FITS Headers
DIRBE_BEAM1A_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 = 3 / 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 = 'BEAM1A' / DIRBE Band 1A beam profile
VERSION = 'Pass 3B' / Version of Data Reduction Software
WAVE1 = '1.25 microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 1
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 1A.
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 Beam profiles for Band 1A were noted to be
COMMENT slightly time-dependent. Therefore, 3 beam profiles are
COMMENT recorded here, covering the following time intervals (YYDDD):
COMMENT beam #1: 89345 - 90175 (inclusive)
COMMENT beam #2: 90176 - 90231 (inclusive)
COMMENT beam #3: 90232 - 90264 (inclusive)
COMMENT
COMMENT Beam #1 is normalized to a value of 1.0 at the
COMMENT location of peak response. Beams #2 and #3
COMMENT are normalized such that the beam profile solid angle
COMMENT is constant during the cold mission, using the solid angle
COMMENT found for Beam #1. The peak response of beams #2 and #3
COMMENT differs from unity by less than 1%.
COMMENT
COMMENT The beam solid angle for Band 1A used in the Pass3B data
COMMENT processing is 1.198 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; range 1-3
CDELT3 = 1 /
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