read_fits_polygons

pydl.pydlutils.mangle.read_fits_polygons(filename, convert=False)[source]

Read a “polygon” format FITS file.

This function returns a subclass of FITS_rec that provides some convenient aliases for the columns of a typical FITS polygon file (which might be all upper-case).

Parameters:
filename : str

Name of FITS file to read.

convert : bool, optional

If True, convert the data to a list of ManglePolygon objects. Caution: This could result in some data being discarded!
Returns:
:class:`~pydl.pydlutils.mangle.FITS_polygon` or :class:`list`

The data contained in HDU 1 of the FITS file.