FITS Headers
wmap_band_forered_iqumap_r9_3yr_Q_v2.fits
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T /FITS format BITPIX = 16 /Dummy primary header NAXIS = 0 /No data is associated with this header EXTEND = T /Extensions may (will!) be present RESOLUTN= 9 /Resolution index PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /Pixel algorigthm ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /Ordering scheme NSIDE = 512 /Resolution parameter FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based) LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based) COMMENT This file contains WMAP Intensity and Polarization Reduced COMMENT Foreground (I, Q, and U) Res 9 coadded skymaps for the COMMENT frequency band indicated by the FREQ keyword. COMMENT Three years of data went into the map. DATE = '2006-01-20T19:11:51' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT) TELESCOP= 'WMAP ' /Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe REFERENC= 'WMAP Explanatory Supplement: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/' / STOKES = 'IQU ' / RELEASE = 'DR2 ' /WMAP Release FREQ = 'Q band ' /Frequency band END
Stokes Maps
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' /binary table extension BITPIX = 8 /8-bit bytes NAXIS = 2 /2-dimensional binary table NAXIS1 = 16 /width of table in bytes NAXIS2 = 3145728 /number of rows in table PCOUNT = 0 /size of special data area GCOUNT = 1 /one data group (required keyword) TFIELDS = 4 /number of fields in each row TTYPE1 = 'TEMPERATURE ' /label for field 1 TFORM1 = 'E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL TUNIT1 = 'mK ' /physical unit of field 1 TTYPE2 = 'Q_POLARISATION ' /label for field 2 TFORM2 = 'E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL TUNIT2 = 'mK,thermodynamic' /physical unit of field 2 TTYPE3 = 'U_POLARISATION ' / TFORM3 = 'E ' / TUNIT3 = 'mK,thermodynamic' / TTYPE4 = 'N_OBS ' / TFORM4 = 'E ' / TUNIT4 = 'counts ' / EXTNAME = 'Stokes Maps' / DATE = 0 / PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' / ORDERING= 'NESTED ' / NSIDE = 512 / FIRSTPIX= 0 / LASTPIX = 3145727 / END
