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Example 1:  VLA Image Header

(Note: The first two lines following are provided to help the reader determine column numbers. They are not part of FITS headers.)

00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678
SIMPLE  =                    T /
BITPIX  =                   16 /
NAXIS   =                    4 /
NAXIS1  =                 2048 /
NAXIS2  =                 1024 /
NAXIS3  =                    1 /
NAXIS4  =                    1 /
EXTEND  =                    T / TABLES FOLLOWING MAIN IMAGE
BLOCKED =                    T / FILE MAY BE BLOCKED
OBJECT  = '3C405   '           / SOURCE NAME
TELESCOP= '        '           /
INSTRUME= '        '           /
OBSERVER= 'PERL    '           /
DATE-OBS= '27/10/82'           /OBSERVATION START DATE DD/MM/YY
DATE-MAP= '14/07/83'           /DATE OF LAST PROCESSING DD/MM/YY
BSCALE  =    7.04625720812E-05 /REAL = FITS_VALUE * BSCALE + BZERO 
BZERO   =    2.18688869476E+00 /
BUNIT   = 'JY/BEAM '           /UNITS OF FLUX
EPOCH   =      1.950000000E+03 /EPOCH OF RA DEC
DATAMAX =      4.495524406E+00 /MAX PIXEL VALUE
DATAMIN =     -1.217470840E-01 /MIN PIXEL VALUE
CTYPE1  = 'RA---SIN'           /
CRVAL1  =    2.99435165226E+02 /
CDELT1  =     -4.166666986E-05 /
CRPIX1  =      1.024000000E+03 /
CROTA1  =      0.000000000E+00 /
CTYPE2  = 'DEC--SIN'           /
CRVAL2  =    4.05961940065E+01 /
CDELT2  =      4.166666986E-05 /
CRPIX2  =      5.130000000E+02 /
CROTA2  =      0.000000000E+00 /
CTYPE3  = 'FREQ    '           /
CRVAL3  =    4.86635000000E+09 /
CDELT3  =      1.250000000E+07 /
CRPIX3  =      1.000000000E+00 /
CROTA3  =      0.000000000E+00 /
CTYPE4  = 'STOKES  '           /
CRVAL4  =    1.00000000000E+00 /
CDELT4  =      1.000000000E+00 /
CRPIX4  =      1.000000000E+00 /
CROTA4  =      0.000000000E+00 /
HISTORY UVLOD /DATA BASE CREATED BY USER 76 AT 14-JUL-1983`10:17:08
HISTORY UVLOD OUTNAME='CYGA       ' OUTCLASS='XY    '
HISTORY UVLOD OUTSEQ=    1    OUTDISK= 3
ORIGIN  = 'AIPSNRAO VLA VAX3  '        /
DATE    = '19/08/83'                   / FILE WRITTEN ON DD/MM/YY
HISTORY AIPS   IMNAME='CYGA   '      IMCLASS='IMAP  ' IMSEQ=   1 /
HISTORY AIPS   USERNO=   76            /
END

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