Table 12.10:
MXLO - Basic FITS Keywords
Keyword and value |
Description |
SIMPLE = T |
Standard FITS Format |
BITPIX = 8 |
8 bits ASCII |
NAXIS = 0 |
No image data |
EXTEND = T |
Extensions are present |
TELESCOP= 'IUE ' |
International Ultraviolet
Explorer |
DATE = 'dd/mm/yy' |
Date file is written |
ORIGIN = 'VILSPA ' |
Institution generating the file |
XTENSION= 'BINTABLE' |
Table extension |
BITPIX = 8 |
Binary data |
NAXIS = 2 |
Two-dimensional table array |
NAXIS1 = 11535 |
Bytes per row (15+18*NPOINTS) |
NAXIS2 = n |
Number of apertures (1-single, 2-both) |
PCOUNT = 0 |
Number of bytes following data matrix |
GCOUNT = 1 |
Only one group |
TFIELDS = 9 |
Number of columns in the table |
TFORM1 = '5A ' |
Count and data type of field 1 |
TTYPE1 = 'APERTURE' |
Aperture type (large or small) |
TUNIT1 = ' ' |
Unitless |
TFORM2 = '1I ' |
Field 2 has one 2-byte integer |
TTYPE2 = 'NPOINTS ' |
Number of points |
TUNIT2 = ' ' |
Unitless |
TFORM3 = '1E ' |
Count and data type of field 3 |
TTYPE3 = 'WAVELENGTH' |
3rd field is starting wavelength |
TUNIT3 = 'ANGSTROM' |
Unit is angstrom |
TFORM4 = '1E ' |
Count and data type of field 4 |
TTYPE4 = 'DELTAW ' |
4th field is wavelength increment |
TUNIT4 = 'ANGSTROM' |
Unit is Angstrom |
TFORM5 = '640E ' |
Count and data type of field 5 |
TTYPE5 = 'NET ' |
5th field is net flux array |
TUNIT5 = 'FN ' |
Unit is IUE FN |
TFORM6 = '640E ' |
Count and data type of field 6 |
TTYPE6 = 'BACKGROUND' |
6th field is background flux array |
TUNIT6 = 'FN ' |
Unit is IUE FN |
TFORM7 = '640E ' |
Count and data type of field 7 |
TTYPE7 = 'SIGMA ' |
7th field is the sigma |
TUNIT7 = 'ERG/CM2/S/A' |
Unit is erg/cm2/sec/Angstrom |
TFORM8 = '640I ' |
Count and data type of field 8 |
TTYPE8 = 'QUALITY ' |
8th field is the data quality flag |
TUNIT8 = ' ' |
Unitless |
TFORM9 = '640E ' |
Count and data type of field 9 |
TTYPE9 = 'FLUX ' |
9th field is the calibrated flux |
TUNIT9 = 'ERG/CM2/S/A' |
Unit is erg/cm2/sec/Angstrom |
FILENAME= 'AAAnnnnn.MXLO' |
Filename (camera)(number).MXLO |
EXTNAME = 'MXLO ' |
Name of table |