def tabToCatalogList(tab):
    """Converts an :obj:`astropy.table.Table` object into a list of dictionaries.
    
    Args:
        tab (:obj:`astropy.table.Table`): Catalog in the form of an astropy Table object.
    
    Returns:
        A list of dictionaries, where each dictionary represents an object in the catalog.
    
    """
    
    catalog=[]
    for row in tab:
        objDict={}
        for k in list(tab.keys()):
            objDict[k]=row[k]
        catalog.append(objDict)
    
    return catalog