FITS HEADER FOR M42

SIMPLE  =                    T                                                  
BITPIX  =                   16                                                  
NAXIS   =                    2                                                  
NAXIS1  =                  512                                                  
NAXIS2  =                  512                                                  
EXPTIME =                60000          / exposure time in ms                   
HANDLE  = '((raw-bias) - ((dark-bias)*exposure)) / flat'                        
UT      = '10:11:21'                    / Anti-blooming on                     
DATE-OBS= '14/12/94'                    / days/month/year                       
DETECTOR= 'CRAF-Cassini  3.2 elec / DN   25 elec floor noise'                   
OBSERVER= 'Neely'                                                               
CAMTEMP =                '-48'          / degrees C                             
DARKTIME=                    0                                                  
INSTRUME= 'i'                           / 'Harris Set'  Johnson bvri or (n)one (d)ensity  
TELESCOP= 'NF/ 44.5 REFLECTOR'                                                  
BSCALE  =                    1          / real = BSCALE * data + BZERO          
BZERO   =                    0                                                  
CRVAL1  =            -5.400000          / dec at the center of the field        
CRPIX1  =                  256          / center pixel in the row               
CTYPE1  = 'DEC 1950'                                                            
CDELT1  =            +3.33E-4           / degrees increment with counter inc    
CRVAL2  =             5.543334          / ra at the center of the field         
CRPIX2  =                  256          / center pixel in col                   
CTYPE2  = 'RA  1950'                                                            
CDELT2  =            +3.33E-4           / degrees increment with counter inc    
JULIAN          2449700.924550          / julian date + time                    
SIDERIAL=             8.512468          / local siderial time                   
ZANGLE  =            56.923809          / degrees from zenith                   
OBJECT  = 'NGC 1976         '                                                   
FILENAME= 'P49700ED.fit'                / Cloud sensor = 156 '< 105 = cloudy'  
HJULIAN =       2449700.929539          / Heliocentric julian time              
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