parse_general

sofia_redux.visualization.models.model.parse_general(filename: str) → HDUList

Parse a text-based data file.

Data is converted into a FITS-style HDUList for further handling.

Based on the number of columns in this dataset, it is parsed accordingly. If column labels have been provided, it uses them, otherwise, it assumes a general order of [wavelength, flux, error, transmission, response] for the columns.

Parameters:

filenamestr

Absolute path to the non-FITS file to read and parse.

Returns:

hdul_read‘astropy.io.fits.HDUList’

An astropy HDUList

Raises:

RuntimeError

If invalid file is passed or invalid columns in the file.