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FITS Headers

LAB_fullvel.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 is defined in 'Astronomy
COMMENT   and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H 
DATE    = '2007-05-24T22:20:12' / file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)   
END                                                                             

Extension Header 2

XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'           / binary table extension                         
BITPIX  =                    8 / 8-bit bytes                                    
NAXIS   =                    2 / 2-dimensional binary table                     
NAXIS1  =                 8192 / width of table in bytes                        
NAXIS2  =                 3072 / number of rows in table                        
PCOUNT  =                    0 / size of special data area                      
GCOUNT  =                    1 / one data group (required keyword)              
TFIELDS =                    2 / number of fields in each row                   
TTYPE2  = 'simulation'         / label for field   2                            
TFORM2  = '1024E   '           / data format of field: 4-byte REAL              
COMMENT -----------------------------------------------                         
COMMENT Sky Map Pixelisation Specific Keywords                                  
COMMENT -----------------------------------------------                         
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX '           / HEALPIX Pixelisation                           
ORDERING= 'RING    '           / Pixel ordering scheme, either RING or NESTED   
NSIDE   =                  512 / Resolution parameter for HEALPIX               
FIRSTPIX=                    0 / First pixel # (0 based)                        
LASTPIX =              3145727 / Last pixel # (0 based)                         
COMMENT                                                                         
COMMENT -----------------------------------------------                         
COMMENT Data Description Specific Keywords                                      
COMMENT -----------------------------------------------                         
INDXSCHM= 'IMPLICIT'           / Indexing : IMPLICIT or EXPLICIT                
GRAIN   =                    0 / Grain of pixel indexing                        
COMMENT GRAIN=0 : no indexing of pixel data                         (IMPLICIT)  
COMMENT GRAIN=1 : 1 pixel index -> 1 pixel data                     (EXPLICIT)  
COMMENT GRAIN>1 : 1 pixel index -> data of GRAIN consecutive pixels (EXPLICIT)  
COMMENT                                                                         
TTYPE1  = 'TEMPERATURE'        / Temperature map                                
TFORM1  = '1024E   '           / data format of field: 4-byte REAL              
COMMENT                                                                         
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