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FOS FITS Keywords

References and comments on FITS keywords are listed below. See main page for background.


Keyword Reference(s) Comments/Notes
GENERAL KEYWORDS
EXTNAME FITS standard keyword Comments here
EQUINOX from EQUINOX keyword Comments here
RADECSYS Russell et al. 1990, AJ 99, 2059 section IV.a based on coordinates from the HST Guide Star Catalog version 1.1 FK4
TIMESYS from the HST keyword dictionary which was based on ICD-19 UTC Time system
MJDREF 0.00000 [d] MJD zero point for times
SPECSYS See http://www.stecf.org/poa/FOS/fos_faq.html TOPOCENT (no velocity corrections)
VOCLASS 'SPECTRUM V1.0' VO Data Model
VOSEGT 'SPECTRUM' Segment type
DATALEN derived from data [ ] Number of points in spectrum
DSSOURCE 'POINTED' Survey or Pointed
DATA ID KEYWORDS
DATE from DATE keyword Processing-Creation Date
VODATE from IDL "today" command Curation Date
VOREF 'http://archive.stsci.edu/vodocs/hst/fos' URL for Documentation
DS_IDENT 'ads/sa.hst#y19g0205t' Publishers Data Set ID
VERSION '1.0' Processing Version
COLLECT 'HST/FOS' Data Set Collection
INSTRUME hardcoded value Instrument (FOS)
TELESCOP hardcoded value Telescope (HST)
FILENAME derived from ROOTNAME keyword File Name
CR_IDENT derived from ROOTNAME keyword Internal dataset ID
CRETYPE 'Archival' Not an on-the-fly dataset
CURATION KEYWORDS
VOPUB 'MAST' VO Publishing Authority
AUTHOR 'HST project' Creator
VOPUBID 'ivo://mast.stsci.edu' URI for VO Publisher
VOLOGO 'http://archive.stsci.edu/images/100.mastlogo.gif' MAST logo
VOVER '1.0' VO Curation version
VORIGHTS 'PUBLIC' Data is public
CONTRIB1 The HST proposal ID is used as specified in the PROPOSID keyword. PEP proposal identifier
CONTACT archive help desk Comments here
EMAIL archive@stsci.edu Comments here
TARGET KEYWORDS
OBJECT from TARGNAME keyword proposer's target name
TITLE derived from ROOTNAME and TARGNAME keywords title = "filename, object name"
RA_TARG from RA_TARG keyword right ascension of target
DEC_TARG from DEC_TARG keyword declination of target
WCS Paper 3 Keywords
1S2_1 'WAVE' Column name with spectral coordinates
1CYTP2 'WAVE-TAB' Spectral coordinate is wavelength
1S3_1 'WAVE' Column name with spectral coordinates
1CYTP3 'WAVE-TAB' Spectral coordinate is wavelength
COVERAGE: SPATIAL
RA from RA_APER keyword right ascension of aperture
DEC from DEC_APER keyword declination of aperture
APERTURE aperture name obtained from APER_ID and dimensions obtained from and slit dimensions from FOS Instrument Handbook (with COSTAR corrections made using DATE-OBS value) [arcsec] Aperture (width or lengthxwidth)
COVERAGE: TEMPORAL
DATE-OBS from DATE-OBS and TIME-OBS keywords UT observation start time
EXPOSURE from EXPTIME keyword [s] exposure duration
TSTART from EXPSTART keyword [d] MJD exposure start time
TSTOP from EXPEND keyword [d] MJD exposure stop time
TMID derived from EXPSTART & EXPEND [d] MJD exposure mid time
COVERAGE: SPECTRAL
SPECSDIM '1.0E-10 L' Comments here
SPEC_CAL private communication Dorothy Fraquelli Calibrated spectral coordinate
SPEC_ERR From FOS Instrument Handbook (see notes) [angstrom] Wavelength statistical error
SPECBAND Based on derived wavelength range and classifications by Paolo Padovani using MAST IDL program vo_specband Spectral Band(s) Far-UV and Near-UV
SPEC_VAL derived from data [angstrom] Mean Wavelength
SPEC_BW derived from data [angstrom] Bandpass Width Wmax - Wmin
SPEC_FIL HST Data Handbook Vol II, Heritage Instruments, Chapt 29, section 29.3.9, Data Acquisition Fundamentals 1.0 No gaps between points
SPEC_RP From FOS Instrument Handbook (see notes) [ ] average resolving power W/dW
COVERAGE: OBSERVABLE
FLUXSDIM '1.0E+7 ML-1T-3' Flux SIDim
FLUX_CAL based on AIS_CORR and FLX_CORR keywords (private communication Dorothy Fraquelli) Calibrated and uncalibrated fluxes (most uncalibrated spectra are wavecals)
STAT_ERR From FOS Instrument Handbook (see notes) [ ] flux error in percent
DER_SNR derived from data using algorithm described in Stoehr et al 2007 Space Telescope Coordination Fac. NL, 42, 4 [ ] Mean signal-to-noise ratio
FLUXAVG derived from data [erg/cm**2/s/angstrom] Average Flux
FLUXMAX2 derived from data [erg/cm**2/s/angstrom] 98% Maximum Flux
SPECDISP derived from data (Wmax-Wmin)/npts [angstrom/pixel] Dispersion