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sampinfo -- print sample information for a NICMOS MultiAccum image
sampinfo image
Sampinfo prints information about a NICMOS MultiAccum image, including exposure time information for the individual samples (readouts). The global information listed (and the names of the header keywords from which it is retrieved) includes the total number of image extensions in the file (NEXTEND), the name of the MultiAccum exposure sample sequence (SAMP_SEQ), the total number of samples, including the "zeroth" read (NSAMP), and the total exposure time of the observation (EXPTIME). Information that is listed for each sample is the IMSET number (EXTVER), the sample number (SAMPNUM), the sample time, which is the total accumulated exposure time for a sample (SAMPTIME), and the delta time, which is the additional exposure time accumulated since the previous sample (DELTATIM).
Note that the samples of a NICMOS MultiAccum observation are stored in the FITS file in reverse time order. The initial, or "zeroth" read, appears last in the FITS file, with IMSET = NSAMP, SAMPNUM = 0, SAMPTIME = 0, and DELTATIM = 0. The final read of the observation appears first in the file and has IMSET = 1, SAMPNUM = NSAMP-1 (SAMPNUM is zero-indexed), and SAMPTIME = EXPTIME.
1. Print sample information for the file n3t502cur_ima.fits:
cl> sampinfo n3t502cur_ima.fits
Author: Mark Dickinson, Howard Bushouse, STScI
