<casaxml xsi:schemaLocation="http://casa.nrao.edu/schema/casa.xsd file:///opt/casa/code/xmlcasa/xml/casa.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://casa.nrao.edu/schema/psetTypes.html">
<task category="import/export" name="importfits" type="function">
<shortdescription>Convert an image FITS file into a CASA image</shortdescription>
Convert an image FITS file into a CASA image
<param name="fitsimage" mustexist="true" type="path">
<shortdescription>Name of input image FITS file</shortdescription>
<description>Name of input image FITS file
Example: fitsimage='3C273XC1.fits'
<param name="imagename" type="string">
<shortdescription>Name of output CASA image</shortdescription>
<description>Name of output CASA image
Example: fitsimage='3C273XC1.image'
<param name="whichrep" type="int">
<shortdescription>If fits image has multiple coordinate reps, choose one.</shortdescription>
<description>If fits image has multiple coordinate reps, choose one.
<param name="whichhdu" type="int">
<shortdescription>If fits file contains multiple images, choose one (0 = first HDU, -1 = first valid image).</shortdescription>
<description>If fits file contains multiple images, choose one
Default: -1 (use the first valid one)
NOTE: 0 = first HDU, -1 = first valid image
<param name="zeroblanks" type="bool">
<shortdescription>Set blanked pixels to zero (not NaN)</shortdescription>
<description>Set blanked pixels to zero (not NaN)
<param name="overwrite" type="bool">
<shortdescription>Overwrite output file if it exists?</shortdescription>
<description>Overwrite output file if it exists?