bundles / astropy latest / astropy / io / fits / hdu / base / ExtensionHDU / writeto

function

`astropy.io.fits.hdu.base:ExtensionHDU.writeto`

source: /astropy/io/fits/hdu/base.py :1565

Signature

   def     writeto (    self    ,    name    ,    output_verify    =  exception   ,    overwrite    =  False   ,    checksum    =  False     )

Summary

Works similarly to the normal writeto(), but prepends a default PrimaryHDU are required by extension HDUs (which cannot stand on their own).

Aliases

astropy.io.fits.hdu.base.ExtensionHDU.writeto