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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)                           
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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                                               
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