pint.fits_utils.read_fits_event_mjds

pint.fits_utils.read_fits_event_mjds(event_hdu: BinTableHDU, timecolumn: str = 'TIME') → ndarray

Read a set of MJDs from a FITS HDU, with proper conversion of times to MJD

The FITS time format is defined here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/journal/timing3.html

MJDs returned are double precision floats

Parameters

Returns:

mjds

Return type:

np.ndarray