fits2png

A small GUI program for converting space images.

Current status: not supported. For better samples of my code I recommend to look at the pinned repositories.

Installation

Python version 3.9 or higher is required. On Linux, you may need to replace the python command with python3.

Step Zero: Clone the repository or download the archive using the GitHub web interface. In the console, go to the project root folder.

Simple installation

1. Install the dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt;
2. Execute python -u fits2png.py.

In virtual environment

1. Create a virtual environment with python -m venv .venv;
2. Install the dependencies with .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt;
3. Execute .venv/bin/python -u fits2png.py.

Notes

• To save the output without compression (in TIFF format), release the button compress to PNG;
• To recognize New Horizon's MVIC image and apply the conversion factor, the appropriate button must be pressed and the file name must begin with mc0, mc1, mc2 or mc3. This is the default behavior for files from OPUS.