# Set the WCS information manually by setting properties of the WCS # object. import numpy as np from astropy import wcs from astropy.io import fits # Create a new WCS object. The number of axes must be set # from the start w = wcs.WCS(naxis=2) # Set up an "Airy's zenithal" projection # Vector properties may be set with Python lists, or Numpy arrays w.wcs.crpix = [-234.75, 8.3393] w.wcs.cdelt = np.array([-0.066667, 0.066667]) w.wcs.crval = [0, -90] w.wcs.ctype = ["RA---AIR", "DEC--AIR"] w.wcs.set_pv([(2, 1, 45.0)]) # Three pixel coordinates of interest. # The pixel coordinates are pairs of [X, Y]. # The "origin" argument indicates whether the input coordinates # are 0-based (as in Numpy arrays) or # 1-based (as in the FITS convention, for example coordinates # coming from DS9). pixcrd = np.array([[0, 0], [24, 38], [45, 98]], dtype=np.float64) # Convert pixel coordinates to world coordinates. # The second argument is "origin" -- in this case we're declaring we # have 0-based (Numpy-like) coordinates. world = w.wcs_pix2world(pixcrd, 0) print(world) # Convert the same coordinates back to pixel coordinates. pixcrd2 = w.wcs_world2pix(world, 0) print(pixcrd2) # These should be the same as the original pixel coordinates, modulo # some floating-point error. assert np.max(np.abs(pixcrd - pixcrd2)) < 1e-6 # The example below illustrates the use of "origin" to convert between # 0- and 1- based coordinates when executing the forward and backward # WCS transform. x = 0 y = 0 origin = 0 assert (w.wcs_pix2world(x, y, origin) == w.wcs_pix2world(x + 1, y + 1, origin + 1)) # Now, write out the WCS object as a FITS header header = w.to_header() # header is an astropy.io.fits.Header object. We can use it to create a new # PrimaryHDU and write it to a file. hdu = fits.PrimaryHDU(header=header) # Save to FITS file # hdu.writeto('test.fits')