Table 2: Comparison of the FITS coordinate keywords in the old and new system, for helioprojective-cartesian coordinates in the TAN projection. The phrase "exactly the same'' assumes that the same units are used in both cases. See Sect. 9.2 for a discussion of angular units. Although CUNITi did not appear in the original Wells et al. (1981) paper, it has been commonly used.
Keyword Original WCS
CRPIXj Exactly the same in both systems
CRVALi Exactly the same in both systems
CDELTi Exactly the same in both systems
CROTAi Rotation angle Deprecated
PCi_j Not used Replaces CROTAi
CUNITi Exactly the same in both systems
CTYPEi SOLARX HPLN-TAN
  SOLARY HPLT-TAN


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