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FITS Binary Table Description

Following the primary FITS header in the Calnic C FITS output file are the binary tables which contain information for each object detected on the image pair. One binary table is written out for each object detected on the image pair. Preceding each table, is an extensive FITS header describing the object whose spectral information is contained in the table. The binary table consists of five columns which contain an object's, flux (in the units indicated in the FITS keyword UNITS ), wavelength (in microns), statistical errors, deblending errors, and total errors. The error vectors contain values for each flux/wavelength pair for the entire spectrum. An example of a FITS table header is in table B.5



Wolfram Freudling
5/29/1999