- Function names closely mirror the C interface (e.g.,
fits_open_file()). - Functions operate on
FITSFile, a thin wrapper forfitsfileC struct (FITSFilehas concept of "current HDU", as in CFITSIO). - Note that the wrapper functions do check the return status from CFITSIO and throw an error with the appropriate message.
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