pint.fits_utils.read_fits_event_mjds

pint.fits_utils.read_fits_event_mjds(event_hdu, timecolumn='TIME')[source]

Read a set of MJDs from a FITS HDU, with proper conversion of times to MJD

The FITS time format is defined here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/journal/timing3.html

MJDs returned are double precision floats