>.fits 

   Set NUMBER to 'NONE' to use numbering 0001,0002 etc. 

 The output FITS file contains the following elements.
 
 1. Primary data array: empty
 2. Extension HEADER: ASCII  table; header items, 8 columns with
    Names and values in the order Char,double,int,real.
 3. Extension DATA  : Binary table; counts,errors and fluxes resp.
                      There are ABS(NARC) arc coeffcients stored 
                      in header items NARC1,NARC2 ... If NARC is
                       -ve, the scale is logarithmic.
                      


Related command: lfits .

This command belongs to the classes: output .


Tom Marsh, trm@astro.soton.ac.uk, Tue Oct 27 08:56:34 1998 .