[fitsbits] INSTRUME, TELESCOP, etc.

[Maren Purves]

William Thompson wrote:
> I was reviewing a document suggesting keywords to be used in FITS 
> headers, and I was wondering if there was any kind of defacto standard 
> beyond that in the FITS definition.  The keywords being suggested were 
> as follows
> 
>     INSTRUME    FITS Standard
>     TELESCOP    FITS Standard
> 
>     DETECTOR    The detector used
>     INSTITUT    The institution
>     OBSERVAT    The observatory
>     NETWORK        I think this keyword is meant to be used for data 
> taken                 by a network of observatories, such as the GONG 
> network.
> 

UKIRT uses DETECTOR in addition to the two standard ones.

Aloha,

Maren Purves