FITS Headers
DIRBE_BAND08_E90_P3B.FITS
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard
BITPIX = 32 / 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 defined in Astronomy and
COMMENT Astrophysics Supplement Series v44/p363, v44/p371, v73/p359, v73/p365.
COMMENT Contact the NASA Science Office of Standards and Technology for the
COMMENT FITS Definition document #100 and other FITS information.
DATE = '11/02/97' / FITS file creation date (dd/mm/yy)
DATE-MAP= '04/04/96' / Date of original file creation (dd/mm/yy)
ORIGIN = 'CDAC ' / Cosmology Data Analysis Center
TELESCOP= 'COBE ' / Cosmic Background Explorer satellite
INSTRUME= 'DIRBE ' / COBE instrument [DIRBE, DMR, FIRAS]
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / part of sky given [e.g., ALL-SKY, WEEKLY-SKY,
COMMENT / DAILY-SKY, GAL-SLICE, FACE ...]
EQUINOX = 2000.0 / equinox of coords in following tables
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= '08/12/89' / date of initial data represented (dd/mm/yy)
DATE-END= '25/09/90' / date of final data represented (dd/mm/yy)
PIXRESOL= 9 / Quad tree pixel resolution [6, 9]
COMMENT
COMMENT DIRBE specific keywords
PRODUCT = 'B08_E90 ' / Band 8 map for solar elongation = 90 deg.
VERSION = 'Pass 3B ' / Version of Data Reduction Software
WAVE8 = '100. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 8
SOLELONG= '90 degrees' / only solar elongations of 90 deg. represented
APPVEC = 'COMBINED' / data having different approach vectors
COMMENT / are combined during processing
ZLREMOV = F / zodiacal foreground removal indicator
COMMENT / if 'T(rue)', zodi foreground has been removed
COMMENT / if 'F(alse)', observed sky brightness is given
COMMENT
COMMENT
END
Extension Header 2
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' / Extension type is Binary Table
BITPIX = 8 / Binary data
NAXIS = 2 / Data are in a table
NAXIS1 = 21 / Number of 8 bit bytes in each row
NAXIS2 = 616474 / Number of rows
PCOUNT = 0 / Number of bytes of data following table
GCOUNT = 1 / Group count (always 1 for bintable extensions)
TFIELDS = 7 / Number of fields (columns) in the table
COMMENT
COMMENT
TIMVERSN= 'OGIP/93-003' / GSFC Ofice of Guest Investigator Programs (OGIP
COMMENT / memo in which the convention is described
COMMENT The times reported in this file are International
COMMENT Atomic Time (TAI) seconds elapsed since
COMMENT 00:00:00 UTC, 1 January 1981. Time information is
COMMENT recorded in a manner consistent with the convention specified
COMMENT in OGIP/93-003 with the understanding that time is counted
COMMENT in atomic seconds and the origin of time (MJDREF) is quoted
COMMENT in ephemeris MJD.
TIMESYS = '1981.00 ' / time system (same as IRAS)
MJDREFI = 44605 / Integer portion of ephemeris MJD
COMMENT / corresponding to 0h UTC 1 Jan 1981
MJDREFF = 0.00059240741 / Fractional portion of ephemeris MJD
COMMENT / corresponding to 0h UTC 1 Jan 1981
TIMEUNIT= 's ' / unit for TSTART, TSTOP, TIMEZERO = seconds
TSTART = 282007138.349 / observation start time in TIMESYS system
TSTOP = 307119590.188 / observation stop time in TIMESYS system
COMMENT
COMMENT
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COMMENT *******************************************************************
COMMENT Sky Map Interpolated to Solar Elongation=90 deg -- 100. microns
COMMENT Photometric data for Band 8 (100. microns) interpolated
COMMENT to a fixed solar elongation of 90 degrees using
COMMENT Weekly-Averaged Sky Maps as the basis for the
COMMENT interpolation.
COMMENT This map represents the sky as it would be
COMMENT observed at an elongation of 90 deg.; i.e., signal from
COMMENT the interplanetary dust cloud has not been removed.
COMMENT Since the data represented here cover a time range
COMMENT of 10 months, it is possible for a pixel to have
COMMENT more than one entry.
COMMENT
COMMENT
COMMENT *******************************************************************
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT ===================================================================
COMMENT Coordinate Information (Spatial and Temporal):
COMMENT ===================================================================
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT DIRBE Pixel number (resolution 9)
TTYPE1 = 'Pixel_no' / pipeline fieldname = Pixel_no
TUNIT1 = ' ' /
TFORM1 = '1J ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Time in International Atomic Time (TAI) seconds elapsed
COMMENT since 01-JAN-1981:00:00:00.000 UTC.
COMMENT Computed time corresponding to observation of pixel
COMMENT at solar elongation = 90 deg.
COMMENT Note that some of the quoted times fall outside of the
COMMENT boundaries during which actual observations were made. This
COMMENT is because extrapolations have been permitted under a limited
COMMENT set of circumstances, as indicated by the Fit Quality
COMMENT Flag (FitQual).
TTYPE2 = 'Time ' / pipeline fieldname = Time
TUNIT2 = 's ' /
TFORM2 = '1D ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT ===================================================================
COMMENT DIRBE Sky Brightness Information:
COMMENT ===================================================================
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Photometry for Band 8, interpolated to solar elongation 90 deg.
COMMENT The photometric measurements are given as
COMMENT spectral intensities, I(nu) in MJy/sr, and
COMMENT are quoted at the nominal wavelength
COMMENT for a source with nu*I(nu) = constant -- i.e.,
COMMENT a color correction is required if the source
COMMENT spectrum differs from nu*I(nu) = constant.
COMMENT Data which have been replaced by flagged values
COMMENT in processing have values .LE. -16375.
TTYPE3 = 'Photomet' / pipeline fieldname = Photometry
TUNIT3 = 'MJy/sr ' / MegaJanskys/steradian
TFORM3 = '1E ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Effective number of observations of the
COMMENT pixel over the mission. This is an approximate
COMMENT number, calculated from the average of the weekly
COMMENT weighted numbers of observations for all detectors.
TTYPE4 = 'EfNumObs' / pipeline fieldname = Effective_num_obs
TUNIT4 = ' ' /
TFORM4 = '1I ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Standard Deviation
COMMENT Relative or absolute standard deviation
COMMENT of the interpolated/extrapolated
COMMENT photometry, given in logarithmic bins.
COMMENT Units = none (Bands 1 - 8)
COMMENT = MJy/sr (Bands 9 and 10)
COMMENT Range = [0,255]
COMMENT The contents B of the Standard_Deviation
COMMENT byte have been found from the relative
COMMENT standard deviations R = sigma(I)/ABS(I) (Bands
COMMENT 1 through 8) or absolute standard deviations R
COMMENT (Bands 9 and 10) as follows:
COMMENT N = 3: Bands 1 - 4, 7 and 8
COMMENT N = 4: Bands 5 and 6
COMMENT N = 1: Bands 9 and 10
COMMENT
COMMENT if R <= 10**-N then B = 0
COMMENT if 10**-N < R < 10**(-N+4) then B = IFIX((N+log10(R))*254./4.)+1
COMMENT if R >= 10**(-N+4) then B = 255
COMMENT
COMMENT Conversely, the standard deviations can be reconstructed by:
COMMENT R <= 10**-N if B = 0
COMMENT R = 10**(4*(B-0.5)/254. - N) if 1 <= B <= 254
COMMENT R >= 10**(-N+4) if B = 255
COMMENT
COMMENT StdDev = R * ABS(I) (Bands 1 - 8)
COMMENT StdDev = R (Bands 9, 10)
COMMENT (The maximum error on the reconstructed value is 1.8 %)
COMMENT
TTYPE5 = 'StdDev ' / pipeline fieldname = Standard_Deviation
TUNIT5 = ' ' /
TFORM5 = '1B ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Fit Quality Flag
COMMENT quality of interpolation to elongation = 90 deg.
COMMENT Bit 0 = least significant bit
COMMENT
COMMENT Bits 0-3: Indicator for solar system
COMMENT object effects and interpolation
COMMENT quality
COMMENT 0000: No special problems
COMMENT 0001: One or more weekly average(s)
COMMENT had data removed due to solar
COMMENT system object contamination.
COMMENT 0010: Only two points (weekly averages)
COMMENT available for the interpolation. Expect
COMMENT systematic error.
COMMENT 0100: Average value used rather than interpolated
COMMENT value, for quality reasons.
COMMENT 1111: Interpolation impossible. Intensity set to
COMMENT a flagged value (.LE. -16375.)
COMMENT
COMMENT Bits 4-7: Interpolation type indicator:
COMMENT 0000: Interpolation
COMMENT 0001: Extrapolation from observations
COMMENT which have elongations > 90 deg.
COMMENT 0010: Extrapolation from observations
COMMENT which have elongations < 90 deg.
COMMENT 0100: One weekly average was flagged
COMMENT as an outlier and not used in
COMMENT the interpolation process.
COMMENT
TTYPE6 = 'FitQual ' / pipeline fieldname = Interpolation_flag, Byte 1
TUNIT6 = ' ' /
TFORM6 = '1B ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Fit Chi-squared per degree of freedom
COMMENT Chi-squared per degree of freedom
COMMENT for the fit used in the interpolation.
TTYPE7 = 'FitChiSq' / pipeline fieldname = Interpolation_flag, Byte 2
TUNIT7 = ' ' /
TFORM7 = '1B ' /
TSCAL7 = 0.10 / bin size 0.1
TZERO7 = 0.0 /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
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