SIMPLE = T / Standard FITS format BITPIX = -32 / 32-bit IEEE Floating Point format NAXIS = 1 / Just one dimensional array NAXIS1 = 38 / No. of values in array OBJECT = 'IEEE 32-bit test' / Identifier of frame ORIGIN = 'ESO ' / Created at ESO Garching DATE = '20/08/92' / Date of creation COMMENT This test file was created by P.Grosbol, ESO (pgrosbol@eso.org) COMMENT This is a test file containing special 32-bit IEEE FP values COMMENT such as: COMMENT 00000000 ! pos. zero +0.0 COMMENT 80000000 ! neg. zero -0.0 COMMENT COMMENT 00400000 ! pos. underflow 5.8774718e-39 COMMENT 007f2345 ! pos. underflow 1.1675760e-38 COMMENT 0000efce ! pos. underflow 8.6025713e-41 COMMENT 00000001 ! pos. underflow 1.4012985e-45 COMMENT 80400000 ! neg. underflow -5.8774718e-39 COMMENT 80372345 ! neg. underflow -5.0636046e-39 COMMENT 8000efce ! neg. underflow -8.6025713e-41 COMMENT 80000001 ! neg. underflow -1.4012985e-45 COMMENT COMMENT 7f800000 ! Infinity COMMENT ff800000 ! -Infinity COMMENT COMMENT 7f810000 ! NaN COMMENT 7f800001 ! NaN COMMENT 7fffffff ! NaN COMMENT ff810000 ! -NaN COMMENT ff800001 ! -NaN COMMENT ffffffff ! -NaN COMMENT COMMENT 3f800000 ! 1.0000000e+00 COMMENT 40000000 ! 2.0000000e+00 COMMENT 40400000 ! 3.0000000e+00 COMMENT 40800000 ! 4.0000000e+00 COMMENT 40e00000 ! 7.0000000e+00 COMMENT 43f23b1d ! 4.8446182e+02 COMMENT 3cc77e3a ! 2.4352182e-02 COMMENT 3fffffff ! 1.9999999e+00 COMMENT 00800000 ! 1.1754944e-38 COMMENT 7f7fffff ! 3.4028235e+38 COMMENT COMMENT bf800000 ! -1.0000000e+00 COMMENT c0000000 ! -2.0000000e+00 COMMENT c0400000 ! -3.0000000e+00 COMMENT c0800000 ! -4.0000000e+00 COMMENT c0e00000 ! -7.0000000e+00 COMMENT c3f23b1d ! -4.8446182e+02 COMMENT bcc77e3a ! -2.4352182e-02 COMMENT bfffffff ! -1.9999999e+00 COMMENT 80800000 ! -1.1754944e-38 COMMENT ff7fffff ! -3.4028235e+38 COMMENT So best of luck with the decoding END @#E@7#E΀?@@@@@C;<~:?@;~: