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