FITS Headers
wmap_ilc_7yr_v4.fits
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard
BITPIX = 8 / 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 = '2009-12-16T00:00:00' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
TELESCOP= 'WMAP ' / Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
OBJECT = 'ALL-SKY ' / Portion of sky given
EQUINOX = 2000.0 / Equinox of coordinates
COMMENT This file contains the WMAP Internal Linear Combination (ILC) map
COMMENT based on the first 7 years of observations.
REFERENC= 'WMAP Explanatory Supplement: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/'
RELEASE = 'DR4 ' / WMAP Release
VERSION = 'PASS 4 ' / Internal WMAP Version
STARTGMT= '20012220000000000000' / Start time of TOD used
ENDGMT = '20082212359000000000' / End time of TOD used
STOKES = 'Intensity' / i, q, or u
FREQ = 'K-W bands combined' / Frequency band
STOKES = 'Intensity' / i, q, or u
RESOLUTN= 9 / Resolution index
SKYCOORD= 'Galactic' / Coordinate system
PLANETS = 'MJSUN ' / Planets avoided
COMMENT Planet codes: [M]ars, [J]upiter, [S]aturn, [U]ranus, [N]eptune
SHIELDS = 'S ' / Shield angle avoidance
COMMENT Shield codes: [S]un, [E]arth, [M]oon
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)
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 = '1E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT1 = 'mK, thermodynamic' /physical unit of field
TTYPE2 = 'N_OBS ' /label for field 2
TFORM2 = '1E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT2 = 'counts ' /physical unit of field
EXTNAME = 'Archive Map Table' /name of this binary table extension
DATE = '2009-12-16T00:00:00' /Table/MAP 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 Temperature is in thermodynamic units
COMMENT N_obs is set to 1 for all pixels. The N_obs field
COMMENT is filled only to provide consistent map format
END