FITS Headers
DIRBE_BEAM08_P3B.FITS
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard
BITPIX = -32 / REAL*4 data
NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes
NAXIS1 = 225 / in-scan axis
NAXIS2 = 181 / cross-scan axis
NAXIS3 = 1 / time-period axis
DATE-MAP= '30/06/95' / Date of original data file creation (dd/mm/yy)
DATE = '11/02/97' / FITS file creation date (dd/mm/yy)
ORIGIN = 'CDAC' / Cosmology Data Analysis Center
TELESCOP= 'COBE' / Cosmic Background Explorer satellite
INSTRUME= 'DIRBE' / COBE instrument [DIRBE, DMR, FIRAS]
OBJECT = 'BEAM' / DIRBE beam profile map
REFERENC= 'COBE/DIRBE Explanatory Supplement,' /
REFERENC= 'ed. M.G. Hauser, T. Kelsall, D. Leisawitz, and J. Weiland,' /
REFERENC= 'COBE Ref. Pub. No. 97-A (Greenbelt,MD: NASA/GSFC),' /
REFERENC= 'available in electronic form from the NSSDC.' /
COMMENT
COMMENT COBE specific keywords
DATE-BEG= '11/12/89' / date of initial data represented (dd/mm/yy)
DATE-END= '21/09/90' / date of final data represented (dd/mm/yy)
COMMENT
COMMENT DIRBE specific keywords
PRODUCT = 'BEAM08' / DIRBE Band 8 beam profile
VERSION = 'Pass 3B' / Version of Data Reduction Software
WAVE8 = '100. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 8
SOLELONG= 'ALL' / all available solar elongations used
APPVEC = 'COMBINED' / data having different approach vectors
COMMENT / are combined during processing
COMMENT
COMMENT
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COMMENT Beam Profile -- DIRBE Band 8.
COMMENT This is an effective beam profile, which measures the
COMMENT relative response of the DIRBE to a point source, including
COMMENT the effects of sky-scanning and data-sampling rates.
COMMENT Beam profiles are represented as two-dimensional
COMMENT arrays which give the beam response as a
COMMENT function of in-scan and cross-scan position.
COMMENT In-scan position is defined as positive
COMMENT toward the scan direction, and cross-scan position is
COMMENT defined as positive toward the spacecraft spin-axis.
COMMENT The origin (0,0) corresponds to the nominal boresight
COMMENT position as defined from the attitude solution.
COMMENT
COMMENT The beam profile for Band 8 showed no clear
COMMENT time-dependence over the lifetime of the cryogenic
COMMENT mission. Therefore, only 1 beam profile is recorded
COMMENT here, covering the time interval (YYDDD):
COMMENT 89345 - 90264 (inclusive)
COMMENT The beam is normalized to a value of 1.0 at the
COMMENT location of peak response.
COMMENT
COMMENT The beam solid angle for Band 8 used in the Pass3B data
COMMENT processing is 1.425 e-04 sr.
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CRVAL1 = 0.000000 / Value at origin (arcmin)
CRPIX1 = 113 / position of origin
CTYPE1 = 'INSCAN' / in-scan coordinate; range +- 42 arcmin
CDELT1 = 0.375000 / in-scan sampling increment, arcmin per pixel
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CRVAL2 = 0.000000 / Value at origin (arcmin)
CRPIX2 = 91 / position of origin
CTYPE2 = 'XSCAN' / x-scan coordinate; range +- 36 arcmin
CDELT2 = 0.400000 / x-scan sampling increment, arcmin per pixel
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CRVAL3 = 1 /
CRPIX3 = 1 /
CTYPE3 = 'BEAM-NO' / beam number; single valued, = 1
CDELT3 = 0 /
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END