WMAP Product Format Information

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WMAP data products are provided in either FITS or ASCII formats. IDL routines to read these products are available from the WMAP Software page.

In addition to the WMAP IDL  software,  general FITS reading capabilities are available in a number of other software packages. Two other software libraries, which were also developed at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, are potentially of interest:

• FITSIO - A subroutine interface to FITS files
  
• The IDL Astronomy User's Library

Detailed information about the FITS standard may be obtained from the following ftp sites:

• NASA's FITS Support Office
  
• NRAO's FITS Information Archive