The Primary Header of all GBT FITS files starts with a number of required keywords, and finishes with the keyword END as shown in the example below:
SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard BITPIX = 8 / number of bits per data pixel NAXIS = 0 / number of data axes EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions ORIGIN = 'NRAO Green Bank' / INSTRUME= 'GO ' / File was created by GBT Observer's Interface GBTMCVER= '3.3.2 ' / telescope control software release FITSVER = '1.2 ' / FITS definition version for this device DATEBLD = 'Thu Jun 21 18:46:25 GMT 2001' / time program was linked SIMULATE= 0 / Is the instrument in simulate mode DATE-OBS= '2001-10-27T02:56:30' / Manager parameter startTime TIMESYS = 'UTC ' / time scale specification for DATE-OBS TELESCOP= 'NRAO_GBT' / Green Bank Telescope (Robert C. Byrd 100m) OBJECT = 'ugc11891' / Manager parameter source PROJID = 'tigerTeam_05' / Manager parameter projectId OBSID = 'test' / Manager parameter scanId SCAN = 17 / integer scan identifier : : Other keywords as described in this document : : END
The meaning of these parameters are as described in GBT/SPN/004, with the following exceptions: