SAMPLE OGIP FITS FILES

A number of sample FITS files produced and/or stored by the OGIP are provided in one convenient location under the /fits_info/sample_files directory of the HEASARC's anonymous ftp account. A number of Documents describing the HFWG-approved file formats are also available.

The tree is organized based upon scientific dataset type. This page provide links to the corresponding directories of the HEASARC's ftp server

events - containing sample 'event lists'
houskeeping - containing sample housekeeping datasets
images - containing sample images
rates - containing sample `light curves'
spectra - containing sample spectra (and response matrices)
misc - containing miscellaneous file type (not included above)

Both FITS files & ASCII dumps of the FITS headers are stored using the following file naming scheme:

{mission}_{inst}_*.fits - for FITS files
{mission}_{inst}_*.txt - for ASCII dumps of headers

Useful Links & Contacts

Further Information:
- The HEASARC FITS Working Group Home Page
- Documents describing HFWG-approved FITS file formats/conventions
General Questions/Problems concerning the HFWG WWW & ftp areas:
- Ian M.George (george@lheavx.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-6094

Page Author: William Pence, (email: pence 'at' milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Last Update: Thursday, 26-Jun-2003 13:48:14 EDT

Last modified: Thursday, 26-Jun-2003 13:48:14 EDT