FITS Headers
DIRBE_BAND04_FSM.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 defined in Astronomy and
COMMENT Astrophysics Supplement Series v44/p363, v44/p371, v73/p359, v73/p365.
COMMENT Contact the NASA Science Office of Standards and Technology for the
COMMENT FITS Definition document #100 and other FITS information.
DATE = '04/08/97' / FITS file creation date (dd/mm/yy)
DATE-MAP= '10/01/96' / Date of original file creation (dd/mm/yy)
ORIGIN = 'CDAC ' / Cosmology Data Analysis Center
TELESCOP= 'COBE ' / Cosmic Background Explorer satellite
INSTRUME= 'DIRBE ' / COBE instrument [DIRBE, DMR, FIRAS]
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / part of sky given [e.g., ALL-SKY, WEEKLY-SKY,
COMMENT / DAILY-SKY, GAL-SLICE, FACE ...]
EQUINOX = 2000.0 / equinox of coords in following tables
REFERENC= 'COBE/DIRBE Explanatory Supplement,' /
REFERENC= 'ed. M.G. Hauser, T. Kelsall, D. Leisawitz, and J. Weiland,' /
REFERENC= 'COBE Ref. Pub. No. 97-A (Greenbelt,MD: NASA/GSFC),' /
REFERENC= 'available in electronic form from the NSSDC.' /
COMMENT
COMMENT COBE specific keywords
PIXRESOL= 9 / Quad tree pixel resolution [6, 9]
COMMENT
COMMENT DIRBE specific keywords
PRODUCT = 'B04_FSM ' / Faint Source Model (FSM) for Band 4
VERSION = 'Pass 3B ' / Version of Data Reduction Software
WAVE4 = '4.9 microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 4
FSMMODEL= 'FD6 ' / Version of DIRBE FSM Model
COMMENT
COMMENT
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Extension Header 2
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' / Extension type is Binary Table
BITPIX = 8 / Binary data
NAXIS = 2 / Data are in a table
NAXIS1 = 12 / Number of 8 bit bytes in each row
NAXIS2 = 393216 / Number of rows
PCOUNT = 0 / Number of bytes of data following table
GCOUNT = 1 / Group count (always 1 for bintable extensions)
TFIELDS = 3 / Number of fields (columns) in the table
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COMMENT ------ DIRBE Faint Source Model (FSM): 4.9 microns ------
COMMENT
COMMENT The Faint Source Model is designed to represent the smooth
COMMENT collective emission from stellar sources in the Milky Way
COMMENT which are unresolved by DIRBE. It is based on the
COMMENT statistical model developed by Wainscoat et al.
COMMENT (1992, ApJS, 83, 111), with some DIRBE-specific modifications.
COMMENT The FSM is described in greater detail in the DIRBE
COMMENT Explantory Supplement, Chapter 5.
COMMENT
COMMENT Since emission from stars is negligible compared to
COMMENT emission from Galactic dust at longer wavelengths, the
COMMENT FSM is computed only for the nominal DIRBE wavelengths of
COMMENT 1.25, 2.2, 3.5, 4.9, 12 and 25 microns. There are six
COMMENT FSM files, one for each wavelength.
COMMENT
COMMENT The FSM is a statistical model based on source counts, and
COMMENT thus cannot accurately represent the brightest point sources,
COMMENT which are unevenly distributed across the sky. Therefore,
COMMENT the FSM brightness integral is limited to those sources
COMMENT FAINTER than a wavelength-dependent brightness cutoff.
COMMENT These brightness thresholds are 15, 15, 15, 15, 85 and 110 Jy
COMMENT for sources at 1.25, 2.2, 3.5, 4.9, 12 and 25 microns,
COMMENT respectively.
COMMENT
COMMENT USER BEWARE: The FSM data product was not designed for
COMMENT general use; the product was generated to preserve and
COMMENT make public a record of the FSM used by the DIRBE team
COMMENT to remove Galactic foreground emission. The brightness
COMMENT integration limits were specifically chosen to maintain
COMMENT consistency with procedures used in the DIRBE science
COMMENT analysis pipeline. The FSM is of limited utility for
COMMENT other purposes.
COMMENT
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COMMENT Coordinate Information :
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COMMENT DIRBE Pixel number (resolution 9)
TTYPE1 = 'Pixel_no' / pipeline fieldname = Pixel_no
TUNIT1 = ' ' /
TFORM1 = '1J ' /
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COMMENT Model Brightness Information:
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COMMENT Model Brightness at 4.9 microns
COMMENT The computed model brightness
COMMENT is given as a spectral intensity, I(nu) in MJy/sr, and
COMMENT is quoted at the nominal wavelength
COMMENT for a source with nu*I(nu) = constant -- i.e.,
COMMENT a color correction is required if the source
COMMENT spectrum differs from nu*I(nu) = constant.
COMMENT
TTYPE2 = 'Photomet' / pipeline fieldname = gfs_model_4
TUNIT2 = 'MJy/sr ' /
TFORM2 = '1E ' /
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COMMENT Uncertainty associated with the Model Brightness
COMMENT The 1-sigma statistical uncertainty in the modeled
COMMENT intensity, assuming Poisson counting statistics.
TTYPE3 = 'StdDev ' / pipeline fieldname = gfs_sigma_4
TUNIT3 = 'MJy/sr ' /
TFORM3 = '1E ' /
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