open

stdatamodels.asdf_in_fits.open(filename_or_hdu, **kwargs)

Read ASDF data embedded in a fits file

Parameters:

filename_or_hdustr, path, astropy.io.fits.HDUList

Filename of the fits file or an open astropy.io.fits.HDUList containing the ASDF data. If a filename is provided it will be opened with astropy.io.fits.open().

kwargsvariable keyword arguments

Passed on to asdf.open()

Returns:

afasdf.AsdfFile

asdf.AsdfFile created from ASDF data embeded in the opened fits file.