Header Space Convention
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Description:
a simple convention for pre-allocating scratch space in a FITS header
for later use when writing keywords.
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Submitted:
9-December-2014 by W. Pence, NASA/GSFC
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Registered:
April 2015
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Date and Place of First Usage:
circa 1996, in the CFITSIO software library for reading and writing FITS files
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Extent of Usage:
Moderate usage, especially in data files produced by high energy astrophysics missions
(e.g., from the HEASARC).
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Full Documentation:
(PDF),
(postscript)
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Sample FITS File:
headerspace.fits - This file has scratch space in the header for about 100 more keywords.
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Sample Header Listing:
headerspace.txt - This listing suppresss the non-significant blank
keywords, so they are not visible.
Last revised: Tuesday, 07-Jun-2016 17:17:37 EDT
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