[AstroPy] Opening file in PyFits, works in v2.4, not in v3.0.6

[Phil Hodge]

On 04/02/2012 07:48 PM, Eddy Barratt wrote:
> I have a number of fits files that I cannot open in PyFits 3.0.6, though a colleague using 2.4 can open them. PyFits does work on other fits files on my computer. I would have assumed that the problem is with the files, but they do open using the older version and my colleagues using IDL and matlab have managed to open them too, so perhaps the issue is with PyFits instead. I've attached one of the files, they all have the same error message.
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> Here is the error message:
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> ...

Here is the output from fverify for your file:

                       FVERIFY V4.0.0 (CFITSIO V2.470)
                       -------------------------------

HEASARC conventions are being checked.

File: 00000075.fits

1 Header-Data Units in this file.

=================== HDU 1: Primary Array ===================

*** Error:   Byte #1 in Card#33 is a null(\0).
*** Error:   Keyword #6, BSCALE: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal 
in value
              +1.000000000000e+000.
*** Error:   Keyword #7, BZERO: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in 
value
              +3.276800000000e+004.
*** Error:   Keyword #9, ORIGIN: Value and Comment not separated by a "/".
*** Error:   Keyword #11, FOCALLEN: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value +1.550000000000e+002.
*** Error:   Keyword #12, APERTURE: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value +0.000000000000e+000.
*** Error:   Keyword #22, TEMPERAT: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value -2.041762134545e+001.
*** Error:   Keyword #24, E-GAIN: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value +1.430000000000e+000.
*** Error:   Keyword #25, XPIXSZ: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value +6.800000000000e-003.
*** Error:   Keyword #26, YPIXSZ: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value +6.800000000000e-003.
*** Error:   Keyword #29, EXPOSURE: lower-case exponent d or e is illegal in
              value +3.000000000000e+002.
*** Error:   The header fill area is not totally filled with blanks.

  32 header keywords

  16-bit integer pixels,  2 axes (2184 x 1472),

++++++++++++++++++++++ Error Summary  ++++++++++++++++++++++

  HDU#  Name (version)       Type             Warnings  Errors
  1                          Primary Array    0         12

**** Verification found 0 warning(s) and 12 error(s). ****