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Appendix 1: Typical header for a reduced WFC image

This is the header for the image extension for the file r219698.fit (Lockman Hole i-band).

XTENSION= 'IMAGE   '           / Image extension                                
BITPIX  =                   16 / Bits per pixel                                 
NAXIS   =                    2 / Number of axes                                 
NAXIS1  =                 2048 / Axis length                                    
NAXIS2  =                 4096 / Axis length                                    
PCOUNT  =                    0 / No 'random' parameters                         
GCOUNT  =                    1 / Only one group                                 
BSCALE  =           1.236264E0 / REAL = TAPE*BSCALE + BZERO                     
BZERO   =           3.950000E4 /                                                
ORIGIN  = 'NOAO-IRAF FITS Image Kernel July 1999' / FITS file originator        
INHERIT =                    F / Inherits global header                         
DATE    = '2000-07-06T14:17:44' / Date FITS file was generated                  
IRAF-TLM= '13:28:45 (06/07/2000)' / Time of last modification                   
OBJECT  = 'Lockman '           / Name of the object observed                    
RUN     =               219698 / Run number                                     
SYSVER  = '/int/s8-2         ' / Version of observing system                    
OBSERVAT= 'LAPALMA           ' / Name of observatory (IRAF style)               
OBSERVER= 'McMahon           ' / Name of principal investigator                 
PROPOSAL= 'WFS09             ' / Code for grant of observing time               
IMAGETYP= 'run               ' / Type of observation, eg. ARC                   
LATITUDE=            28.762000 / Telescope latitude  (degrees), +28:45:43.2     
LONGITUD=            17.877639 / Telescope longitude (degrees), +17:52:39.5     
HEIGHT  =                 2348 / [m] Height above sea level.                    
SLATEL  = 'LPO2.5  '           / Telescope name known to SLALIB                 
TELESCOP= 'INT     '           / 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope                    
TELSTAT = 'GUIDING '           / Telescope status: TRACKING or GUIDING normally.
RA      = ' 10:53:23.102'      / RA  (163.3462572604746600 degrees)             
DEC     = '+57:32:57.00'       / DEC ( 57.5491659455115180 degrees)             
EQUINOX = '2000.   '           / Equinox of coordinates                         
RADECSYS= 'FK5     '           / mean place new (after the 1976 IAU) system     
XAPNOM  =        -0.0697222242 / nominal aperture in x (-251.00 arcsec)         
YAPNOM  =         0.0905555552 / nominal aperture in y (326.00 arcsec)          
XAPOFF  =        -0.0697222242 / total aperture offset in x (-251.00 arcsec)    
YAPOFF  =         0.0905555552 / total aperture offset in y (326.00 arcsec)     
MJD-OBS =        51719.9012552 / Modified Julian Date of midtime of observation 
JD      =      2451720.4012552 / Julian Date of midtime of observation          
STSTART = ' 14:34:37.4'        / Local sidereal time at start of observation    
ST      = ' 14:34:37.4'        / Local sidereal time at start of observation    
AZIMUTH =           323.086813 / Mean azimuth of observation (degrees)          
ZD      =            48.384902 / Mean zenith-distance of observation (degrees)  
FSTATION= 'PRIME   '           / Focal station of observation                   
PLATESCA=             6.856013 / [d/m] Platescale ( 24.68arcsec/mm)             
TELFOCUS=             0.045998 / Telescope focus (metres)                       
ROTTRACK=                    T / Rotator always tracks sky on equatorial mount  
ROTSKYPA=           179.999978 / Turntable position angle (degrees)             
PARANGLE=           101.546444 / Parallactic angle at observation midpoint      
VIGNETTE=                    F / Can we see out?                                
DOMEAZ  =           328.322631 / Mean dome azimuth during observation           
AIRMASS =             1.501661 / Effective mean airmass                         
TEMPTUBE=            10.892057 / Truss Temperature (degrees Celsius)            
CAT-NAME= 'LOCKMAN '           / Target input-catalogue name                    
CAT-RA  = ' 10:53:23.100'      / Target Right Ascension                         
CAT-DEC = '+57:32:57.00'       / Target Declination                             
CAT-EQUI= 'J2000.00'           / Equinox of target coordinates                  
CAT-EPOC=              2000.00 / Target epoch of proper motions                 
PM-RA   =             0.000000 / Target proper-motion RA (sec time/year)        
PM-DEC  =             0.000000 / Target proper-motion (sec arc/year)            
PARALLAX=             0.000000 / Target Parallax (arcsec)                       
RADVEL  =             0.000000 / Target radial velocity (km/s)                  
RATRACK =             0.000000 / Differential-tracking rate RA (arcsec/sec)     
DECTRACK=             0.000000 / Differential-tracking rate Dec (arcsec/sec)    
INSTRUME= 'WFC               ' / INT wide-field camera is in use.               
WFFPOS  =                    4 / Position-number of deployed filter             
WFFBAND = 'i                 ' / Waveband of filter                             
WFFPSYS = 'Sloan             ' / Photometric system of filter                   
WFFID   = '215               ' / Unique identifier of filter                    
SECPPIX =                0.333 / Arcseconds per pixel                           
UTSTART = '21:32:49.3        ' / UTC of start of observation                    
ELAPSED =              599.510 / Length of observation including pauses         
DARKTIME=              599.510 / Length of observation including pauses         
EXPOSED =              599.510 / Length of observation excluding pauses         
EXPTIME =              599.510 / Length of observation excluding pauses         
DATE-OBS= '2000-06-24        ' / UTC date start of observation                  
DETECTOR= 'WFC               ' / Formal name of camera                          
CCDSPEED= 'FAST              ' / Readout speed                                  
CCDXBIN =                    1 / Binning factor in x axis                       
CCDYBIN =                    1 / Binning factor in y axis                       
CCDSUM  = '1 1               ' / Binning factors (IRAF style)                   
OBSTYPE = 'run               ' / Type of observation, eg. ARC                   
IMAGEID =                    1 / Number of readout channel.                     
CCDNAME = 'A5506-4           ' / Name of detector chip (IRAF style)             
CHIPNAME= 'A5506-4 '           / Name of detector chip                          
AMPNAME = 'LH                ' / Name of detector readout-point                 
GAIN    =             2.800000 / Gain in electrons/ADU                          
RDNOISE =             3.900000 / Readout noise in ADU                           
READNOIS=             3.900000 / Readout noise in ADU                           
BPM     = '/home/jrl/wfcred/stds/A5506-4MEF.bad' / Bad pixel mask               
CTYPE1  = 'RA---ZPX'                                                            
CTYPE2  = 'DEC--ZPX'                                                            
CRVAL1  =             163.1793                                                  
CRVAL2  =             57.48072                                                  
CD1_1   =  -9.9686077280003E-7                                                  
CD2_2   =  1.30346154372013E-6                                                  
CRPIX1  =      -348.0667658355                                                  
CRPIX2  =     3005.44022351332                                                  
CD1_2   =  -9.2668163374894E-5                                                  
CD2_1   =  -9.2641518413719E-5                                                  
WAT0_001= 'system=image'                                                        
WAT1_001= 'wtype=zpx axtype=ra projp1=1.0 projp3=259.8'                         
WAT2_001= 'wtype=zpx axtype=dec projp1=1.0 projp3=259.8'                        
WFCWCS  = 'Done    '                                                            
IMDTOI  = 'Done    '                                                            
WCSDIM  =                    2                                                  
LTM1_1  =                   1.                                                  
LTM2_2  =                   1.                                                  
CCDSEC  = '[54:2101,1:4096]'                                                    
DETSEC  = '[54:2101,1:4096]'                                                    
LTV1    =                 -53.              
TRIM    = 'Jul  6 12:22 Trim is [54:2101,1:4096]'                               
FIXPIX  = 'Jul  6 12:22 Pixel mask is /home/jrl/wfcred/stds/A5506-4MEF.bad'     
OVERSCAN= 'Jul  6 12:22 Overscan is [14:53,1:4096], mean 1519.66'               
ZEROCOR = 'Jul  6 12:22 Zero is /data/cass36a/wasMEF/mframes/BIAS_962793070.fit'
FLATCOR = 'Jul  6 12:22 Flat is /data/cass36a/wasMEF/mframes/i_962801783.fit[1]'
CCDMEAN =            4451.3645                                                  
CCDMEANT=            647353379                                                  
CCDPROC = 'Jul  6 12:22 CCD processing done'                                    
XIRMS   =            0.3404403                                                  
ETARMS  =            0.5535792                                                  
DEFRING0= 'Defringe image i_jun2000_fringe_1.fits scale =    1.2437'            
END



Richard McMahon
Tue Feb 27 19:50:01 GMT 2001