FITS Headers
wmap_forered_qumap_r9_yr2_W2_v5.fits
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T /FITS format
BITPIX = 32 /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
NPIX = 3145728 /Number of pixels
FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based)
TELESCOP= 'WMAP ' /Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
COMMENT This file contains foreground cleaned WMAP Polarization (Q and U) Res 9
COMMENT for the differencing assembly indicated by the DA keyword.
COMMENT The second year of data went into the map.
REFERENC= 'WMAP Explanatory Supplement: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/' /
STOKES = 'QU ' /
RELEASE = 'DR5 ' /WMAP Release
DATE = ' ' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
DA = 'W2 ' /Differencing assembly
FREQ = 'W band ' /Frequency band
SIGMA0_P= 6.85000 /
COMMENT Pixel noise in mK may be evaluated from the Nobs field using
COMMENT the expression:
COMMENT sigma = sigma0/sqrt(Nobs)
COMMENT sigma0 applies to the entire map and is a scalar value listed
COMMENT in the header.
END
Stokes Maps
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
COMMENT
COMMENT *** End of mandatory fields ***
COMMENT
COMMENT
COMMENT *** Column names ***
COMMENT
TTYPE1 = 'Q_POLARISATION' /
COMMENT
COMMENT *** Column formats ***
COMMENT
TFORM1 = 'E ' /
TUNIT1 = 'mK,thermodynamic' /
TTYPE2 = 'U_POLARISATION' /
TFORM2 = 'E ' /
TUNIT2 = 'mK,thermodynamic' /
EXTNAME = 'Stokes Maps' /
DATE = 0 /
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /
NSIDE = 512 /
FIRSTPIX= 0 /
LASTPIX = 3145727 /
END
Weight Arrays
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' /binary table extension
BITPIX = 8 /8-bit bytes
NAXIS = 2 /2-dimensional binary table
NAXIS1 = 12 /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 = 3 /number of fields in each row
COMMENT
COMMENT *** End of mandatory fields ***
COMMENT
COMMENT
COMMENT *** Column names ***
COMMENT
TTYPE1 = 'QQ ' /
COMMENT
COMMENT *** Column formats ***
COMMENT
TFORM1 = 'E ' /
TUNIT1 = 'counts ' /
TTYPE2 = 'QU ' /
TFORM2 = 'E ' /
TUNIT2 = 'counts ' /
TTYPE3 = 'UU ' /
TFORM3 = 'E ' /
TUNIT3 = 'counts ' /
EXTNAME = 'Weight Arrays' /
DATE = 0 /
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /
NSIDE = 512 /
FIRSTPIX= 0 /
LASTPIX = 3145727 /
COMMENT Weight arrays must be divided by a scaling factor sigma_0^2
COMMENT to provide a weight array in physical units (mK^-2). See WMAP
COMMENT Explanatory Supplement.
END