desertfireballnetwork / raw2fits

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

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