def quantity_to_tuple(quantity, unit_str):
    """
    Splits a quantity into a tuple of (value,unit) where unit is FITS complient.

    Useful to write FITS header keywords with units in a comment.

    Parameters
    ----------
    quantity : astropy quantity
        The Astropy quantity to split.
    unit_str: str
        Unit string representation readable by astropy.units (e.g. 'm', 'TeV', ...)

    Returns
    -------
    tuple
        A tuple containing the value and the quantity.
    """
    return quantity.to(unit_str).value, quantity.to(unit_str).unit.to_string(
        format='FITS')
