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W. Greisen</span><sup>1</sup> and <span id="aah3859-author-2" data-url="/component/author/?dkey=10.1051/0004-6361:20021326&n=2" class="author">M. R. Calabretta</span><sup>2</sup></p></div> <p class="aff"> <sup>1</sup> National Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box O, Socorro, NM 87801-0387, USA <br> <sup>2</sup> Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia <br></p> <p class="corresp">Corresponding author: E. W. Greisen, egreisen@nrao.edu </p> <p class="history"><span class="bold">Received: </span> 24 July 2002 <br><span class="bold">Accepted: </span> 9 September 2002 </p> <p class="bold"><a name="abs"></a>Abstract</p> <p>The initial descriptions of the FITS format provided a simplified method for describing the physical coordinate values of the image pixels, but deliberately did not specify any of the detailed conventions required to convey the complexities of actual image coordinates. Building on conventions in wide use within astronomy, this paper proposes general extensions to the original methods for describing the world coordinates of FITS data. 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