text: import struct
  
  with open("fluxtime.dat","rb") as f:
      bin_data = f.read()
  
  num_entries = len(bin_data)/4
  
  data_unpak = struct.unpack('{0}f'.format(num),bin_data)
  
  RA_set = data_unpack[0::7]
  DEC_set = data_unpack[1::7]
  AST_set = data_unpack[2::7]
  I_set = data_unpack[3::7]
  Q_set = data_unpack[4::7]
  U_set = data_unpack[5::7]
  V_set = data_unpack[6::7]
  
  num_point = len(RA_set)/num_channels
  
  