FITS Headers
wmap_band_smth_iqumap_r9_5yr_Ka_v3.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 = '2008-01-02T18:33:24' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
TELESCOP= 'MAP ' / Microwave Anisotropy Probe
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / Portion of sky given
EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of coordinates
COMMENT This file contains WMAP Intensity and Polarization (I, Q, and U)
COMMENT Res 9 skymaps for the frequency band indicated by
COMMENT the FREQ keyword.
COMMENT It has been smoothed to a 1 deg. field of view.
COMMENT Five years of data went into the map.
REFERENC= 'MAP Explanatory Supplement'
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' / Pixel algorithm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' / Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 512 / Resolution parameter
NPIX = 3145728 / # of pixels
FIRSTPIX= 0 / First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3145727 / Last pixel (0 based)
TELESCOP= 'WMAP ' /Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / Portion of sky given
EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of coordinates
REFERENC= 'WMAP Explanatory Supplement: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/' /
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' / Pixel algorithm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' / Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 512 /Resolution Parameter
NPIX = 3145728 /Number of pixels
FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based)
STOKES = 'IQU ' /
FREQ = 'Ka band ' /Frequency band
RELEASE = 'DR3 ' /WMAP Release
RESOLUTN= 9 /Resolution Index
END
Stokes Maps
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' / binary table extension
BITPIX = 8 / 8-bit bytes
NAXIS = 2 / 2-dimensional binary table
NAXIS1 = 16 / width of table in bytes
NAXIS2 = 3145728 / 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 = 'TEMPERATURE ' / label for field 1
TFORM1 = 'E ' / data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT1 = 'mK,thermodynamic' / physical unit of field
TTYPE2 = 'Q_POLARISATION ' / label for field 2
TFORM2 = 'E ' / data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT2 = 'mK,thermodynamic' / physical unit of field
TTYPE3 = 'U_POLARISATION ' /
TFORM3 = 'E ' /
TUNIT3 = 'mK,thermodynamic' /
TTYPE4 = 'N_OBS ' /
TFORM4 = 'E ' /
TUNIT4 = 'counts ' /
EXTNAME = 'Stokes Maps' /
DATE = '2007-12-13T10:48:49' /
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /
NSIDE = 512 /
FIRSTPIX= 0 /
LASTPIX = 3145727 /
END