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lambda_firas_1999_c158_and_n205_line_maps.fits

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SIMPLE  =                    T /  file does conform to FITS standard            
BITPIX  =                   16 /  number of bits per data pixel                 
NAXIS   =                    0 / number of data axes                            
EXTEND  =                    T /  FITS dataset may contain extensions           
COMMENT   FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy
COMMENT   and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H 
DATE    = '2021-11-15T00:00:00' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)    
ORIGIN  = 'LAMBDA  '           / Legacy Archive Microwave Background Analysis   
TELESCOP= 'COBE    '           / COsmic Background Explorer satellite           
INSTRUME= 'FIRAS   '           / COBE instrument [DIRBE, DMR, FIRAS]            
OBJECT  = 'ALL-SKY '           / Portion of sky given                           
COMMENT   This file contains FIRAS maps of the CII 157.7 um and NII 205.3 um    
COMMENT   Galactic line emission, in units of nW/m^2/sr.                        
COMMENT   Results are from the 1999 reanalysis of FIRAS line data by            
COMMENT   Fixsen et al.                                                         
REFERENC= 'COBE FIRAS Observations of Galactic Lines'                           
REFERENC= ' Fixsen, Bennett and Mather, 1999 ApJ 526, 207'                      
REFERENC= 'For additional information, please refer to the'                     
REFERENC= 'COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS)'                
REFERENC= 'Explanatory Supplement, ed. J.C. Mather et al,'                      
REFERENC= 'COBE Ref. Pub. No. 97-C (Greenbelt, MD: NASA/GSFC),'                 
REFERENC= 'available in electronic form from LAMBDA.'                           
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic'           / Coordinate system                              
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT     COBE specific keywords                                              
DATE-BEG= '24/11/89'           / date of initial data represented (dd/mm/yy)    
DATE-END= '21/09/90'           / date of final data represented (dd/mm/yy)      
PIXRESOL=                    6 / Quad tree pixel resolution [6, 9]              
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT     FIRAS specific keywords                                             
CHANSCAN= 'HIGH    '           / combination of RH and LH scan mode data        
MISS_SEG= 'ENTIRE_MISSION'     / FIRAS segment of mission represented           
END                                                                             

XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'           / binary table extension                         
BITPIX  =                    8 / 8-bit bytes                                    
NAXIS   =                    2 / 2-dimensional binary table                     
NAXIS1  =                   40 / width of table in bytes                        
NAXIS2  =                 6063 / number of rows in table                        
PCOUNT  =                    0 / size of special data area                      
GCOUNT  =                    1 / one data group (required keyword)              
TFIELDS =                   10 / number of fields in each row                   
TTYPE1  = 'PIXEL   '           /  quad-sphere pixel number, resolution 6        
TFORM1  = 'J       '           /  32 bit, twos complement integer               
TUNIT1  = '        '           /                                                
TTYPE2  = 'GAL_LON '           /  Galactic system II (1950) longitude           
TFORM2  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT2  = 'deg     '           / coordinate units                               
TTYPE3  = 'GAL_LAT '           /  Galactic system II (1950) latitude            
TFORM3  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT3  = 'deg     '           / coordinate units                               
TTYPE4  = 'WEIGHT  '           /  pixel weight                                  
TFORM4  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT4  = '        '           /                                                
TTYPE5  = 'C158_FLUX'          / [CII} 158 um line intensity                    
TFORM5  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT5  = 'nW/m^2/sr'          / physical unit of field                         
TTYPE6  = 'C158_SIGMA'         / 1-sigma uncertainty due to instrument noise    
TFORM6  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT6  = 'nW/m^2/sr'          / physical unit of field                         
TTYPE7  = 'C158_PSIG'          / 1-sigma PEP gain uncertainty                   
TFORM7  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT7  = 'nW/m^2/sr'          / physical unit of field                         
TTYPE8  = 'N205_FLUX'          / [NII] 205 um line intensity                    
TFORM8  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT8  = 'nW/m^2/sr'          / physical unit of field                         
TTYPE9  = 'N205_SIGMA'         / 1-sigma uncertainty due to instrument noise    
TFORM9  = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT9  = 'nW/m^2/sr'          / physical unit of field                         
TTYPE10 = 'N205_PSIG'          / 1-sigma PEP gain uncertainty                   
TFORM10 = 'E       '           /  floating point scalar, single precision       
TUNIT10 = 'nW/m^2/sr'          / physical unit of field                         
EXTNAME = '        '           / name of this binary table extension            
DATE    = '2021-11-15T00:00:00' /Table creation date                            
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