101 File Header - Information common to all groups

The FILE HEADER contains information which identifies the equipment and program and information about the site which is passed through to the reduction program. This statement must only occur once in an ATIS file.

IDENTIFIER: 101
INFORMATION:

#NameTypeInputOutput
1Observing Program Numberintegerrequiredecho
2Site Numberintegerrequiredtested
3Telescope Numberintegerrequired tested
4Reduction Programintegerrequired echoed
5Night Start Hourintegeroptional set/reset
6Site Latitude Degreesintegeroptional set/reset
7Site Latitude Minutesintegeroptional set/reset
8Site Latitude Secondsintegeroptional set/reset
9Site Longitude Degreesintegeroptional set/reset
10Site Longitude Minutesintegeroptional set/reset
11Site Longitude Secondsintegeroptional set/reset
12Observing Program Nametextoptional echoed

Example:

101
3 1 3 1 0 31 41 2 110 52 38 RS CVN Vanderbilt University Cool Star Study

Where:

Observing Program Number is the number, for a given site, that uniquely identifies an observing program.

Site Number is the number assigned to the site. Appendix A contains a list of site numbers and telescope numbers which were assigned at the time of publication. It also contains information on how to access the current list of sites.

Telescope Number is the number assigned to a telescope at a particular site. A telescope consists of all instruments which must point together to a single position simultaneously. Where this is not the case, separate telescope numbers should be assigned.

Reduction Program Number is the number assigned to various types of reduction programs to be used for this data file for which the Defined types are:

1Differential photometry (including quasi-all-sky photometry for quality control) without special extinction and standard stars.
2Differential photometry with specially selected extinction and standard stars for quality control.
3Full all-sky photometry.
4-89Reserved for future ATIS assignment
90-99Never defined by ATIS. Defined by individual PA's.

Night Start Hour is the integer hour of Universal Time which, in conjunction with the 108 statement, defines the time of the beginning of an ATIS file. This number should not change from night to night.

Site Latitude and Longitude: by IAU convention, longitudes west of Greenwich are negative.

Observing Program Name is set by the Principal Astronomer as a reminder.


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