def axisheader2dic(header):
    """
    Convert an axisheader list into Sparky parameter axis dictionary.
    """
    dic = dict()
    dic["nucleus"] = str(header[0].decode()).strip('\x00')
    dic["spectral_shift"] = header[1]
    dic["npoints"] = header[2]
    dic["size"] = header[3]
    dic["bsize"] = header[4]
    dic["spectrometer_freq"] = header[5]
    dic["spectral_width"] = header[6]
    dic["xmtr_freq"] = header[7]
    dic["zero_order"] = header[8]
    dic["first_order"] = header[9]
    dic["first_pt_scale"] = header[10]
    dic["extended"] = header[11]
    return dic