I compared the header keywords (not values) between chip1 and chip3 of each of the 187 associations that I have here on disk. Here the results: 160 cases: chip 1 and chip3 differ because there are 4 COMMENT lines in chip 3 not available in chip 1 23 cases: the diff between chip 1 (<) and chip 3 (>) is: 254,259d253 < WCSDIM < LTM1_1 < LTM2_2 < WAT0_001 < WAT1_001 < WAT2_001 308a303,306 > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT The remaining 4 cases: diff.u2bi0101b 305a306,309 > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT 310,322d313 < IMATYB < IMATYV < IRATYV < SGSEP < MAXMERR < FR_LOWF < FR_STAR < FR_GAL < F_LOWF < F_STAR < F_GAL < F_TOTAL < IMATYE diff.u27q0108b 253,260d252 < WCSDIM < LTV1 < LTV2 < LTM1_1 < LTM2_2 < WAT0_001 < WAT1_001 < WAT2_001 309a302,305 > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT more diff.u2m7040mb 252,257d251 < WCSDIM < LTM1_1 < LTM2_2 < WAT0_001 < WAT1_001 < WAT2_001 262,328d255 < CVOEQUI < CVOSUNIT < CVOSFILL < CVOSPAE < CVOSSAMP < CVONYQR < CVOSRES < CVOWUNIT < CVOWMIN < CVOWMAX < CVOWSPAN < CVOWSAMP < CVOWSPAE < CVOWSAME < CVOTUNIT < CVOTFORM < TEXPTIME < CVOTSPAN < CVOTPAE < CVOTERR < CVOTFERR < CVOTSAME < CVOTSPAE < CVOTMIN < CVOTMAX < CVOARCH < CVOARCID < CVONVER < CVOFUNIT < SKYVAL < MEXPTIME < CVOGAIN < OGAIN < CVOCROT < PIXSCALE < CVOWERR < CVOSERR < CVOPSFW < ZEROSTS < ZEROSTE < ZEROABS < ZEROABE < CVOMAG0 < COMMENT < COMMENT < COMMENT < COMMENT < IMSTAV < IRAISV < IMSTAB < IMSTAE < IMATYB < IMATYV < IRATYV < SGSEP < MAXMERR < FR_LOWF < FR_STAR < FR_GAL < F_LOWF < F_STAR < F_GAL < F_TOTAL < IMATYE < SEXCV < SEXCB < SEXCE diff.u39u010eb 255,261d254 < WCSDIM < LTV2 < LTM1_1 < LTM2_2 < WAT0_001 < WAT1_001 < WAT2_001 310a304,307 > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT > COMMENT