A script to read the beam information from a fits file using CASA.

The script manages the case where the fits file contains just one beam entry, or for some cubes for example where a beam is defined per channel. In the latter, the script returns the minimum, maximum and mean beam information.

Dependencies

• numpy

Usage

In CASA, one must first define the name of the .fits file like:

imagename = 'your_fits_file.fits'

Then, to run the script:

execfile("beams_script.py")