IRAS Sky Survey Atlas Galactic Format

Table 1 shows the header of the I133B2H0 image, the co-added (all HCONs) intensity map centered at RA = 4h 12m, DEC = -20d 00m for the 25 micron band.
        Table 1.  Sample FITS header

SIMPLE  =                    T        / STANDARD FITS FORMAT                    
BITPIX  =                   16        / 2-byte twos-compl int                   
NAXIS   =                    3        / # OF AXES                               
NAXIS1  =                  500        / # SAMPLES PER LINE                      
NAXIS2  =                  500        / # LINES IN IMAGE                        
NAXIS3  =                    1        / # WAVELENGTHS                           
BSCALE  =      1.535204177E-03        / TRUE=TAPE*BSCALE+BZERO                  
BZERO   =      5.309702310E+01        /                                         
BUNIT   = 'MJY/SR  '                  / INTENSITY                               
BLANK   =               -32768        / TAPE VALUE FOR EMPTY PIXEL              
CRVAL1  =      6.300000000E+01        / RA AT ORIGIN (DEGREES)                  
CRPIX1  =      2.500000000E+02        /  SAMPLE AXIS ORIGIN (PIXEL)             
CTYPE1  = 'RA---TAN'                  /  DECREASES IN VALUE AS SAMPLE           
                                      /  INDEX INCREASES (GNOMONIC)             
CDELT1  =     -2.500000000E-02        /  COORD VALUE INCR DEG/PIXEL             
                                      /  AT ORIGIN ON SAMPLE AXIS               
CRVAL2  =     -2.000000000E+01        /  DEC AT ORIGIN (DEGREES)                
CRPIX2  =      2.500000000E+02        /  LINE AXIS ORIGIN (PIXEL)               
CTYPE2  = 'DEC--TAN'                  /  DECREASES IN VALUE AS LINE             
                                      /  INDEX INCREASES (GNOMONIC)             
CDELT2  =      2.500000000E-02        /  COORD VALUE INCR DEG/PIXEL             
                                      /  AT ORIGIN ON LINE AXIS                 
CRVAL3  =      2.500000000E-05        /  WAVELENGTH IN METERS                   
CRPIX3  =      1.000000000E+00        /                                         
CTYPE3  = 'LAMBDA  '                  /                                         
CDELT3  =      0.000000000E+00        /                                         
DATAMAX =      1.029911589E+02        /  MJY/SR (TRUE VALUE)                    
DATAMIN =      3.202887343E+00        /  MJY/SR (TRUE VALUE)                    
EPOCH   =      1.950000000E+03        /  EME50                                  
DATE-MAP= '91/05/27'                  /  MAP CREATION DATE(YY/MM/DD)            
DATE    = '91/10/28'                  /  DATE TAPE WRITTEN(YY/MM/DD)            
ORIGIN  = 'JPL-IPAC'                  /  INSTITUTION                            
TELESCOP= 'IRAS    '                  /                                         
INSTRUME= 'ISSA-I  '                  /  IRAS SKY SURVEY ATLAS SET I            
OBJECT  = 'f133h000'                  /  FIELD NUMBER-HCON                      
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EDITED  =                    T        /  SCANS EDITED                           
APPCAL  =                    T        /  CALIBRATION CORRECTION 25 MICRON       
DE-ZODY =                    T        /  DE-ZODIED IMAGE                        
GLBL-D  =                    T        /  APPLIED GLOBAL PARAMETERS              
LOCAL-D =                    T        /  LOCAL DESTRIPER                        
ASBLANK =                    T        /  ASTEROID BLANKING                      
COMMENT                               /                                         
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