SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard BITPIX = 8 / NAXIS = 0 / no primary array EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format defined in Astronomy and COMMENT Astrophysics Supplement Series v44/p363, v44/p371, v73/p359, v73/p365. COMMENT Contact the NASA Science Office of Standards and Technology for the COMMENT FITS Definition document #100 and other FITS information. COMMENT FITSIO package v4.14 used DATE = '1998-12-23T17:40:11' / FITS file creation date DATE-OBS= '1995-03-15' / Date of Observation (GMT) ccyy-mm-dd OBSERVAT= 'ASTRO-2 ' / Observatory TELESCOP= 'WUPPE ' / Telescope INSTRUME= 'SPECTROPOLARIMETER' / Instrument Used MODE = 'HW ' / Halfwave Polarimeter Mode OBJECT = 'SK69-239' / Object Observed NAME2 = 'HD269902' / Alternate Target Name ID = '4516-11 ' / Target ID PRIME = 'WUPPE ' / Prime Instrument EQUINOX = 1950.00 / Equinox for coordinates RA = 84.63 / Right ascension in degrees DEC = -69.13 / Declination in degrees GMTSTART= '74/13:14' / GMT start time of observation (dd/hh:mm) METSTART= '13/06:36' / Mission Elapsed Time start time (dd/hh:mm) EXPOSURE= 1600.0 / Useful Exposure Time (seconds) FRAMETIM= 64.0 / Frametime for each scan (seconds) SEQ-NUM = 340 / WUPPE Sequence Number HVPS = 3.70 / High Voltage Power Supply (volts) GAIN = 'High ' / Spectrometer Gain (High or Low) THERM = -33.10 / Instrument temperature (Centigrade) POSANGLE= 203.90 / Observatory Position Angle IMCSTATU= '1 ' / Image Motion Compensation System status COMMENT IMCS:-1=man disab;0=auto disab;1=enab;2=out of limits DAYNIGHT= 'Night ' / Day-Night Status COMMENT Day-Night designations: "Night", "Day" (All Night or All Day) COMMENT "MostN", "MostD" (Mostly Night or Mostly Day), "N/D" or "D/N" COMMENT (Night into Day, Day into Night, roughly half the time in each). APERTURE= 8 / Aperture Used COMMENT Ap 8=6"x12";Ap 1=40" diam;Ap 2=4.2" diam FILTER = 6 / Starting Filter Number COMMENT Useful data generally are from 1450A-3200A with a spectral COMMENT resolution of 16A. HISTORY Data Reduction History HISTORY Wavelength calibration using Aluminum lines (created 4/25/95) HISTORY Filter mixing fixed for 0.2 sec frametime scans HISTORY Remove cosmic ray hits & telemetry errors & deviant scans HISTORY Remove offsets & thermal background & correct for thermal drift HISTORY Remove detector background (Astro-2 dtr bkg: created 5/22/95) HISTORY Apply noise reduction & 2nd order correction(created 3/13/96) HISTORY NO correction for image motion in pitch & yaw HISTORY Apply flat field for Astro-2 diffuse source (created 3/28/96) HISTORY Apply flux calibration: used HST standards & NO ptg correction HISTORY (created 4/1/97) HISTORY Apply Astro-2 high gain instrumental polarization calibration: HISTORY wuppe2i (created 5/16/96) COMMENT WUPPE Astro-2 flux calibration has a relative flux accuracy COMMENT of 5% between 1700A and 3000A and 10% outside this range. COMMENT Due to pointing instabilities, fluxes are not absolute. END