FITS Headers
lambda_pol_synch_beta_weiland_2022.fits
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard
BITPIX = 16 / 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 is defined in 'Astronomy
COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H
DATE = '2022-08-15T00:00:00' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
ORIGIN = 'LAMBDA ' / Legacy Archive Microwave Background Analysis
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / Portion of sky given
COMMENT This file contains maps of the polarized synchrotron spectral index
COMMENT and its uncertainty as determined using Stokes Q and U maps from
COMMENT (1) 9yr WMAP 23 and 33 GHz, (2) DRAO and Villa Elisa 1.4 GHz surveys
COMMENT and (3) the S-PASS 2.3 GHz survey.
COMMENT A mask indicating which frequencies were used to determine the index
COMMENT in each pixel is given in the third field. Pixels for which no beta
COMMENT determination was made are set to 0.0.
REFERENC= 'Weiland et al. 2022 ApJ 936, 24'
REFERENC= 'Wolleben/etal 2010 AJ 139, 1681 (DRAO)'
REFERENC= 'Testori et al. 2008 A&A 484,733(Villa Elisa)'
REFERENC= 'Bennett et al. 2013 ApJS 208, 20 (WMAP)'
REFERENC= 'Carretti et al 2019 MNRAS 489, 2330 (S-PASS)'
RESOLUTN= 4 / Resolution index
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic' / Coordinate system
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' / Pixel algorithm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' / Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 16 / Resolution parameter
NPIX = 3072 / # of pixels
FIRSTPIX= 0 / First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3071 / Last pixel (0 based)
END
Map Table
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' /binary table extension
BITPIX = 8 /8-bit bytes
NAXIS = 2 /2-dimensional binary table
NAXIS1 = 12 /width of table in bytes
NAXIS2 = 3072 /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
TTYPE1 = 'SPINDEX' /polarized synchrotron spectral index
TFORM1 = 'E ' / data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT1 = ' ' /physical unit of field
TTYPE2 = 'SIGMA ' / 1-sigma uncertainty
TFORM2 = 'E ' / data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT2 = ' ' /physical unit of field
TTYPE3 = 'MASK ' / coded mask indicating frequencies used
TFORM3 = 'E ' / data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT3 = ' ' /physical unit of field
EXTNAME = 'Map Table' /name of this binary table extension
DATE = '2022-08-15T00:00:00' /Table/MAP creation date
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /Pixel algorithm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 16 /Resolution parameter
FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3071 /Last pixel (0 based)
COMMENT Mask values coded as follows:
COMMENT 0 = no determination
COMMENT 1 = [23, 33] GHz
COMMENT 2 = [1.4, 23, 33] GHz
COMMENT 3 = [2.3, 23, 33] GHz
END