SPARCL - SPARCL Field Catalog (SFC)

SPARCL Field Catalog

List of Fields available via Retrieve

CORE fields (common to all Data Sets)

Name Storage Units Description Default All
data_release CORE — [Categorical] Data release of a given record (with a common data structure, e.g., SDSS-DR16, BOSS-DR16) ✘ ✔
datasetgroup CORE — [Categorical] Common name for a coherent set of spectra published as a single release (e.g., SDSS_BOSS) ✘ ✔
dateobs CORE — Range of observational dates for a given spectrum (single value for a single date) ✘ ✔
dateobs_center CORE — Central value of the dateobs range ✘ ✔
dec CORE deg Declination in degrees ✔ ✔
exptime CORE second Exposure time in seconds ✘ ✔
extra_files CORE — Additional files read for ingest ✘ ✘
file CORE — File used for this record ✘ ✘
instrument CORE — [Categorical] Instrument used for observation ✘ ✔
ra CORE deg Right Ascension in degrees ✔ ✔
redshift CORE — Measured redshift, or radial velocity in units of redshift ✘ ✔
redshift_err CORE — Uncertainty on the measured redshift, or radial velocity in units of redshift ✘ ✔
redshift_warning CORE — Bitmask with warning on redshift result ✘ ✔
site CORE — [Categorical] Site of observations ✘ ✔
sparcl_id CORE — Universally Unique Identifier for spectrum in SPARCL ✔ ✔
specid CORE — Dataset-specific spectrum identifier (may not be unique) ✔ ✔
specprimary CORE — Whether an entry is the primary spectrum for a given target object ✘ ✔
spectype CORE — [Categorical] Spectral type of the object (STAR, GALAXY, QSO) ✘ ✔
targetid CORE — Dataset-specific photometric target identifier ✘ ✔
telescope CORE — [Categorical] Telescope used for the observation ✘ ✔
updated CORE — Date and time when the record was created/updated ✘ ✘
wavemax CORE AA Maximum value of wavelength coverage in Angstroms ✘ ✔
wavemin CORE AA Minimum value of wavelength coverage in Angstroms ✘ ✔
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AUX and SPECTRA fields (unique to each Data Set)

Data Set: SDSS-DR16, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
cz AUX — z of Normal unit vector in J2000 ✘ ✔
special_target2 AUX — Secondary (calibration) target flags for SDSS-I and SDSS-II special program targets ✘ ✔
eboss_target_id AUX — EBOSS unique target identifier for every spectroscopic target ✘ ✔
thing_id AUX — Resolve THING_ID in SDSS imaging for best positional match ✘ ✔
run1d AUX — Spectroscopic 1D reduction (redshift and classification) name ✘ ✔
targetobjid AUX — Unique database ID of targeting object based on RUN, RERUN, CAMCOl, FIELD, ID (same as SkyServer version) ✘ ✔
targettype AUX — General type of target (SCIENCE, STANDARD, or SKY) ✘ ✔
legacy_target2 AUX — Secondary (calibration) target flags for SDSS-I and SDSS-II Legacy survey ✘ ✔
spectrographid AUX — Which spectrograph (1 or 2) ✘ ✔
vdispz_err AUX — Error in redshift associated with best-fit velocity dispersion ✘ ✔
zoffset AUX micron Washer thickness used for backstopping BOSS quasar targets, so they are closer to 4000 Angstrom focal plan ✘ ✔
eboss_target1 AUX — eBOSS, TDSS and SPIDERS target selection flags for main eBOSS survey ✘ ✔
chi68p AUX — 68-th percentile value of abs(chi) of the best-fit synthetic spectrum to the actual spectrum (around 1.0 for a good fit) ✘ ✔
segue2_target1 AUX — Primary (science) target flags for SEGUE-2 targets ✘ ✔
firstrelease AUX — Name of first release this PLATE, MJD, FIBERID, RUN2D was associated with ✘ ✔
eboss_target0 AUX — SEQUELS, TDSS and SPIDERS target selection flags ✘ ✔
fiberid AUX — Fiber number ✘ ✔
specboss AUX — Set to 1 for primary BOSS spectrograph observation of object, 0 otherwise ✘ ✔
z_conf_person AUX — Visual-inspection confidence (0=not inspected or no confidence, 1,2=low confidence, 3,4=high confidence) ✘ ✔
programname AUX — Program within each survey that the plate was part of ✘ ✔
marvels_target2 AUX — Secondary (calibration) target flags for MARVELS targets ✘ ✔
yfocal AUX mm Hole position on plate (+Y = +DEC) ✘ ✔
elodie_feh AUX — Metallicity [Fe/H] of ELODIE star ✘ ✔
segue1_target1 AUX — Primary (science) target flags for SEGUE-1 targets ✘ ✔
elodie_z_modelerr AUX — Standard deviation in redshift among the 12 best-fit ELODIE stars ✘ ✔

Data Set: SDSS-DR16, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux ✔ ✔
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux ✘ ✔
mask SPECTRA — and_mask ✘ ✔
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit used for classification and redshift ✘ ✔
sky SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Subtracted sky flux ✘ ✔
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms ✔ ✔
wave_sigma SPECTRA pixel Line-spread function width (sigma of approximating Gaussian) in units of number of pixel ✘ ✔

Data Set: BOSS-DR16, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
tfile AUX — File that best fit template comes from in idlspec2d product ✘ ✔
theta AUX — Template coefficients of best fit ✘ ✔
thing_id AUX — Resolve THING_ID in SDSS imaging for best positional match ✘ ✔
thing_id_targeting AUX — Resolve THING_ID in SDSS imaging for targeted object ✘ ✔
tile AUX — Tile number (each tile can have several plates drilled for it) ✘ ✔
vdisp AUX km s-1 Velocity dispersion ✘ ✔
vdispchi2 AUX — Chi-squared for best-fit velocity dispersion ✘ ✔
vdispdof AUX — Number of degrees of freedom in velocity dispersion fit ✘ ✔
vdisp_err AUX km s-1 Error in velocity dispersion ✘ ✔
vdispnpix AUX — Number of pixels overlapping the templates used in the velocity dispersion fit ✘ ✔
vdispz AUX — Redshift associated with best-fit velocity dispersion ✘ ✔
vdispz_err AUX — Error in redshift associated with best-fit velocity dispersion ✘ ✔
wcoverage AUX — Coverage in wavelength, in units of log10 wavelength ✘ ✔
xfocal AUX mm Hole position on plate (+X = +RA) ✘ ✔
yfocal AUX mm Hole position on plate (+Y = +DEC) ✘ ✔
z_conf_person AUX — Visual-inspection confidence (0=not inspected or no confidence, 1,2=low confidence, 3,4=high confidence) ✘ ✔
z_err_noqso AUX — Error in Z_NOQSO redshift ✘ ✔
z_noqso AUX — Best redshift when ignoring QSO fits, recommended for BOSS CMASS and LOWZ targets; calculated only for survey=boss spectra, not for any SDSS spectrograph data ✘ ✔
zoffset AUX micron Washer thickness used for backstopping BOSS quasar targets, so they are closer to 4000 Angstrom focal plan ✘ ✔
z_person AUX — Visual-inspection redshift ✘ ✔
zwarning_noqso AUX — Warnings in z_noqso redshift (BOSS spectra only); 0 means everything is OK ✘ ✔

Data Set: BOSS-DR16, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux ✔ ✔
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux ✘ ✔
mask SPECTRA — and_mask ✘ ✔
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit used for classification and redshift ✘ ✔
sky SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Subtracted sky flux ✘ ✔
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms ✔ ✔
wave_sigma SPECTRA pixel Line-spread function width (sigma of approximating Gaussian) in units of number of pixel ✘ ✔

Data Set: DESI-DR1, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
bgs_target AUX — BGS (Bright Galaxy Survey) target selection bitmask ✘ ✔
chi2 AUX — Best fit chi-squared ✘ ✔
cmx_target AUX — Target selection bitmask for commissioning ✘ ✔
coadd_fiberstatus AUX — Bitwise AND of the FIBERSTATUS values of the spectra used in the coadd ✘ ✔
coadd_numexp AUX — Number of exposures included in the coadd for this target ✘ ✔
coadd_numnight AUX — Number of different nights included in the coadd for this target ✘ ✔
coadd_numtile AUX — Number of different tiles included in the coadd for this target ✘ ✔
coeff AUX — Redrock template coefficients ✘ ✔
deltachi2 AUX — Delta-chi-squared for template fit from Redrock ✘ ✔
desiname AUX — DESI JXXX.XXXX[+/-]YY.YYYY where X, Y are TARGET_{RA, DEC} truncated to 4 decimals ✘ ✔
desi_target AUX — DESI (dark time program) target selection bitmask ✘ ✔
fa_target AUX — Targeting bit internally used by fiberassign (linked with FA_TYPE) ✘ ✔
fa_type AUX — Fiberassign internal target type (science, standard, sky, safe, suppsky) ✘ ✔
healpix AUX — HEALPixel containing this location at NSIDE=64 in the NESTED scheme ✘ ✔
main_nspec AUX — Number of coadded spectra for this TARGETID in Main survey ✘ ✔
main_primary AUX — Boolean flag (True/False) for the primary coadded spectrum in Main survey ✘ ✔
mean_delta_x AUX mm Mean (over exposures) fiber difference between measured and requested CS5 X location on focal plane ✘ ✔
mean_delta_y AUX mm Mean (over exposures) fiber difference requested - actual CS5 Y location on focal plane ✘ ✔
mean_fiber_dec AUX deg Mean (over exposures) DEC of actual fiber position ✘ ✔
mean_fiber_ra AUX deg Mean (over exposures) RA of actual fiber position ✘ ✔
mean_mjd AUX days Mean (over exposures) of the Modified Julian Date (MJD) when the shutter was opened ✘ ✔
mean_psf_to_fiber_specflux AUX — Mean of input exposures fraction of light from point-like source captured by 1.5 arcsec diameter fiber given atmospheric seeing ✘ ✔
mws_target AUX — Milky Way Survey targeting bits ✘ ✔
ncoeff AUX — Number of Redrock template coefficients ✘ ✔
npixels AUX — Number of unmasked wavelengths that contributed to the redshift fit ✘ ✔

Data Set: DESI-DR1, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux ✔ ✔
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux ✘ ✔
mask SPECTRA — Mask value ✘ ✔
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit ✘ ✔
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms ✔ ✔
wave_sigma SPECTRA AA Line-spread function width (sigma of approximating Gaussian) in units of Angstroms ✘ ✔

Data Set: DESI-EDR, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
bgs_target AUX — BGS (Bright Galaxy Survey) target selection bitmask ✘ ✔
chi2 AUX — Best fit chi-squared ✘ ✔
cmx_target AUX — Target selection bitmask for commissioning ✘ ✔
coadd_fiberstatus AUX — Bitwise AND of the FIBERSTATUS values of the spectra used in the coadd ✘ ✔
coadd_numexp AUX — Number of exposures included in the coadd for this target ✘ ✔
coadd_numnight AUX — Number of different nights included in the coadd for this target ✘ ✔
coadd_numtile AUX — Number of different tiles included in the coadd for this target ✘ ✔
coeff AUX — Redrock template coefficients ✘ ✔
deltachi2 AUX — Delta-chi-squared for template fit from Redrock ✘ ✔
desi_target AUX — DESI (dark time program) target selection bitmask ✘ ✔
fa_target AUX — Targeting bit internally used by fiberassign (linked with FA_TYPE) ✘ ✔
fa_type AUX — Fiberassign internal target type (science, standard, sky, safe, suppsky) ✘ ✔
firstnight AUX — First calendar date of the exposures used in the coadded spectrum as YYYYMMDD of the beginning of the observing night ✘ ✔
healpix AUX — HEALPixel containing this location at NSIDE=64 in the NESTED scheme ✘ ✔
lastnight AUX — Last calendar date of the exposures used in the coadded spectrum as YYYYMMDD of the beginning of the observing night ✘ ✔
mean_delta_x AUX mm Mean (over exposures) fiber difference between measured and requested CS5 X location on focal plane ✘ ✔
mean_delta_y AUX mm Mean (over exposures) fiber difference requested - actual CS5 Y location on focal plane ✘ ✔
mean_fiber_dec AUX deg Mean (over exposures) DEC of actual fiber position ✘ ✔
mean_fiber_ra AUX deg Mean (over exposures) RA of actual fiber position ✘ ✔
mean_mjd AUX days Mean (over exposures) of the Modified Julian Date (MJD) when the shutter was opened ✘ ✔
mean_psf_to_fiber_specflux AUX — Mean of input exposures fraction of light from point-like source captured by 1.5 arcsec diameter fiber given atmospheric seeing ✘ ✔
mws_target AUX — Milky Way Survey targeting bits ✘ ✔
ncoeff AUX — Number of Redrock template coefficients ✘ ✔
npixels AUX — Number of unmasked wavelengths that contributed to the redshift fit ✘ ✔
numobs_init AUX — Initial number of observations for target calculated across target selection bitmasks and OBSCONDITIONS ✘ ✔

Data Set: DESI-EDR, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux ✔ ✔
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux ✘ ✔
mask SPECTRA — Mask value ✘ ✔
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit ✘ ✔
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms ✔ ✔
wave_sigma SPECTRA AA Line-spread function width (sigma of approximating Gaussian) in units of Angstroms ✘ ✔

Data Set: SDSS-DR17-test, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
elodie_dof AUX — Degrees of freedom in fit to best ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_feh AUX — Metallicity [Fe/H] of ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_filename AUX — File name for best-fit ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_logg AUX — log10(gravity) of ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_object AUX — Star name for ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_rchi2 AUX — Reduced chi-squared of fit to best ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_sptype AUX — ELODIE star spectral type ✘ ✔
elodie_teff AUX Kelvin Effective temperature of ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_z AUX — Redshift fit to ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_z_err AUX — Error in redshift fit to ELODIE star ✘ ✔
elodie_z_modelerr AUX — Standard deviation in redshift among the 12 best-fit ELODIE stars ✘ ✔
fiberid AUX — Fiber number ✘ ✔
firstrelease AUX — Name of first release this PLATE, MJD, FIBERID, RUN2D was associated with ✘ ✔
fluxobjid AUX — Unique database ID of flux-based photometric match based on RUN, RERUN, CAMCOl, FIELD, ID (same as SkyServer version) ✘ ✔
fracnsighi AUX — Fraction of pixels high by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma) ✘ ✔
fracnsiglo AUX — Fraction of pixels low by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma) ✘ ✔
fracnsigma AUX — Fraction of pixels deviant by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma) ✘ ✔
lambda_eff AUX AA Effective wavelength drilling position was optimized for ✘ ✔
legacy_target1 AUX — Primary (science) target flags for SDSS-I and SDSS-II Legacy survey ✘ ✔
legacy_target2 AUX — Secondary (calibration) target flags for SDSS-I and SDSS-II Legacy survey ✘ ✔
marvels_target1 AUX — Primary (science) target flags for MARVELS targets ✘ ✔
marvels_target2 AUX — Secondary (calibration) target flags for MARVELS targets ✘ ✔
mjd AUX days Modified Julian Day of observation ✘ ✔
npoly AUX — Number of polynomial terms in fit ✘ ✔
nspecobs AUX — Number of spectroscopic observations of this source ✘ ✔

Data Set: SDSS-DR17-test, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux ✔ ✔
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux ✘ ✔
mask SPECTRA — and_mask ✘ ✔
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit used for classification and redshift ✘ ✔
sky SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Subtracted sky flux ✘ ✔
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms ✔ ✔
wave_sigma SPECTRA pixel Line-spread function width (sigma of approximating Gaussian) in units of number of pixel ✘ ✔
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