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FIRAS Line Emission Maps


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Products are provided from both the 1999 Fixsen et al. analysis of Pass 4 data and the 1997 products generated using older analysis software. Maps are in the COBE Quad-Cube projection.

1999 FIRAS Line Emission Products
Description
Dataset Id
 File Info
 File Name
 Delivery Date
Galactic Plane Line Intensities
 113 KB lambda_firas_lines_1999_galplane.fits
Fits Header
 2022-05-24
C+ 158 nad N+ 205 Line Emission Maps
 248 KB lambda_firas_1999_c158_and_n205_line_maps.fits
Fits Header
 2022-05-24

Detailed Product Description

1997 FIRAS Line Emission Maps
Description
Dataset Id
 File Info
 File Name
 Delivery Date
High Frequency, Low Spectral Resolution, 600-2880 GHz
ADS/Sa.COBE#FIRAS_LINE_EMISSION_MAP_HIGH.FITS
 940 KB FIRAS_LINE_EMISSION_MAP_HIGH.FITS
Fits Header
 2003-03-01
High Resolution, 30-660 GHz
ADS/Sa.COBE#FIRAS_LINE_EMISSION_MAP_HRES.FITS
 664 KB FIRAS_LINE_EMISSION_MAP_HRES.FITS
Fits Header
 2003-03-01
Low Frequency, Low Spectral Resolution, 60-630 GHz
ADS/Sa.COBE#FIRAS_LINE_EMISSION_MAP_LOWF.FITS
 675 KB FIRAS_LINE_EMISSION_MAP_LOWF.FITS
Fits Header
 2003-03-01

Detailed Product Description

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