Data model: Data Sweep

Overview

General description: Data sweep files are trimmed versions of the fpObjc files containing the most commonly used (calibrated) parameters. There is one data sweep file for each run+camcol; furthermore, sky, star and galaxy objects are stored in separate files.

Naming convention:

  1. $PHOTO_SWEEP/$RERUN/calibObj-$RUN-$CAMCOL-sky.fits.gz
  2. $PHOTO_SWEEP/$RERUN/calibObj-$RUN-$CAMCOL-star.fits.gz
  3. $PHOTO_SWEEP/$RERUN/calibObj-$RUN-$CAMCOL-gal.fits.gz

for the skies, stars and galaxies respectively. As always with SDSS, the format for $RUN and $CAMCOL is I6.6 and I1 respectively.

These files are traditionally written out using the default “non-ubercal” calibrations, although there exists code to write these out in a calibrated format. Use the CALIB_STATUS flag to check how objects were calibrated.

Relevant photoop IDL routines :

  1. pro/sdssio/datasweep.pro writes out these files to the $PHOTO_SWEEP directory.
  2. pro/sdssio/datasweep_recalibrate.pro recalibrates an entire $PHOTO_SWEEP directory (based on the $PHOTO_CALIB environment variable) and copies it over to a new directory. It also includes the CALIB keyword into the FITS header that stores the value of $PHOTO_CALIB.
  3. pro/sdssio/sweep_readobj.pro reads in the data sweep files. Note that this (unlike sdss_readobj.pro) does not recalibrate the data.
  4. pro/sdssio/sdss_recalibrate.pro calibrates a data structure based on the calibrations stored in $PHOTO_CALIB.
  5. pro/sdssio/datasweep_index.pro creates the datasweep index files that allow quick spatial searches with the IDLUTILS routine sdss_sweep_circle.pro.

Data Sweep Star Data Model

Only contains stars (sdss_selectobj flags “objtype=’star’” and “ancestry=’unique’”) with at least one extinction-corrected PSF magnitude brighter that [22.5, 22.5, 22.5, 22, 21.5] in ugriz.

The stored data (with their associated types) are listed below. Where the data differ from the standard SDSS data model, we include a brief description.

Basic SDSS object quantities

SDSS Photometric quantities

Image, resolve and calibration quantities

The star data sweep files also include matches (within 3 arcsec) to the 2MASS PSC catalog. Refer to the 2MASS documentation for details on these flags

Data Sweep Galaxy Data Model

Only contains galaxies (sdss_selectobj flags “objtype=’gal’” and “ancestry=’unique’”) with at least one extinction-corrected model magnitude brighter that [21, 22, 22, 20.5, 20.1] in ugriz.

The stored data (with their associated types) are listed below.

Basic SDSS object quantities

SDSS Photometric quantities

Image, resolve and calibration quantities

Data Sweep Sky Data Model

Only contains PHOTO-identified sky objects.

The stored data (with their associated types) are listed below. Where the data differ from the standard SDSS data model, we include a brief description.

Basic SDSS object quantities

SDSS Photometric quantities

Image, resolve and calibration quantities