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Sample Header from An Atlas of Recalibrated HST FOS Spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars

SIMPLE  =                    T /                                                
BITPIX  =                    8 /                                                
NAXIS   =                    0 / Number of axes                                 
EXTEND  =                    T / FITS dataset may contain extensions            
DATE    = '2004-03-05T20:19:05' / Date this file was written                    
CHECKSUM= '9S45IQ249Q24GQ24'   / HDU checksum updated 2004-03-05T20:19:05       
DATASUM = '0000000000'         / Data unit checksum                             
ORIGIN  = 'SAO     '           / Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory          
MISSION = 'HST     '           / Hubble Space Telescope                         
TELESCOP= 'HST     '           / Hubble Space Telescope                         
INSTRUME= 'FOS     '           / Faint Object Spectrograph                      
RADECSYS= 'FK5     '           / Astrometric reference frame                    
EQUINOX =               2000.0 / Equinox of the reference frame                 
DATE-OBS= '1991-11-02T22:43:56' / UTC at start of first observation             
RA_PNT  =       219.1907185021 / Mean right ascension of the aperture (deg)     
DEC_PNT =        63.6105754123 / Mean declination of the aperture (deg)         
PA_PNT  =        99.7048000000 / Mean position angle of the aperture (deg)      
OBJECT  = '1435+638'           / Object name                                    
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XTENSION= 'BINTABLE'           / Binary table extension                         
BITPIX  =                    8 / 8-bit bytes                                    
NAXIS   =                    2 / 2-dimensional binary table                     
NAXIS1  =                   13 / Width of table in bytes                        
NAXIS2  =                 2064 / 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                   
EXTNAME = 'SPECTRUM'           / Name of this binary table extension            
DATE    = '2004-03-05T20:19:05' / Date this file was written                    
CHECKSUM= 'acXTbZWQaaWQaYWQ'   / HDU checksum updated 2004-03-05T20:19:05       
DATASUM = '3880183790'         / data unit checksum updated 2004-03-05T20:19:05 
ORIGIN  = 'SAO     '           / Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory          
MISSION = 'HST     '           / Hubble Space Telescope                         
TELESCOP= 'HST     '           / Hubble Space Telescope                         
INSTRUME= 'FOS     '           / Faint Object Spectrograph                      
RADECSYS= 'FK5     '           / Astrometric reference frame                    
EQUINOX =               2000.0 / Equinox of the reference frame                 
DATE-OBS= '1991-11-02T22:43:56' / UTC at start of first observation             
RA_PNT  =       219.1907185021 / Mean right ascension of the aperture (deg)     
DEC_PNT =        63.6105754123 / Mean declination of the aperture (deg)         
PA_PNT  =        99.7048000000 / Mean position angle of the aperture (deg)      
OBJECT  = '1435+638'           / Object name                                    
                                                                                
                               / FOS Instrument Configuration #01               
ROOTNM01= 'Y0O95103T'          / Rootname of the observation set                
GRNDMD01= 'RAPID-READOUT'      / Ground software mode                           
DETECT01= 'AMBER   '           / Detector in use: AMBER, BLUE                   
APERID01= 'C-2     '           / Aperture id                                    
POLID01 = 'C       '           / Polarizer id                                   
POLANG01=                  0.0 / Initial angular position of polarizer          
FGWAID01= 'H27     '           / FGWA id                                        
FCHNL01 =                    0 / First channel                                  
NCHNLS01=                  512 / Number of channels                             
OVRSCN01=                    5 / Overscan number                                
NXSTPS01=                    4 / Number of x steps                              
GIMPEN01=                    F / Onboard GIMP correction enabled (T/F)          
                                                                                
                               / FOS Aperture Information #01                   
RA_PNT01=       219.1907185021 / Right ascension of the aperture (deg)          
DECPNT01=        63.6105754123 / Declination of the aperture (deg)              
PA_PNT01=        99.7048000000 / Position angle of the aperture (deg)           
                                                                                
                               / FOS Exposure Information #01                   
SUNANG01=        78.5069300000 / Angle between sun and V1 axis (deg)            
LUNANG01=        74.4320400000 / Angle between moon and V1 axis (deg)           
DATOBS01= '1991-11-02T22:43:56' / UTC at start of observation                   
TSTART01=       48562.94673574 / Exposure start time (Modified Julian Date)     
TSTOP01 =       48562.96728135 / Exposure end time (Modified Julian Date)       
TELAPS01=      1591.4390000000 / Exposure duration (seconds)--calculated        
                                                                                
                               / FOS Instrument Configuration #02               
ROOTNM02= 'Y0O95104T'          / Rootname of the observation set                
GRNDMD02= 'RAPID-READOUT'      / Ground software mode                           
DETECT02= 'AMBER   '           / Detector in use: AMBER, BLUE                   
APERID02= 'C-2     '           / Aperture id                                    
POLID02 = 'C       '           / Polarizer id                                   
POLANG02=                  0.0 / Initial angular position of polarizer          
FGWAID02= 'H27     '           / FGWA id                                        
FCHNL02 =                    0 / First channel                                  
NCHNLS02=                  512 / Number of channels                             
OVRSCN02=                    5 / Overscan number                                
NXSTPS02=                    4 / Number of x steps                              
GIMPEN02=                    F / Onboard GIMP correction enabled (T/F)          
                                                                                
                               / FOS Aperture Information #02                   
RA_PNT02=       219.1907185021 / Right ascension of the aperture (deg)          
DECPNT02=        63.6105754123 / Declination of the aperture (deg)              
PA_PNT02=        99.7048000000 / Position angle of the aperture (deg)           
                                                                                
                               / FOS Exposure Information #02                   
SUNANG02=        78.5272400000 / Angle between sun and V1 axis (deg)            
LUNANG02=        74.5311300000 / Angle between moon and V1 axis (deg)           
DATOBS02= '1991-11-03T00:19:50' / UTC at start of observation                   
TSTART02=       48563.01333296 / Exposure start time (Modified Julian Date)     
TSTOP02 =       48563.03387857 / Exposure end time (Modified Julian Date)       
TELAPS02=      1591.4390000000 / Exposure duration (seconds)--calculated        
                                                                                
                               / FITS Table Definition                          
TTYPE1  = 'WAVELENGTH '        / Wavelength                                     
TFORM1  = 'E       '           / Format of field: single precision real         
TUNIT1  = 'angstrom'           / [angstrom] Physical unit                       
TDISP1  = 'F8.3    '           / Suggested display format of field              
TTYPE2  = 'FLUX    '           / Flux                                           
TFORM2  = 'E       '           / Format of field: single precision real         
TUNIT2  = 'erg /s /cm**2 /angstrom' / [erg /s /cm**2 /angstrom] Physical unit   
TDISP2  = 'E12.5   '           / Suggested display format of field              
TTYPE3  = 'ERROR   '           / Flux error estimate                            
TFORM3  = 'E       '           / Format of field: single precision real         
TUNIT3  = 'erg /s /cm**2 /angstrom' / [erg /s /cm**2 /angstrom] Physical unit   
TDISP3  = 'E12.5   '           / Suggested display format of field              
TTYPE4  = 'DQ      '           / Data quality                                   
TFORM4  = 'B       '           / Format of field: unsigned byte                 
TDISP4  = 'I3      '           / Suggested display format of field              
                                                                                
HISTORY ACCUMULATE SPECTRUM ROOTNAME: Y0O95103T                                 
HISTORY SCALE ROOTNAME: Y0O95103T 1.00000                                       
HISTORY OFFSET ROOTNAME: Y0O95103T 0.00000                                      
HISTORY ACCUMULATE SPECTRUM ROOTNAME: Y0O95104T                                 
HISTORY SCALE ROOTNAME: Y0O95104T 1.00000                                       
HISTORY OFFSET ROOTNAME: Y0O95104T 0.00000                                      
END