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lambda_weiland_2025_adr_maps.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    = '2025-11-17T00:00:00' /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 the 23 and 30 GHz ADR (AME Dust Reduced) maps      
COMMENT   formed from WMAP 9yr 23 GHz and Planck PR3 30 GHz data as described in
COMMENT   Weiland et al. 2025 (see referenc keyword).  The lower-latitude bias  
COMMETN   correction has been omitted, and the monopole level is arbitrary.     
REFERENC= 'Weiland et al. 2025 ApJ 984, 80'                                     
RESOLUTN=                    7 / Resolution index                               
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic'           / Coordinate system                              
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX '           / Pixel algorithm                                
ORDERING= 'NESTED  '           / Ordering scheme                                
NSIDE   =                  128 / Resolution parameter                           
NPIX    =               196608 / # of pixels                                    
FIRSTPIX=                    0 / First pixel (0 based)                          
LASTPIX =               196607 / Last pixel (0 based)                           
END                                                                             

Map Table

XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'           /binary table extension                          
BITPIX  =                    8 /8-bit bytes                                     
NAXIS   =                    2 /2-dimensional binary table                      
NAXIS1  =                   16 /width of table in bytes                         
NAXIS2  =               196608 /number of rows in table                         
PCOUNT  =                    0 /size of special data area                       
GCOUNT  =                    1 /one data group (required keyword)               
TFIELDS =                    4 /number of fields in each row                    
TTYPE1  = 'ADR_23  '           / ADR temperature map at 23 GHz                  
TFORM1  = 'E       '           / data format of field: 4-byte REAL              
TUNIT1  = 'mK_CMB  '           /physical unit of field                          
TTYPE2  = 'SIGMA_23'           /1-sigma statistical uncertainty, 23 GHz         
TFORM2  = 'E       '           / data format of field: 4-byte REAL              
TUNIT2  = 'mK_CMB  '           /physical unit of field                          
TTYPE3  = 'ADR_30  '           / ADR temperature map at 30 GHz                  
TFORM3  = 'E       '           / data format of field: 4-byte REAL              
TUNIT3  = 'mK_CMB  '           /physical unit of field                          
TTYPE4  = 'SIGMA_30'           /1-sigma statistical uncertainty, 30 GHz         
TFORM4  = 'E       '           / data format of field: 4-byte REAL              
TUNIT4  = 'mK_CMB  '           /physical unit of field                          
EXTNAME = 'Map Table'          /name of this binary table extension             
DATE    = '2025-11-17T00:00:00' /Table/MAP creation date                        
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX '           /Pixel algorithm                                 
ORDERING= 'NESTED  '           /Ordering scheme                                 
NSIDE   =                  128 /Resolution parameter                            
FIRSTPIX=                    0 /First pixel (0 based)                           
LASTPIX =               196607 /Last pixel (0 based)                            
END                                                                             

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