How to use Image object ?

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Image structure

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Attributes of the ‘Image’ object

Attribut	What is it?
Image.file_name	The name of the file in .FITS format.
Image.primary_header	The primary header of .FITS data.
Image.data_header	The header associated with data science.
Image.data	The image, values stored in a 2D array.
Image.errs	Errors associated with science data, stored in a 2D array.
Image.size	Image dimensions (nx, ny).
Image.px_area	Area of spatial pixels, in arcsec^2.
Image.units	The unit of image values, by default these values are surface brightnesses given in MJy/sr.

Methods of the ‘Image’ object

Method	What does it do?
Image.info()	Prints data-related information stored in headers.
Image.plot()	Displays the image in a matplotlib figure.
Image.get_px_coords()	Converts R.A. Dec. coordinates in degrees to pixel coordinates.
Image.get_world_coords()	Converts pixel coordinates to R.A. Dec. coordinates in degrees.
Image.crop()	Extract part of the image (i.e. a zoom).
Image.rotate()	Apply a rotation using WCS.
Image.convolve()	Convolves the image from a PSF FWHM.
Image.extract_intensity_profile()	Extracts an intensity profile from the image.