NAXIS

number of axes

The value field shall contain a non-negative integer no greater than 999, representing the number of axes in the associated data array. A value of zero signifies that no data follow the header in the HDU. In the context of FITS 'TABLE' or 'BINTABLE' extensions, the value of NAXIS is always 2.

Attribute Value
data type integer
enumerated Values not defined
units
example 0
default value 0
special processing not defined
source Science Data Processing (SDP)
software source calculation
calculation
DB destination []
data type in DB
instrument Multiple
mode All
product level 1A
FITS hdu ZEROFRAME
FITS header section Basic