OBJECT names
    William Pence 
    pence at tetra.gsfc.nasa.gov
       
    Tue May  5 18:08:37 EDT 1998
    
    
  
Nicolaas Kuin wrote:
>   There is no reason that Keck and Lick could not introduce their own
> LICK_OBJ for a string like 
> LICK_OBJ = 'NGC 1234, 400 s, blue filter, 1200 line grating'
> which then could be put into the header.
I'd agree that it would be better to invent a new keyword to record the
user's observation title, (OBSTITLE?) and reserve OBJECT for its
intended purpose, which is to give the name of the object observed and
nothing more.
-Bill Pence
    
    
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