Getting all spectra and corresponding imaging data
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For your convenience, we publish a variant of the DR2 spectroscopic
data set which has all spectra and corresponding object lists entries
and atlas images. It consists of the following set of file for each
plate of 640 fibers:
spDiag-$mjd-$plate.par : the spectro1d summary
spSpec-$mjd-$plate-$fiber.fit : the catalog of spectral lines per spectrum
spPlate-$plate-$mjd.fits : the image of reduced spectra (1 spectrum per row)
plPlugMapM-$plate-$mjd-$mapping.par : the mapping of targets to fibers
spObj-$plate-$mjd-$rerun.fit : joined tsObj and spDiag and
plPlugMap data for all fibers, hdu 1 = best, hdu 2 = target
(these are called tsObjFromMap on the DAS download form)
spAtlas-$plate-$mjd-$fiber.fit : best and target atlas images for all 5 colors for all fibers
The data model for a spObj-*.fit file
is nearly the same as that for a tsObj file,
except that a tsObj file contains all imaging information
for all objects (bright and faint) in a particular 0.033
sq. deg. imaging field, while a spObj file contains all
imaging information for all fibers on a particular spectroscopic
plate, with an area of 7 sq. deg. spanning many imaging fields.
You can access these files, as well as catalogs of just the
redshifts, in bulk at the following locations:
The full set of plates
Just the redshifts
There are separate catalogs by spectroscopic classification:
Galaxies
Quasars
Note that there is a vetted DR1 quasar
catalog presented by Schneider et al. 2003. The
information contained in that catalog
supersedes the information contained in all other data
sources. We strongly recommend
cross-checking the list given here against the Schneider
et al. catalog. Future data releases will incorporate the
information from the vetted quasar catalogs.
Stars
Objects classified as stars stars-dr2.fit.gz, 44M
Unknown and sky fibers
Objects whose type could not be identified, and sky fibers used to
perform sky subtraction from the spectra.
unks-dr2.fit.gz, 27.6M
What about objects not observed due to fiber collisions?
You will want the tiling
information.
Last modified: Thu Apr 15 10:29:15 CDT 2004
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