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PySBIG module
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This module can read SBIG files and give you a numpy array for 
the data and a dictionary for the headers.

For the latest version goto: http://coldstonelabs.org

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Installing
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This module require numpy to be installed you can get numpy 
at: http://numpy.scipy.org

To install the module untar the package goto the directory and 
run:

python setup.py install

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Example Usage
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import PySBIG

sbig = PySBIG.PySBIG("mysbigfile.st9")

data = sbig.getData();  #two dimentional array
headers = sbig.getHeaders(); #dictionary

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NOTE: Now there is a module that uses a C function to uncompress each line,
it is around 40 times faster. To use it substitude PySBIG with cPySBIG.
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import cPySBIG
sbig = cPySBIG.cPySBIG("mysbigfile.st9")

data = sbig.getData();  #two dimentional array
headers = sbig.getHeaders(); #dictionary

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Todo
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o Have less same code in both cPySBIG and PySBIG.

o Write/save SBIG files.

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Authors
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Russell Valentine (russ@coldstonelabs.org)