Predicted Dust Emission at 94 GHz
FITS Header Information

Primary Header

SIMPLE  =                    T / file does conform to FITS standard             
BITPIX  =                    8 / 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    = '2003-02-05T00:00:00' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)    
OBJECT  = 'ALL-SKY '           / Portion of sky given                           
COMMENT   This file contains an all-sky map of the predicted thermal emission   
COMMENT   from Galactic dust at 94 GHz, based on the 2-component model (model 8)
COMMENT   of Finkbeiner, Davis and Schlegel (1999).                             
COMMENT   Software and data files downloaded from their website were used to    
COMMENT   interpolate their highest resolution model onto pixel centers         
COMMENT   appropriate for a HEALPix Nside=512 projection in Galactic            
COMMENT   coordinates. This file is distributed and maintained by LAMBDA.       
REFERENC= 'Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA)       
REFERENC= '                http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/                         
REFERENC= 'Extrapolation of Galactic Dust Emission at 100 microns to Cosmic     
REFERENC= ' Microwave Background Radiation Frequencies using FIRAS',            
REFERENC= ' Finkbeiner, Davis & Schlegel 1999 ApJ 524, 867                      
REFERENC= 'Berkeley mirror site for FDS99 data: http://astron.berkeley.edu/dust/
REFERENC= 'Princeton mirror site for FDS99 data:                                
REFERENC= '                           http://astro/princeton.edu/~schlegel/dust/
REFERENC= 'HEALPix Home Page: http://www.eso.org/science/healpix/               
RESOLUTN=                    9 / Resolution index                               
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic'           / Coordinate system                              
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX '           / Pixel algorithm                                
ORDERING= 'NESTED  '           / Ordering scheme                                
NSIDE   =                  512 / Resolution parameter                           
NPIX    =              3145728 / # of pixels                                    
FIRSTPIX=                    0 / First pixel (0 based)                          
LASTPIX =              3145727 / Last pixel (0 based)                           
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NAXIS2  =              3145728 /number of rows in table                         
PCOUNT  =                    0 /size of special data area                       
GCOUNT  =                    1 /one data group (required keyword)               
TFIELDS =                    2 /number of fields in each row                    
TTYPE1  = 'TEMPERATURE'        /label for field   1                             
TFORM1  = '1E      '           /data format of field: 4-byte REAL               
TUNIT1  = 'mK, antenna'        /physical unit of field                          
TTYPE2  = 'N_OBS   '           /label for field   2                             
TFORM2  = '1E      '           /data format of field: 4-byte REAL               
TUNIT2  = 'counts  '           /physical unit of field                          
EXTNAME = 'Archive Map Table'  /name of this binary table extension             
DATE    = '2003-02-05T00:00:00' /Table creation date                            
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX '           /Pixel algorithm                                 
ORDERING= 'NESTED  '           /Ordering scheme                                 
NSIDE   =                  512 /Resolution parameter                            
FIRSTPIX=                    0 /First pixel (0 based)                           
LASTPIX =              3145727 /Last pixel (0 based)                            
COMMENT   The TEMPERATURE field is antenna temperature.                         
COMMENT   N_obs is set to 1 for all pixels. The N_obs field is filled           
COMMENT    only to provide a format consistent with that used by                
COMMENT    WMAP products.                                                       
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