bundles / astropy latest / astropy / io / fits / convenience / getheader

function

`astropy.io.fits.convenience:getheader`

source: /astropy/io/fits/convenience.py :99

Signature

def getheader ( filename , * args , ** kwargs )

Summary

Get the header from an HDU of a FITS file.

Parameters

filename : path-like or file-like: File to get header from. If an opened file object, its mode must be one of the following rb, rb+, or ab+).
ext, extname, extver: The rest of the arguments are for HDU specification. See the getdata documentation for explanations/examples.
**kwargs: Any additional keyword arguments to be passed to astropy.io.fits.open.

Returns

header : `Header` object

Aliases

astropy.io.fits.getheader