<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 release (March 2nd, 1998) originally by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Required observational data</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Required observational data"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="vol2"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="vol2.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node640.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node633.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node633.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node635.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html9432" HREF="node635.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="icons.gif/next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html9429" HREF="node633.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="icons.gif/up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html9423" HREF="node633.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="icons.gif/previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html9431" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="icons.gif/contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html9433" HREF="node635.html">What was the measurement?</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html9430" HREF="node633.html">Observational data</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html9424" HREF="node633.html">Observational data</A> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION003261000000000000000"> Required observational data</A> </H2> A certain minimum set of data is required to make observations reducible. These are the identity of the object measured; the identity of the bandpass in which the measurement was made; the time of the observation; and, for integration-type measurements, the duration of the integration. Table <A HREF="node636.html#tbl:basic-obs-cols">I.17</A> describes the basic table-file columns in detail. <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"> </A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html9434" HREF="node635.html">What was the measurement?</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html9435" HREF="node636.html">What was measured?</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html9436" HREF="node637.html">Bandpass and detector identification</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html9437" HREF="node638.html">Timing information</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html9438" HREF="node639.html">Comment field</A> </UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> <I>Petra Nass</I> <BR><I>1999-06-15</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>