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Example 5: ADC FITS Table Header for AGK3 Catalog

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

000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012
XTENSION= 'TABLE   '           / Table extension
BITPIX  =                    8 / Character data
NAXIS   =                    2 / Simple 2-D matrix
NAXIS1  =                   80 / Number of characters per record
NAXIS2  =               183145 / Number of records in the table
PCOUNT  =                    0 / No "random" parameters
GCOUNT  =                    1 / Only one group
TFIELDS =                   22 / Number of data fields per record
EXTNAME = 'AGK3    '           / AGK3 Star Catalogue of Positions
AUTHOR  = 'Dieckvoss, W.'
REFERENC= '1975, Hamburg-Bergedorf'
DATE    = '15/09/88'           / Date FITS file verified (dd/mm/yy)

HISTORY Source Catalog Reference:  AGK3 Star Catalogue of Positions and Proper
HISTORY Motions North of -2.5 Degrees Declination, Dieckvoss, W. (in
HISTORY collaboration with H. Kox, A. Guenther, and E. Brosterhaus) 1975,
HISTORY Hamburg-Bergedorf.
HISTORY
HISTORY A copy of "Documentation for the Machine-Readable Version of the
HISTORY AGK3 Star Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions North of -2.5
HISTORY Degrees Declination (Dieckvoss and Collaborators 1975)", Warren Jr.,
HISTORY W.H. 1984, NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S 84-06, should accompany any computer-
HISTORY readable version of this catalog.

TTYPE1  = 'AGK3    '           / AGK3 zone and sequential number
TBCOL1  =                    1 / Start column
TFORM1  = 'A7      '           / Fortran format

TTYPE2  = 'AGK3_COMP'          / Component identification
TBCOL2  =                    8 / Start column
TFORM2  = 'A1      '           / Fortran format
TNULL2  = '0       '           / Null value

TTYPE3  = 'PMAG    '           / Photographic magnitude
TBCOL3  =                    9 / Start column
TFORM3  = 'I3      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT3  = 'mag     '           / Units are magnitudes
TSCAL3  =                  0.1 / Scale factor

TTYPE4  = 'SPTYPE  '           / Spectral type from HD, Yale, or McCormick
TBCOL4  =                   12 / Start column
TFORM4  = 'A2      '           / Fortran format

TTYPE5  = 'RAH     '           / Hours RA, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL5  =                   14 / Start column
TFORM5  = 'I2      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT5  = 'h       '           / Units are hours

TTYPE6  = 'RAM     '           / Minutes RA, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL6  =                   16 / Start column
TFORM6  = 'I2      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT6  = 'min     '           / Units are minutes of time

TTYPE7  = 'RAS     '           / Seconds RA, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL7  =                   18 / Start column
TFORM7  = 'I5      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT7  = 's       '           / Units are seconds of time
TSCAL7  =                0.001 / Scale factor

TTYPE8  = 'DECSIGN '           / Sign DEC, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL8  =                   23 / Start column
TFORM8  = 'A1      '           / Fortran format

TTYPE9  = 'DECD    '           / Degrees DEC, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL9  =                   24 / Start column
TFORM9  = 'I2      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT9  = 'deg     '           / Units are degrees

TTYPE10 = 'DECM    '           / Minutes DEC, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL10 =                   26 / Start column
TFORM10 = 'I2      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT10 = 'arcmin  '           / Units are minutes of arc

TTYPE11 = 'DECS    '           / Seconds DEC, epoch, equinox B1950
TBCOL11 =                   28 / Start column
TFORM11 = 'I4      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT11 = 'arcsec  '           / Units are seconds of arc
TSCAL11 =                 0.01 / Scale factor

TTYPE12 = 'NUMOBS  '           / Number of photog. obs. used to determine pos.
TBCOL12 =                   32 / Start column
TFORM12 = 'I2      '           / Fortran format

TTYPE13 = 'EPOCH   '           / (Epoch of AGK3 position) - 1900
TBCOL13 =                   34 / Start column
TFORM13 = 'I4      '           / Fortran  format
TUNIT13 = 'yr      '           / Units are years
TSCAL13 =                 0.01 / Scale factor
TZERO13 =               1900.0 / Zero offset

TTYPE14 = 'PM_RA_COSD'         / Annual proper motion in RA times Cos(delta)
TBCOL14 =                   38 / Start column
TFORM14 = 'I5      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT14 = 'arcsec/yr'          / Units are arcseconds per year
TSCAL14 =                0.001 / Scale factor

TTYPE15 = 'PM_DEC  '           / Annual proper motion in DEC
TBCOL15 =                   43 / Start column
TFORM15 = 'I5      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT15 = 'arcsec/yr'          / Units are arcseconds per year
TSCAL15 =                0.001 / Scale factor
COMMENT PM_DEC: If the calculated value for PM_RA_COSD or PM_DEC exceeded the
COMMENT PM_DEC: capacity of the field, a value of "+9999" is given.

TTYPE16 = 'EPOCH_DIFF'         / Difference in epoch (AGK3 - AGK2)
TBCOL16 =                   48 / Start column
TFORM16 = 'I4      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT16 = 'yr      '           / Units are years
TSCAL16 =                 0.01 / Scale factor

TTYPE17 = 'BD      '           / Bonner Durchmusterung number
TBCOL17 =                   52 / Start column
TFORM17 = 'A7      '           / Fortran format

TTYPE18 = 'BD_COMP '           / Numerical code for component of multiple system
TBCOL18 =                   59 / Start column
TFORM18 = 'I1      '           / Fortran format
TNULL18 = '0       '           / Null value

TTYPE19 = 'DISC_SUM'           / Sum of discrepancy codes, see comment
TBCOL19 =                   60 / Start column
TFORM19 = 'I2      '           / Fortran format
COMMENT DISC_SUM: The sum of discrepancy codes, or the sum of 2**V, where
COMMENT DISC_SUM: V = 0 (BD number), 1 (PMAG and/or spectral type), 2 (RA of
COMMENT DISC_SUM: AGK2), 3 (DEC of AGK2), 4 (RA of AGK3), 5 (DEC of AGK3).

TTYPE20 = 'PM_RA   '           / Annual proper motion in RA
TBCOL20 =                   62 / Start column
TFORM20 = 'I6      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT20 = 's/yr    '           / Units are seconds of time per year
TSCAL20 =               0.0001 / Scale factor

TTYPE21 = 'RA_RESID'           / Residual value in RA
TBCOL21 =                   68 / Start column
TFORM21 = 'I6      '           / Fortran format
TUNIT21 = 'arcsec  '           / Units are seconds of arc
TSCAL21 =               0.0001 / Scale factor

TTYPE22 = 'DEC_RESID'          / Residual value in DEC
TBCOL22 =                   74 / Start column
TFORM22 = 'I6      '           / 6 Fortran format
TUNIT22 = 'arcsec  '           / Units are seconds of arc
TSCAL22 =               0.0001 / Scale factor

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