PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = "STREAM" OBJECT = TEXT NOTE = "AAREADME file for uncompressed images of Comet Halley obtained by the IHW Large-Scale Phenomena Network" PUBLICATION_DATE = 2004-05-04 END_OBJECT = TEXT END Overview ======== This volume contains uncompressed, wide-field images of Comet Halley obtained by the Large-Scale Phenomena Network (LSPN) of the International Halley Watch (IHW). The Small Bodies Node of the Planetary Data System extracted compressed digital images (.IMQ) from the LSPN disks, HAL_0001 to HAL_0018, and uncompressed the data. The uncompressed images are in FITS format with compliant headers and detached PDS labels. Calibration data, subsampled browse images, and ephemeris tables are available on the original LSPN disks. A total of 1,439 images of Comet Halley are stored on this volume, covering the time period 1985 September 21 to 1987 April 25. The uncompressed images have a total volume of 21 Gbytes. The following table describes the date ranges for the uncompressed images of Halley. The 'First LPSN#' column lists the first uncompressed FITS file for a date range. The 'Cal LSPN#' column lists the LSPN number of the first calibration file for a date range. The '# Images' column gives the number of uncompressed LSPN FITS images on this volume and the number of calibration images. The 'VOL #' column gives the IHW data disk number from which the uncompressed images were extracted and where the calibration images, browse images, and ephemeris tables are located. For example, '01' refers to the HAL_0001 disk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ First Image Last Image Julian Date Range First Cal # VOL day fraction day fraction (244600+) LSPN# LSPN# Images # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1985-09-21.88644 1985-12-07.17361 330.38644 406.67361 0059 4001 145+14 01 1985-12-07.17500 1985-12-14.09931 406.67500 413.59930 0440 4015 109+08 02 1985-12-14.10833 1986-01-05.09583 413.60833 435.59583 0630 4023 095+16 03 1986-01-05.10139 1986-01-11.75694 435.60139 442.25694 0868 4039 083+23 04 1986-01-12.01422 1986-03-07.04043 442.51422 496.54043 1038 4062 102+13 05 1986-03-07.36319 1986-03-11.82273 496.86319 501.32273 1255 4075 073+13 06 1986-03-11.84410 1986-03-15.37066 501.34410 504.87066 1367 4088 069+05 07 1986-03-15.38924 1986-03-18.40208 504.88924 507.90208 1467 4093 067+02 08 1986-03-18.41042 1986-03-20.50972 507.91042 510.00972 1571 4095 073+11 09 1986-03-20.51007 1986-03-22.83576 510.01007 512.33576 1670 4106 070+03 10 1986-03-22.90383 1986-04-04.78986 512.40383 525.37986 1778 4109 076+26 11 1986-04-05.00625 1986-04-09.37639 525.50625 529.87639 2029 4135 073+04 12 1986-04-09.38403 1986-04-11.95556 529.88403 532.45556 2258 4139 076+08 13 1986-04-12.00521 1986-04-15.15903 532.50521 535.65903 2446 4147 058+03 14 1986-04-15.17917 1986-04-17.16910 535.67917 537.66910 2590 4150 055+11 15 1986-04-17.18403 1986-04-29.98264 537.68403 550.48264 2711 4161 073+03 16 1986-04-29.99919 1986-05-07.51701 550.49919 558.01701 2845 4164 085+01 17 1986-05-08.01632 1987-04-25.65450 558.51632 911.15450 3077 4165 057+09 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uncompressed images of Halley + Calibration images = 1439+173 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Directory and File Information ============================== This file is the only text file that is in the root directory. A listing of the contents of the subdirectories for this volume follows: CATALOG - PDS catalog file for these data DATA - Halley uncompressed images in FITS format with detached PDS labels DOCUMENT - Supporting documentation in ASCII text format ERATTA.TXT - Known errors or notes for these data INDEX - Delimited index tables to aid in locating data Cognizant Persons ================= Edwin Grayzeck, Jr. Small Bodies Node, Planetary Data System Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742-2421 USA grayzeck@astro.umd.edu Stephanie McLaughlin Small Bodies Node, Planetary Data System Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742-2421 USA stefmcl@astro.umd.edu