IRAS Galactic Plane Maps Format

        Table 1.  Sample FITS header

[This header is just a placeholder.]
SIMPLE  =                    T                                                  
BITPIX  =                  -32                                                  
NAXIS   =                    3        / # OF AXES                               
NAXIS1  =                 1300                                                  
NAXIS2  =                 1300                                                  
NAXIS3  =                    1                                                  
EXTEND  =                    T / TAPE MAY HAVE STANDARD FITS EXTENSIONS         
BUNIT   = 'MJY/SR  '                  / INTENSITY                               
CRVAL1  =                 222.                                                  
CRPIX1  =                 711.                                                  
CTYPE1  = 'GLON-TAN'                                                            
CDELT1  =       -0.05000000075                                                  
CRVAL2  =                   0.                                                  
CROTA1  =                   0.                                                  
CROTA2  =                   0.                                                  
CRPIX2  =                 651.                                                  
CTYPE2  = 'GLAT-TAN'                                                            
CDELT2  =        0.05000000075                                                  
CRVAL3  =      6.000000000E-05        /  WAVELENGTH IN METERS                   
CRPIX3  =                   1.                                                  
CTYPE3  = 'LAMBDA  '                  /                                         
CDELT3  =      0.000000000E+00        /                                         
DATAMAX =          19589.55859                                                  
DATAMIN =         -2.073622227                                                  
EPOCH   =      1.950000000E+03        /  EME50                                  
DATE-MAP= '94/07/18'                  /  MAP CREATION DATE(YY/MM/DD)            
ORIGIN  = 'JPL-IPAC'                  /  INSTITUTION                            
TELESCOP= 'IRAS    '                  /                                         
INSTRUME= 'ISSA    '                  /  IRAS SKY SURVEY ATLAS                  
HISTORY *0 (imported)                                                           
HISTORY *1 imcopy V2.1 (Tue Mar 29 17:03:27 PST 1994)                           
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