RAW2FITS

Just another tool to convert consumer digital cameras RAW images to FITS.

Maintained by Hadrien Devillepoix

Designed for speed (<1s per 50MB image).

Made for the Desert Fireball Network data processing pipeline.

Tested on Linux with Python 3.

Functionalities

• Decode RAW files (Nikon NEF, Canon CR2, Sony ARW…)
• Various de-Bayering options
• add FITS keywords both from EXIF and external config file

Requirements

dcraw

Available with package manager:
sudo [ apt | zypper | yum ] install dcraw

Or compile latest version from: https://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/ (useful for new cameras)

rawpy (optional)

Faster than dcraw
pip install rawpy

stiff (optional)

To convert images to nicely scaled TIFFs
https://www.astromatic.net/software/stiff

How to use

Command line

• Single file: python fitsConversion.py -i /path/to/file.raw
• Whole directory: python fitsConversion.py -d /path/to/folder/containg/raw/files
• Check all the options: python fitsConversion.py -h

Use as a library

import fitsConversion

• fitsConversion.raw2fits() for decoding
• fitsConversion.de_Bayer() for de-Bayering