tiles-SPECPROD.fits

Summary:

Table containing cumulative observational metadata as well as derived quantities estimating the observational “depth” for each target class, quoted in seconds of effective, idealized observing time.

Naming Convention:

tiles-{SPECPROD}.fits, where {SPECPROD} is the official name of the full reduction, e.g. everest.

Regex:

tiles-[a-z0-9_-]+.fits

File Type:

FITS, 165 KB

Contents

Number

EXTNAME

Type

Contents

HDU0

IMAGE

Empty

HDU1

TILE_COMPLETENESS

BINTABLE

Per-tile metadata

FITS Header Units

HDU0

This HDU has no non-standard required keywords.

Empty HDU.

HDU1

EXTNAME = TILE_COMPLETENESS

Binary table containing metadata about individual DESI tiles. This includes cumulative observational information as well as derived quantities estimating the observational “depth” for each target class, quoted in seconds of effective, idealized observing time.

Required Header Keywords

Required Header Keywords Table

KEY

Example Value

Type

Comment

NAXIS1

218

int

length of dimension 1

NAXIS2

732

int

length of dimension 2

Required Data Table Columns

Name

Type

Units

Description

TILEID

int32

Unique DESI tile ID

SURVEY

char[20]

Survey name

PROGRAM

char[6]

Program name

FAPRGRM

char[20]

PROGRAM in fiberassign file

FAFLAVOR

char[20]

FLAVOR in fiberassign file

NEXP

int64

Number of exposures used in EFFTIME estimates

EXPTIME

float64

s

Actual exposure time

TILERA

float64

deg

RA of tile given in fiberassign file

TILEDEC

float64

deg

DEC of tile given in fiberassign file

EFFTIME_ETC

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal conditions derived from exposure ETC data

EFFTIME_SPEC

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal conditions derived from the TSNR2 fits to the spectroscopy

EFFTIME_GFA

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal conditions derived from exposure GFA data

GOALTIME

float64

s

Goal for total effective exposure time for the tile

OBSSTATUS

char[20]

Observing conditions bitmask

LRG_EFFTIME_DARK

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal dark conditions inferred for LRG targets

ELG_EFFTIME_DARK

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal dark conditions inferred for ELG targets

BGS_EFFTIME_BRIGHT

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal bright conditions inferred for BGS targets

LYA_EFFTIME_DARK

float64

s

Effective exposure time for nominal dark conditions inferred for LYA targets

GOALTYPE

char[20]

The intended observing conditions for the tile

MINTFRAC

float64

Minimum fraction of GOALTIME acceptable for considering a tile complete

LASTNIGHT

int32

Most recent night with a good exposure

Notes and Examples

For the definition of OBSCONDITIONS please see the bitmask documentation page for the definition of the bits.