FITS Headers
lambda_firas_1999_c158_and_n205_line_maps.fits
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard
BITPIX = 16 / 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 = '2021-11-15T00:00:00' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
ORIGIN = 'LAMBDA ' / Legacy Archive Microwave Background Analysis
TELESCOP= 'COBE ' / COsmic Background Explorer satellite
INSTRUME= 'FIRAS ' / COBE instrument [DIRBE, DMR, FIRAS]
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / Portion of sky given
COMMENT This file contains FIRAS maps of the CII 157.7 um and NII 205.3 um
COMMENT Galactic line emission, in units of nW/m^2/sr.
COMMENT Results are from the 1999 reanalysis of FIRAS line data by
COMMENT Fixsen et al.
REFERENC= 'COBE FIRAS Observations of Galactic Lines'
REFERENC= ' Fixsen, Bennett and Mather, 1999 ApJ 526, 207'
REFERENC= 'For additional information, please refer to the'
REFERENC= 'COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS)'
REFERENC= 'Explanatory Supplement, ed. J.C. Mather et al,'
REFERENC= 'COBE Ref. Pub. No. 97-C (Greenbelt, MD: NASA/GSFC),'
REFERENC= 'available in electronic form from LAMBDA.'
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic' / Coordinate system
COMMENT
COMMENT COBE specific keywords
DATE-BEG= '24/11/89' / date of initial data represented (dd/mm/yy)
DATE-END= '21/09/90' / date of final data represented (dd/mm/yy)
PIXRESOL= 6 / Quad tree pixel resolution [6, 9]
COMMENT
COMMENT FIRAS specific keywords
CHANSCAN= 'HIGH ' / combination of RH and LH scan mode data
MISS_SEG= 'ENTIRE_MISSION' / FIRAS segment of mission represented
END
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' / binary table extension
BITPIX = 8 / 8-bit bytes
NAXIS = 2 / 2-dimensional binary table
NAXIS1 = 40 / width of table in bytes
NAXIS2 = 6063 / number of rows in table
PCOUNT = 0 / size of special data area
GCOUNT = 1 / one data group (required keyword)
TFIELDS = 10 / number of fields in each row
TTYPE1 = 'PIXEL ' / quad-sphere pixel number, resolution 6
TFORM1 = 'J ' / 32 bit, twos complement integer
TUNIT1 = ' ' /
TTYPE2 = 'GAL_LON ' / Galactic system II (1950) longitude
TFORM2 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT2 = 'deg ' / coordinate units
TTYPE3 = 'GAL_LAT ' / Galactic system II (1950) latitude
TFORM3 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT3 = 'deg ' / coordinate units
TTYPE4 = 'WEIGHT ' / pixel weight
TFORM4 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT4 = ' ' /
TTYPE5 = 'C158_FLUX' / [CII} 158 um line intensity
TFORM5 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT5 = 'nW/m^2/sr' / physical unit of field
TTYPE6 = 'C158_SIGMA' / 1-sigma uncertainty due to instrument noise
TFORM6 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT6 = 'nW/m^2/sr' / physical unit of field
TTYPE7 = 'C158_PSIG' / 1-sigma PEP gain uncertainty
TFORM7 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT7 = 'nW/m^2/sr' / physical unit of field
TTYPE8 = 'N205_FLUX' / [NII] 205 um line intensity
TFORM8 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT8 = 'nW/m^2/sr' / physical unit of field
TTYPE9 = 'N205_SIGMA' / 1-sigma uncertainty due to instrument noise
TFORM9 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT9 = 'nW/m^2/sr' / physical unit of field
TTYPE10 = 'N205_PSIG' / 1-sigma PEP gain uncertainty
TFORM10 = 'E ' / floating point scalar, single precision
TUNIT10 = 'nW/m^2/sr' / physical unit of field
EXTNAME = ' ' / name of this binary table extension
DATE = '2021-11-15T00:00:00' /Table creation date
END