SIMPLE = T / This is a FITS file BITPIX = 8 / ASCII characters = 8 bits per pixel NAXIS = 0 / No image data array present EXTEND = T / There may be standard extensions OBJECT = 'P/HALLEY' / Name of object FILE-NUM= 183536 / Unique file identification no. DISCIPLN= 'ASTROMETRY' / IHW discipline DAT-FORM= 'ASCII ' / Form of data COMMENT This FITS file contains 158 astrometric observations of comet Halley COMMENT taken during the apparition of 1835 - 1836. END XTENSION= 'TABLE ' / Table extension BITPIX = 8 / ASCII characters = 8 bits per pixel NAXIS = 2 / 2-d matrix NAXIS1 = 360 / No. of characters per row NAXIS2 = 158 / No. of rows (observations) PCOUNT = 0 / No random parameters GCOUNT = 1 / Only one group TFIELDS = 17 / No. of fields per row COMMENT Fields comprise 332 columns, but lines have been COMMENT extended to 360 columns. TTYPE1 = 'UTC_TIME_OF_OBS.' / UTC time of observation TBCOL1 = 1 / Starting column TFORM1 = 'D14.5 ' / Format: yyyymmdd.ddddd TTYPE2 = 'JULIAN_EPH._DATE' / Julian ephemeris date TBCOL2 = 16 / Starting column TFORM2 = 'D13.5 ' / Format: ddddddd.ddddd TTYPE3 = 'ET-UTC_CORRECTION' / ET-UTC correction TBCOL3 = 30 / Starting column TFORM3 = 'E4.1 ' / Format: tt.t TUNIT3 = 'SECOND ' / Unit: Seconds of time TTYPE4 = 'R.A. ' / Input right ascension TBCOL4 = 35 / Starting column TFORM4 = 'D9.2 ' / Format: hhmmss.ss TTYPE5 = 'DEC. ' / Input declination TBCOL5 = 45 / Starting column TFORM5 = 'D9.1 ' / Format: sddmmss.s TTYPE6 = 'R.A._RMS' / Right ascension data RMS (sigma) TBCOL6 = 55 / Starting column TFORM6 = 'E4.1 ' / Format: ss.s TUNIT6 = 'ARCSECOND' / Unit: Seconds of arc TTYPE7 = 'DEC._RMS' / Declination data RMS (sigma) TBCOL7 = 60 / Starting column TFORM7 = 'E4.1 ' / Format: ss.s TUNIT7 = 'ARCSECOND' / Unit: Seconds of arc TTYPE8 = 'OBSERVATORY_CODE' / IAU observatory code TBCOL8 = 65 / Starting column TFORM8 = 'I3 ' / Format: ccc TTYPE9 = 'OBSERVATORY' / Name of observatory TBCOL9 = 70 / Starting column TFORM9 = 'A36 ' / Format TTYPE10 = 'LONGITUDE' / East longitude of observatory TBCOL10 = 109 / Starting column TFORM10 = 'A9 ' / Format: ddd/mm/ss TTYPE11 = 'LATITUDE' / Latitude of observatory TBCOL11 = 121 / Starting column TFORM11 = 'A9 ' / Format: sdd/mm/ss TTYPE12 = 'DELTA_XY' / Observatory parallax factor (deltaXY) TBCOL12 = 132 / Starting column TFORM12 = 'I4 ' / Format: snnn TUNIT12 = '1E-7 AU ' / Unit TTYPE13 = 'DELTA_Z ' / Observatory parallax factor (deltaZ) TBCOL13 = 137 / Starting column TFORM13 = 'I4 ' / Format: snnn TUNIT13 = '1E-7 AU ' / Unit TTYPE14 = 'ACCEPT_CODE' / Accept code (Values: A = accept, D = delete) TBCOL14 = 143 / Starting column TFORM14 = 'A1 ' / Format TTYPE15 = 'OBSERVER' / Name(s) of observer(s) TBCOL15 = 147 / Starting column TFORM15 = 'A24 ' / Format TTYPE16 = 'NOTE_1 ' / Supplemental information (notes) TBCOL16 = 174 / Starting column TFORM16 = 'A78 ' / Format TTYPE17 = 'NOTE_2 ' / Supplemental information (notes) TBCOL17 = 255 / Starting column TFORM17 = 'A78 ' / Format END