FITS Headers
wmap_band_imap_r9_3yr_Ka_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 (I, Q, and U) COMMENT Res 9 coadded skymaps for the frequency band indicated by COMMENT the FREQ keyword. COMMENT Three years of data went into the map. DATE = '2006-01-20T20:17:37' /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 = 'I ' / RELEASE = 'DR2 ' /WMAP Release FREQ = 'Ka band ' /Frequency band END
Archive Map Table
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' /binary table extension BITPIX = 8 /8-bit bytes NAXIS = 2 /2-dimensional binary table NAXIS1 = 8 /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 = 2 /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 = 'N_OBS ' /label for field 2 TFORM2 = 'E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL TUNIT2 = 'counts ' /physical unit of field 2 EXTNAME = 'Archive Map Table' /name of this binary table extension PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /Pixel algorigthm ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /Ordering scheme NSIDE = 512 /Resolution parameter FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based) LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based) END
