Appendix

• Header Interface Transition Guide
  • Background
  • Deprecation Warnings
  • New Header Design
  • Transition Tips
• PyFITS FAQ
  • General Questions
    • What is PyFITS?
    • What is the development status of PyFITS?
  • Build and Installation Questions
    • Is PyFITS available on Windows?
    • Where is the Windows installer for version X of PyFITS on version Y of Python?
    • Why is the PyFITS installation failing on Windows?
    • How do I install PyFITS from source on Windows?
    • Is PyFITS available for Mac OSX?
    • Why is the PyFITS installation failing on OSX Lion (10.7)?
    • How do I find out what version of PyFITS I have installed?
    • How do I run the tests for PyFITS?
    • How can I build a copy of the PyFITS documentation for my own use?
  • Usage Questions
    • Something didn’t work as I expected. Did I do something wrong?
    • PyFITS crashed and output a long string of code. What do I do?
    • Why does opening a file work in CFITSIO, ds9, etc. but not in PyFITS?
    • How do I turn off the warning messages PyFITS keeps outputting to my console?
    • How can I check if my code is using deprecated PyFITS features?
    • What convention does PyFITS use for indexing, such as of image coordinates?
    • How do I open a very large image that won’t fit in memory?
    • How can I create a very large FITS file from scratch?
    • How do I create a multi-extension FITS file from scratch?
    • Why is an image containing integer data being converted unexpectedly to floats?
    • Why am I losing precision when I assign floating point values in the header?
• Changelog
  • 3.1.0 (unreleased)
    • Highlights
    • API Changes
    • New Features
    • Changes in Behavior
    • Bug Fixes
• 3.0.9 (unreleased)
  • 3.0.8 (2012-06-04)
    • Changes in Behavior
    • Bug Fixes
  • 3.0.7 (2012-04-10)
    • Changes in Behavior
    • Bug Fixes
  • 3.0.6 (2012-02-29)
    • Highlights
    • Bug Fixes
  • 3.0.5 (2012-01-30)
  • 3.0.4 (2011-11-22)
  • 3.0.3 (2011-10-05)
  • 3.0.2 (2011-09-23)
  • 3.0.1 (2011-09-12)
  • 3.0.0 (2011-08-23)
  • 2.4.0 (2011-01-10)
  • 2.3.1 (2010-06-03)
  • 2.3 (2010-05-11)
  • 2.2.2 (2009-10-12)
  • 2.2.1 (2009-10-06)
  • 2.2 (2009-09-23)
  • 2.1.1 (2009-04-22)
  • 2.1 (2009-04-14)
  • 2.0.1 (2009-02-03)
  • 2.0 (2009-01-30)
  • 1.4.1 (2008-11-04)
  • 1.4 (2008-07-07)
  • 1.3 (2008-02-22)
  • 1.1 (2007-06-15)
  • 1.0.1 (2006-03-24)
  • 1.0 (2005-11-01)
  • 0.9.6 (2004-11-11)
  • 0.9.3 (2004-07-02)
  • 0.9 (2004-04-27)
  • 0.8.0 (2003-08-19)
  • 0.7.6 (2002-11-22)
  • 0.7.5 (2002-08-16)
  • 0.7.3 (2002-07-12)
  • 0.7.2.1 (2002-06-25)
  • 0.7.2 (2002-06-19)
  • 0.6.2 (2002-02-12)