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## Captures format
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Each capture is saved as a FITS file (or compressed `.fit.gz` to save some disk space), enclosing the image itself (grey-scale) and a **header** with relevant metadata, also automatically produced by the Freeture software.
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Each capture is saved as a FITS file (or compressed `.fit.gz` to save some disk space), enclosing the image itself (in grey scale) and a **header** with relevant metadata, also automatically produced by the Freeture software.
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Captures can be open, visualized and saved as bitmap images with the [PRISMA Widget](PRISMA Widget).
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An example of capture acquired by the ITPI01 - Pino Torinese camera is given below.
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Captures are usually oriented with the North direction corresponding to the negative ordinate axis (downwards, -y) and the East direction to the positive ordinate axis (rightward, +x).
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In the analysis process, captures are rotated counterclockwise by 90°, to match the reference frame with the North direction corresponding to the positive abscissa axis (+x) and the East direction to the positive ordinate axis (+y).
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The FITS header enclosed in each capture file lists the relevant metadata of the acquisition, such as time, coordinates, exposure time and others.
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The FITS header enclosed in each capture file lists the relevant **metadata of the acquisition**, such as time, coordinates, exposure time and others.
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An example of such header for the example capture by the ITPI01 - Pino Torinese camera is given below.
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Among all these keywords, the ones that are mandatory for the PRISMA pipeline are:
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- `DATE-OBS`: the acquisition date and time (UTC) in the FITS format;
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