Subject: Re: Simple Header Clarification

From: bschlesinger at nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry M. Schlesinger)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 09:28 EDT

In article <DIysAu.1yz at ssbunews.ih.att.com>, kkuehl at ih4gp743.ih.att.com (Kevin Kuehl) writes...
> ...  Can headers (either primary or extension) be
>composed of multiple 2880 byte records or only one?  In
>some places it seems to say they can and in some places
>they can't.
> 
In section 4.2

# The primary HDU and every extension HDU shall consist of an integral 
# number of header records.... 

which allows more than one record in a header.

I am not aware of any text that limits headers to one record.

				Barry Schlesinger
				FITS Support Office
				GSFC/ADF