From XEphem running the Soft03Cmt database of 20121002, for the date and time of the observation: RA: 08:16:04.25 Dec: 27:48:13 2012-09-30 UT 09:45 UTC Measured: RA: 08:16:04.4 Dec: 27:48:12.9 Header listing for HDU #1: SIMPLE = T / This is a FITS file BITPIX = -32 / NAXIS = 2 / NAXIS1 = 4341 / NUMBER OF ELEMENTS ALONG THIS AXIS NAXIS2 = 4355 / NUMBER OF ELEMENTS ALONG THIS AXIS EXTEND = T / This file may contain FITS extensions EQUINOX = 2000.00000000 / Mean equinox RADECSYS= 'ICRS ' / Astrometric system CTYPE1 = 'RA---TAN' / WCS projection type for this axis CUNIT1 = 'deg ' / Axis unit CRVAL1 = 1.240236398594E+02 / World coordinate on this axis CRPIX1 = 2.171000000000E+03 / Reference pixel on this axis CD1_1 = -1.490238500992E-04 / Linear projection matrix CD1_2 = 0.000000000000E+00 / Linear projection matrix CTYPE2 = 'DEC--TAN' / WCS projection type for this axis CUNIT2 = 'deg ' / Axis unit CRVAL2 = 2.775143762442E+01 / World coordinate on this axis CRPIX2 = 2.178000000000E+03 / Reference pixel on this axis CD2_1 = 0.000000000000E+00 / Linear projection matrix CD2_2 = 1.490238500992E-04 / Linear projection matrix EXPTIME = 1.300000000000E+03 / Maximum equivalent exposure time (s) GAIN = 0.000000000000E+00 / Maximum equivalent gain (e-/ADU) SATURATE= 4.736993370384E+04 / Saturation Level (ADU) COMMENT SOFTNAME= 'SWarp ' / The software that processed those data SOFTVERS= '2.19.1 ' / Version of the software SOFTDATE= '2010-09-03' / Release date of the software SOFTAUTH= 'Emmanuel BERTIN ' / Maintainer of the software SOFTINST= 'IAP http://www.iap.fr' / Institute COMMENT AUTHOR = / Who ran the software ORIGIN = 'aurora ' / Where it was done DATE = '2012-10-02T06:43:05' / When it was started (GMT) COMBINET= 'MEDIAN ' / COMBINE_TYPE config parameter for SWarp COMMENT COMMENT Propagated FITS keywords COMMENT COMMENT Axis-dependent config parameters RESAMPT1= 'LANCZOS3' / RESAMPLING_TYPE config parameter CENTERT1= 'ALL ' / CENTER_TYPE config parameter PSCALET1= 'MEDIAN ' / PIXELSCALE_TYPE config parameter RESAMPT2= 'LANCZOS3' / RESAMPLING_TYPE config parameter CENTERT2= 'ALL ' / CENTER_TYPE config parameter PSCALET2= 'MEDIAN ' / PIXELSCALE_TYPE config parameter END Header listing for HDU #1: SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard BITPIX = -32 / 32 bit floating point data pixel NAXIS = 2 / number of data axes NAXIS1 = 4096 / length of data axis 1 NAXIS2 = 4096 / length of data axis 2 EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H BZERO = 0 / offset data range BSCALE = 1 / scaling factor EXPTIME = 100. / exposure time (seconds) DATE-OBS= '2012-09-30T09:41:11.678' / date of observation (UT) IMAGETYP= 'Light Frame' / image type TARGET = 'Comet ISON' / target INSTRUME= 'grizb ' / instrument CCD-TEMP= -10.06 / temperature (C) FILTER = ' (5) bb (500-1100)' / filter TELESCOP= 'CDK20N ' / telescope DATE = '2012-10-02T06:11:27' / file creation date (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss UT) HISTORY Dark subtracted HISTORY Image file ison_00168.fits HISTORY Dark file dark_100s.fits HISTORY Flat corrected HISTORY Image file ison_00168_d.fits HISTORY Flat file flat_bb.fits END