FITS Headers
wmap_sim_imap_r9_yr3_V2_v4.fits
Primary Header
SIMPLE = T /FITS format
BITPIX = 16 /Dummy primary header
NAXIS = 0 /No data is associated with this header
EXTEND = T /Extensions may (will!) be present
RESOLUTN= 9 /Resolution Index
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /Pixel algorigthm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 512 /Resolution Parameter
FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based)
COMMENT This file contains a WMAP Intensity (I) Res 9 skymap for the
COMMENT differencing assembly indicated by the DA keyword.
COMMENT Simulated data was used to construct this map!
COMMENT The third year of data went into the map.
DATE = '2010-04-13T14:12:15' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
TELESCOP= 'WMAP ' /Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
REFERENC= 'WMAP Explanatory Supplement: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/' /
STOKES = 'I ' /
DA = 'V2 ' /WMAP Differencing Assembly
FREQ = 'V band ' /Frequency band
RELEASE = 'DR4 ' /WMAP Release
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 ' /physical unit of field 1
TTYPE2 = 'N_OBS ' /label for field 2
TFORM2 = 'E ' /data format of field: 4-byte REAL
TUNIT2 = 'counts ' /physical unit of field 2
EXTNAME = 'Archive Map Table' /name of this binary table extension
PIXTYPE = 'HEALPIX ' /Pixel algorigthm
ORDERING= 'NESTED ' /Ordering scheme
NSIDE = 512 /Resolution parameter
FIRSTPIX= 0 /First pixel (0 based)
LASTPIX = 3145727 /Last pixel (0 based)
DATE = '2010-04-13T14:12:15' /file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT)
END