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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                                                                         
END                                                                             

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   *******************************************************************   
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT   ===================================================================   
COMMENT   Object Identifiers:                                                   
COMMENT   ===================================================================   
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT       Calibration Object Name                                           
COMMENT        Name of the calibration object.                                  
TTYPE1  = 'Name    '           /  entire fieldname = NAME                       
TUNIT1  = '        '           /                                                
TFORM1  = '32A     '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT       Object Index                                                      
COMMENT        DIRBE object index number.                                       
COMMENT        range:  1-144.                                                   
TTYPE2  = 'ObjIndex'           /  entire fieldname = object_index               
TUNIT2  = '        '           /                                                
TFORM2  = '1I      '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT   ===================================================================   
COMMENT   Coordinate Information:                                               
COMMENT   ===================================================================   
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
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      '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT       Right Ascension of Object, epoch 1950                             
COMMENT         range = [0, 24) hours                                           
TTYPE4  = 'RA1950  '           /  entire fieldname = ra_1950                    
TUNIT4  = 'hr      '           /                                                
TFORM4  = '1E      '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT       Declination of Object, epoch 1950                                 
COMMENT         range = [-90, 90] degrees                                       
TTYPE5  = 'DEC1950 '           /  entire fieldname = dec_1950                   
TUNIT5  = 'deg     '           /                                                
TFORM5  = '1E      '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
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      '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
COMMENT       Ecliptic Longitude of Object, epoch 2000                          
COMMENT         range = [0, 360) degrees                                        
TTYPE8  = 'EclLon  '           /  entire fieldname = ecl_lon                    
TUNIT8  = 'deg     '           /                                                
TFORM8  = '1E      '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
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)    '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
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)    '           /                                                
COMMENT   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
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   -------------------------------------------------------------------   
END                                                                             

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