[fitsbits] Re: EXPOSURE or OBSTIME?

Phil Hodge hodge at bowline.stsci.edu
Sat Jun 3 14:31:47 EDT 2000


EXPTIME is also used for exposure time.

In article <393912E5.9DF04772 at jpl.nasa.gov>, Tom Kuiper <kuiper at jpl.nasa.gov> writes:
> I'm working on a radio spectral line data acquisition package and need to
> decide
> what keyword to use for integration time. An example FITS file that I have from
> the SEST telescope at La Silla uses OBSTIME. The OGIP Spectral File Format
> specifies EXPOSURE.  Are there any other keywords in use for this parameter?
> Is there any hint of a convergence on a standard?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom Kuiper
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