FITS Headers
wmap_temperature_source_mask_r9_7yr_v4.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 = '2009-12-29T19:55:31' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / Portion of sky given
COMMENT This file defines the sky pixels excluded
COMMENT by the WMAP intensity source mask for the 7-year data.
COMMENT Excluded pixels have the field N_OBS set to 0.
COMMENT
COMMENT See the WMAP Explanatory Supplement for further details.
COMMENT Temperature Point Source Exclusion Mask
REFERENC= 'WMAP Explanatory Supplement: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/' //lambda.
RELEASE = 'DR4 ' /WMAP Release
VERSION = 'PASS 4 ' / Internal WMAP Version
RESOLUTN= 9 /Resolution Index
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic' / Coordinate system
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
END
Archive Map Table
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' /binary table extension
BITPIX = 8 /8-bit bytes
NAXIS = 2 /2-dimensional binary table
NAXIS1 = 8 /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 = 2 /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 = 'N_OBS ' /label for field 2
TFORM2 = 'E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT2 = 'counts ' /physical unit of field
EXTNAME = 'Archive Map Table' /name of this binary table extension
DATE = '2009-12-29T00:00:00' /Table creation date
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /Pixel algorithm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 512 /Resolution parameter
FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based)
COMMENT The TEMPERATURE field is set to 0 for all pixels.
COMMENT N_obs is the boolean mask, where 0 means exclude, 1 means include.
END