FITS Headers
DIRBE_PSV_TABLE.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-MAP= '06/06/96' / Date of original data file creation
DATE = '06/06/96' / FITS file creation date (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 [ALL-SKY, GAL-SLICE]
REFERENC= 'COBE/DIRBE Explanatory Supplement,' /
REFERENC= 'ed. M.G. Hauser, T. Kelsall, D. Leisawitz, and J. Weiland,' /
REFERENC= 'COBE Ref. Pub. No. 95-A (Greenbelt,MD: NASA/GSFC),' /
REFERENC= 'available in electronic form from the NSSDC.' /
COMMENT COBE specific keywords
DATE-BEG= '11/12/89' / date of initial data represented (dd/mm/yy)
DATE-END= '21/09/90' / date of final data represented (dd/mm/yy)
PIXRESOL= 9 / Quad tree pixel resolution [6, 9]
COMMENT
COMMENT DIRBE specific keywords
PRODUCT = 'PSVTAB ' / Photometric Standard Values Table
VERSION = 'Pass 3B ' / Version of Data Reduction Software
WAVE1 = '1.25 microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 1
WAVE2 = '2.2 microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 2
WAVE3 = '3.5 microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 3
WAVE4 = '4.9 microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 4
WAVE5 = '12. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 5
WAVE6 = '25. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 6
WAVE7 = '60. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 7
WAVE8 = '100. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 8
WAVE9 = '140. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 9
WAVE10 = '240. microns' / nominal wavelength of Band 10
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 = 222 / Number of 8 bit bytes in each row
NAXIS2 = 92 / Number of rows
PCOUNT = 0 / Number of bytes of data following table
GCOUNT = 1 / Group count (always 1 for bintable extensions)
TFIELDS = 13 / Number of fields (columns) in the table
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT *******************************************************************
COMMENT Photometric Standard Values Table --
COMMENT Photometric data for the 92 objects which were used to
COMMENT establish the baseline relative celestial calibration system.
COMMENT Data are provided for the full-intensity channels only, and
COMMENT then only for those wavelengths for which the source was
COMMENT selected as a calibration object.
COMMENT Objects are sorted in order of increasing right ascension.
COMMENT *******************************************************************
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COMMENT Object Identifiers:
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COMMENT Calibration Object Name
COMMENT Name of the calibration object.
TTYPE1 = 'Name ' / entire fieldname = NAME
TUNIT1 = ' ' /
TFORM1 = '32A ' /
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COMMENT Object Index
COMMENT DIRBE object index number.
COMMENT range: 1-144.
TTYPE2 = 'ObjIndex' / entire fieldname = object_index
TUNIT2 = ' ' /
TFORM2 = '1I ' /
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COMMENT Coordinate Information:
COMMENT ===================================================================
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COMMENT DIRBE Pixel number (resolution 9)
COMMENT Number of the DIRBE pixel which contains the object.
TTYPE3 = 'Pixel_No' / entire fieldname = PIXEL_NO
TUNIT3 = ' ' /
TFORM3 = '1J ' /
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COMMENT Right Ascension of Object, epoch 1950
COMMENT range = [0, 24) hours
TTYPE4 = 'RA1950 ' / entire fieldname = ra_1950
TUNIT4 = 'hr ' /
TFORM4 = '1E ' /
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COMMENT Declination of Object, epoch 1950
COMMENT range = [-90, 90] degrees
TTYPE5 = 'DEC1950 ' / entire fieldname = dec_1950
TUNIT5 = 'deg ' /
TFORM5 = '1E ' /
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COMMENT Galactic Longitude of Object
COMMENT range = [0, 360) degrees
TTYPE6 = 'GalLon ' / entire fieldname = gal_lon
TUNIT6 = 'deg ' /
TFORM6 = '1E ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Galactic Latitude of Object
COMMENT range = [-90, 90] degrees
TTYPE7 = 'GalLat ' / entire fieldname = gal_lat
TUNIT7 = 'deg ' /
TFORM7 = '1E ' /
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COMMENT Ecliptic Longitude of Object, epoch 2000
COMMENT range = [0, 360) degrees
TTYPE8 = 'EclLon ' / entire fieldname = ecl_lon
TUNIT8 = 'deg ' /
TFORM8 = '1E ' /
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COMMENT Ecliptic Latitude of Object, epoch 2000
COMMENT range = [-90, 90] degrees
TTYPE9 = 'EclLat ' / entire fieldname = ecl_lat
TUNIT9 = 'deg ' /
TFORM9 = '1E ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT ===================================================================
COMMENT Photometric Information:
COMMENT ===================================================================
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Source Photometry
COMMENT Mission-averaged background-subtracted flux
COMMENT density of the object, F(nu), in units of Jy.
COMMENT Presented in increasing wavelength order from
COMMENT 1.25 to 240 micron. Flux density is quoted
COMMENT at the nominal wavelength for a source with assumed
COMMENT energy distribution nu*F(nu) = constant -- i.e.,
COMMENT a color correction is required if the source
COMMENT spectrum differs from the assumed distribution.
COMMENT If a source was not a designated calibrator in
COMMENT a given waveband, then the photometry value is
COMMENT set to 0.0, regardless of the signal level.
TTYPE10 = 'Photomet' / entire fieldname = Photometry
TUNIT10 = 'Jy ' /
TFORM10 = '10E ' /
TDIM10 = '(10) ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENT Photometric Error
COMMENT Standard deviation of the mean flux density quoted in the
COMMENT Photometry field, in Jy. Listed in order of increasing
COMMENT wavelength.
COMMENT The error field is set to 0.0 for wavelengths
COMMENT for which no photometry is provided.
TTYPE11 = 'StdDev ' / entire fieldname = phot_error
TUNIT11 = 'Jy ' /
TFORM11 = '10E ' /
TDIM11 = '(10) ' /
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COMMENT Total Number of Observations
COMMENT The total number of individual observations, per waveband,
COMMENT which were used in forming the photometric average.
COMMENT Listed in order of increasing wavelength.
TTYPE12 = 'NumObs ' / entire fieldname = num_obs
TUNIT12 = ' ' /
TFORM12 = '10J ' /
TDIM12 = '(10) ' /
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COMMENT Average Background
COMMENT Mission-averaged value of the background intensity, in MJy/sr,
COMMENT for each waveband, listed in order of increasing wavelength.
COMMENT The background value is set to 0.0 for wavelengths
COMMENT for which no photometry is provided.
TTYPE13 = 'AvgBkgd ' / entire fieldname = avg_bkgd
TUNIT13 = 'MJy/sr ' /
TFORM13 = '10E ' /
TDIM13 = '(10) ' /
COMMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------
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