[fitsbits] Re: EXPOSURE or OBSTIME?

[Rob Seaman]

Phil Hodge wrote:

>> EXPTIME is also used for exposure time.

Tom Kuiper asks:

> Can you tell me by what telescope(s) and point me at documentation?

The NOAO telescopes use EXPTIME (floating point seconds) for most
instruments.
(Some of the multi-detector instruments use other variations.)

Frank Valdes is plotting out our future keyword strategy in:

    http://iraf.noao.edu/projects/ccdmosaic/imagedef/fitsdic.html

Rob Seaman
NOAO/IRAF