Data model: plateInput-output

General description: This file contains the "design" structure associated with each input target from the corresponding plateInput file. It yields whether or not a fiber has been assigned in the plate design and if not why not (but not which fiber or block).

Naming convention: plateInput-[...]-output.par

Approximate size: 500 kbytes.

File type: Yanny

Read by products: platedesign

Written by products: platedesign

Required header keywords (same as plateInput):

• npointings (int32): number of pointings that the plate is designed to make; each pointing will correspond to one or more exposures during observation; number must be less than or equal to 6
• noffsets (int32): number of offsets to perform within each exposure
• racen[npointings] (float64): right ascension of pointing centers, J2000 deg
• deccen[npointings] (float64): declination of pointing centers, J2000 deg

Required column names: All of the columns that appear in plateDesign files appear here as well. We note here the columns for which the status will be different than for plateDesign files or where the column is of particular relevance.

• fiberid (int32): normally this says fiber on the appropriate instrument (as listed in holetype) is assigned to this target; for plateInput-output files the fiberid has not been chosen yet, so it is set to -9999 for none.
• block (int32): which fiber block that fiber is associated with; similarly, this is -9999 for none in plateInput-output files.
• assigned (int32): 1 if this was a target assigned to a fiber, 0 otherwise
• conflicted (int32): 1 if this was a target not assigned because of a collision, 0 otherwise
• ranout (int32): 1 if this was a target not assigned because we ran out of fibers, 0 otherwise
• outside (int32): 1 if this was a target not assigned because it was outside the plate radius, 0 otherwise

Example file: plateInput-SEGUE2-test-output.par