SDSS Data Products: "gal_info:"

This FITS binary structure contains SDSS targeting info from the plugmap and redshift and velocity dispersion info from David Schlegel's "spZbest" files.


Tag Name

Data Type / Units

Description

plateid
int[1]
Plate number
mjd
long[1]
Modified Julian Date of plate observation
fiberid
int[1]
Fiber number  (1 - 640)
photoid
int[5]
Run, re-run, camcol, field of photo target observation
ra
float[1]  degrees
Right Ascention of drilled fiber position
dec
float[1]  degrees
Declination of drilled fiber position
plug_mag
float[5]  lupitudes
ugriz fiber mag of photo target observation
primtarget
int[1]
Primary Target Flag (MAIN galaxy = 64)
sectarget
int[1]
Secondary Target Flag (QA = 8)
targettype
string[1]
Text version of primary target (GALAXY/QA/QSO/ROSAT_D)
spectrotype
string[1]
Schlegel classification of spectrum ... code is only run where this is set to "GALAXY"
subclass
string[1]
Schlegel subclass from PCA analysis -- not alwasy correct!! AGN/BROADLINE/STARBURST/STARFORMING
z
float[1]
Redshift from Schlegel
z_err
float[1]
Redshift error
z_warning
int[1]
Bad redshift if this is non-zero -- see Schlegel data model
v_disp float[1]  km/s
Velocity dispersion from Schlegel
v_disp_err
float[1]  km/s
Velocity dispersion error  (negative for invalid fit)
sn_median
float[1]
Median S/N per pixel of the whole spectrum
e_bv_sfd
float[1]
E(B-V) of foreground reddening from SFD maps
ztweak
float[1]
Updated redshift from best fit template -- currently not implemented!
ztewak_err
float[1]
Error on updated redshift
spectro_mag
float[3]
AB mag
Synthesized gri magnitudes of the spectrum after  foreground dereddening
kcor_mag
float[3]
AB mag
Synthesized gri magnitudes of the spectrum after foreground dereddening and de-redshifting
kcor_model_mag
float[5]
AB mag
Synthesized ugriz magnitudes of the best fitting Bruzual-Charlot model  in the galaxy restframe
release
string[1]
Data Release (dr1/dr2/dr3/dr4)