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: BOSS-DR16, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
elodie_bv AUX mag (B-V) color index for ELODIE star
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 Elodie redshift among the 12 best-fit 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

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: SDSS-DR16, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
z_person AUX Visual-inspection redshift
fracnsiglo AUX Fraction of pixels low by more than N sigma relative to best-fit (for 1,2,..,10 sigma)
sn_median AUX Median signal-to-noise per pixel within each of the ugriz bandpasses
anyandmask AUX For each bit, records whether any pixel in the spectrum has that bit set in its ANDMASK
spec1_r AUX Signal-to-noise squared for spectrograph #1, at r=20.25 for SDSS spectrograph spectra, r=20.20 for BOSS spectrograph spectra
elodie_object AUX Star name for ELODIE star
segue1_target2 AUX Primary (science) target flags for SEGUE-1 targets
speclegacy AUX Set to 1 for primary SDSS Legacy program observation of object, 0 otherwise
legacy_target1 AUX Primary (science) target flags for SDSS-I and SDSS-II Legacy survey
designid AUX Design identification number for plate
ancillary_target2 AUX BOSS ancillary target selection information at plate design
elodie_rchi2 AUX Reduced chi-squared of fit to best ELODIE star
eboss_target2 AUX eBOSS, TDSS and SPIDERS target selection flags for main eBOSS survey
platequality AUX Final quality of plate this spectrum came from (good, marginal, or bad)
platesn2 AUX Overall signal-to-noise-squared measure for plate (only for SDSS spectrograph plates)
spec1_i AUX Signal-to-noise squared for spectrograph #1, at i=19.90 for SDSS spectrograph spectra, i=20.20 for BOSS spectrograph spectra
comments_person AUX Visual-inspection comments
tcolumn AUX Columns of template files that correspond to each template
z_err_noqso AUX Error in Z_NOQSO redshift
platerun AUX Drilling run that this plate was drilled in
run2d AUX Spectroscopic 2D reduction (extraction of spectra) name
subclass AUX Best spectroscopic subclassification
plateid AUX Unique database ID of plate based on PLATE, MJD, RUN2D (same as SkyServer version)
vdispz AUX Redshift associated with best-fit velocity dispersion
tfile AUX File that best fit template comes from in idlspec2d product

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: SDSS-DR17-test, 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: SDSS-DR17-test, SPECTRA fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
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
mask SPECTRA and_mask

Data Set: DESI-EDR, AUX fields

Name Storage Units Description Default All
std_fiber_ra AUX arcsec Standard deviation (over exposures) of RA of actual fiber position
std_fiber_dec AUX arcsec Standard deviation (over exposures) of DEC of actual fiber position
mean_mjd AUX days Mean (over exposures) of the Modified Julian Date (MJD) when the shutter was opened
mean_fiber_ra AUX deg Mean (over exposures) RA of actual fiber position
plate_dec AUX deg Declination to be used by PlateMaker
plate_ra AUX deg Right Ascension to be used by PlateMaker
mean_fiber_dec AUX deg Mean (over exposures) DEC of actual fiber position
pmdec AUX mas year-1 Reference catalog proper motion in the Dec direction
pmra AUX mas year-1 Reference catalog proper motion in the RA direction
mean_delta_x AUX mm Mean (over exposures) fiber difference between measured and requested CS5 X location on focal plane
rms_delta_x AUX mm RMS (over exposures) of the fiber difference between measured and requested CS5 X location on focal plane
rms_delta_y AUX mm RMS (over exposures) of the fiber difference between measured and requested CS5 Y location on focal plane
mean_delta_y AUX mm Mean (over exposures) fiber difference requested - actual CS5 Y location on focal plane
ref_epoch AUX year Reference epoch for Gaia/Tycho astrometry. Typically 2015.5 for Gaia
coadd_numnight AUX Number of different nights included in the coadd for this target
sv2_desi_target AUX DESI (dark time program) target selection bitmask for SV2
objtype AUX Object type: TGT, SKY, NON, BAD
program AUX DESI program type - BRIGHT, DARK, BACKUP, OTHER
coeff AUX Redrock template coefficients
mws_target AUX Milky Way Survey targeting bits
sv1_scnd_target AUX Secondary target selection bitmask for SV1
sv3_bgs_target AUX BGS (bright time program) target selection bitmask for SV3
coadd_numtile AUX Number of different tiles included in the coadd for this target
sv3_scnd_target AUX Secondary target selection bitmask for SV3
cmx_target AUX Target selection bitmask for commissioning

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
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