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
ra CORE deg Right Ascension in degrees
dateobs CORE Range of observational dates for a given spectrum (single value for a single date)
redshift_warning CORE Bitmask with warning on redshift result
dateobs_center CORE Central value of the dateobs range
updated CORE Date and time when the record was created/updated
site CORE [Categorical] Site of observations
datasetgroup CORE [Categorical] Common name for a coherent set of spectra published as a single release (e.g., SDSS_BOSS)
specid CORE Dataset-specific spectrum identifier (may not be unique)
instrument CORE [Categorical] Instrument used for observation
redshift CORE Measured redshift, or radial velocity in units of redshift
targetid CORE Dataset-specific photometric target identifier
specprimary CORE Whether an entry is the primary spectrum for a given target object
data_release CORE [Categorical] Data release of a given record (with a common data structure, e.g., SDSS-DR16, BOSS-DR16)
wavemin CORE AA Minimum value of wavelength coverage in Angstroms
spectype CORE [Categorical] Spectral type of the object (STAR, GALAXY, QSO)
dec CORE deg Declination in degrees
telescope CORE [Categorical] Telescope used for the observation
redshift_err CORE Uncertainty on the measured redshift, or radial velocity in units of redshift
wavemax CORE AA Maximum value of wavelength coverage in Angstroms
sparcl_id CORE Universally Unique Identifier for spectrum in SPARCL
extra_files CORE Additional files read for ingest
exptime CORE second Exposure time in seconds
file CORE File used for this record
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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
elodie_filename AUX File name for best-fit ELODIE star
vdisp AUX km s-1 Velocity dispersion
fracnsighi AUX Fraction of pixels high by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma)
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
deredsn2 AUX Dereddened overall signal-to-noise-squared measure for plate (only for BOSS spectrograph plates)
elodie_z AUX Redshift fit to ELODIE star
vdisp_err AUX km s-1 Error in velocity dispersion
elodie_sptype AUX ELODIE star spectral type
sectarget AUX Deprecated version of secondary (calibration) target flags (meanings highly overloaded)
specsegue2 AUX Set to 1 for primary SDSS SEGUE-2 program observation of object, 0 otherwise
subclass_noqso AUX Spectroscopic subclassification for Z_NOQSO redshift
calibflux_ivar AUX nanomaggy-2 Inverse variances of ugriz fluxes used for calibrations
nturnoff AUX Number of stars used for SNTURNOFF determination
fracnsigma AUX Fraction of pixels deviant by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma)
spectroskyflux AUX nanomaggy Sky flux in each of the ugriz imaging filters
chunk AUX Name of tiling chunk that this spectrum was tiled in (boss1, boss2, etc), important for tracking large-scale structure samples
cx AUX x of Normal unit vector in J2000
theta AUX Template coefficients of best fit
zwarning_noqso AUX Warnings in z_noqso redshift (BOSS spectra only)
primtarget AUX Target selection information at plate design, primary science selection (for backwards compatibility)
survey AUX Survey name

Data Set: SDSS-DR16, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
sky SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Subtracted sky flux
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit used for classification and redshift
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of 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
mask SPECTRA and_mask

Data Set: BOSS-DR16, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
elodie_z_err AUX Error in redshift fit to ELODIE star
vdisp_err AUX km s-1 Error in velocity dispersion
z_err_noqso AUX Error in Z_NOQSO redshift
fiberid AUX Fiber number
elodie_filename AUX File name for best-fit ELODIE star
tfile AUX File that best fit template comes from in idlspec2d product
platequality AUX Final quality of plate this spectrum came from (good, marginal, or bad)
anyandmask AUX For each bit, records whether any pixel in the spectrum has that bit set in its ANDMASK
anyormask AUX For each bit, records whether any pixel in the spectrum has that bit set in its ORMASK
fracnsigma AUX Fraction of pixels deviant by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma)
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)
targettype AUX General type of target (SCIENCE, STANDARD, or SKY)
xfocal AUX mm Hole position on plate (+X = +RA)
yfocal AUX mm Hole position on plate (+Y = +DEC)
boss_specobj_id AUX Identification number internal to BOSS for SPECBOSS=1 objects
spectrosynflux_ivar AUX nanomaggy-2 Inverse variance of best-fit template spectrum projected onto ugriz filters
spectroflux_ivar AUX nanomaggy-2 Inverse variance of spectrum projected onto ugriz filters
calibflux_ivar AUX nanomaggy-2 Inverse variances of ugriz fluxes used for calibrations
elodie_logg AUX log10(gravity) of ELODIE star
sn_median_all AUX Median signal-to-noise per pixel across full spectrum
sn_median AUX Median signal-to-noise per pixel within each of the ugriz bandpasses
elodie_feh AUX Metallicity [Fe/H] of ELODIE star
mjd AUX days Modified Julian Day of observation
firstrelease AUX Name of first release this PLATE, MJD, FIBERID, RUN2D was associated with

Data Set: BOSS-DR16, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
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
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux
wave_sigma SPECTRA pixel Line-spread function width (sigma of approximating Gaussian) in units of number of pixel
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms

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
sv2_scnd_target AUX Secondary target selection bitmask for SV2
sv3_bgs_target AUX BGS (bright time program) target selection bitmask for SV3
sv3_desi_target AUX DESI (dark time program) target selection bitmask for SV3
sv3_mws_target AUX MWS (bright time program) target selection bitmask for SV3
sv3_scnd_target AUX Secondary target selection bitmask for SV3
sv_nspec AUX Number of coadded spectra for this TARGETID in SV (SV1+2+3)
sv_primary AUX Boolean flag (True/False) for the primary coadded spectrum in SV (SV1+2+3)
tsnr2_bgs AUX BGS template (S/N)^2 summed over B,R,Z
tsnr2_elg AUX ELG template (S/N)^2 summed over B,R,Z
tsnr2_gpbbackup AUX GPBBACKUP template (S/N)^2 summed over BRZ
tsnr2_gpbbright AUX GPBBRIGHT template (S/N)^2 summed over B,R,Z
tsnr2_gpbdark AUX GPBDARK template (S/N)^2 summed over BRZ
tsnr2_lrg AUX LRG template (S/N)^2 summed over B,R,Z
tsnr2_lya AUX LYA template (S/N)^2 summed over B,R,Z
tsnr2_qso AUX QSO template (S/N)^2 summed over B,R,Z
zcat_nspec AUX Number of coadded spectra for this TARGETID in this zcatalog

Data Set: DESI-EDR, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
model SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Pipeline best model fit
flux SPECTRA 1e-17 erg cm-2 s-1 AA-1 Coadded calibrated flux
wavelength SPECTRA AA Wavelength in units of Angstroms
mask SPECTRA Mask value
ivar SPECTRA 1e+34 cm4 s2 AA2 erg-2 Inverse variance of flux
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
ancillary_target1 AUX BOSS ancillary science target selection information at plate design
ancillary_target2 AUX BOSS ancillary target selection information at plate design
anyandmask AUX For each bit, records whether any pixel in the spectrum has that bit set in its ANDMASK
anyormask AUX For each bit, records whether any pixel in the spectrum has that bit set in its ORMASK
bluefiber AUX Set to 1 if this hole was designated a blue fiber, 0 if designated a red fiber (high redshift LRGs are preferentially in red fibers)
boss_specobj_id AUX Identification number internal to BOSS for SPECBOSS=1 objects
boss_target1 AUX Primary (science) target flags for BOSS targets
boss_target2 AUX Always set to zero (placeholder for BOSS target flags never used)
calibflux AUX nanomaggy ugriz fluxes used for calibrations
calibflux_ivar AUX nanomaggy-2 Inverse variances of ugriz fluxes used for calibrations
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)
chunk AUX Name of tiling chunk that this spectrum was tiled in (boss1, boss2, etc), important for tracking large-scale structure samples
class_noqso AUX Spectroscopic classification for Z_NOQSO redshift
class_person AUX Visual-inspection classification (0=not inspected or unknown, 1=star, 2=narrow emission-line galaxy, 3=QSO, 4=galaxy)
comments_person AUX Visual-inspection comments
cx AUX x of Normal unit vector in J2000
cy AUX y of Normal unit vector in J2000
cz AUX z of Normal unit vector in J2000
deredsn2 AUX Dereddened overall signal-to-noise-squared measure for plate (only for BOSS spectrograph plates)
designid AUX Design identification number for plate
dof AUX Number of degrees of freedom in best fit
eboss_target1 AUX eBOSS, TDSS and SPIDERS target selection flags for main eBOSS survey
eboss_target2 AUX eBOSS, TDSS and SPIDERS target selection flags for main eBOSS survey
eboss_target_id AUX EBOSS unique target identifier for every spectroscopic target
elodie_bv AUX mag (B-V) color index for ELODIE star

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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