pota-OBSCON.fits

Summary:

This file includes all reachable, as determined by the DESI fiberassign software, sky coordinates of randoms matching the footprint of DESI target samples as well as information about collisions

Naming Convention:

pota-{OBSCON}.fits, where {OBSCON} can be DARK or BRIGHT

Regex:

pota-(BRIGHT|DARK)\.fits

File Type:

FITS, 2 GB

Contents

Number

EXTNAME

Type

Contents

HDU0

IMAGE

Empty

HDU1

LSS

BINTABLE

Catalog data

FITS Header Units

HDU0

This HDU has no non-standard required keywords.

Empty HDU.

HDU1

EXTNAME = LSS

All reachable randoms for the given realization in the directory (18 randoms) for the given OBSCON (DARK or BRIGHT)

Required Header Keywords

Required Header Keywords Table

KEY

Example Value

Type

Comment

NAXIS1

49

int

width of table in bytes

NAXIS2

49152819

int

number of rows in table

DESIDR

dr1

str

DESI Data Release

Required Data Table Columns

Name

Type

Units

Description

LOCATION

int64

Location on the focal plane PETAL_LOC*1000 + DEVICE_LOC

FIBER

int64

Fiber ID on the CCDs [0-4999]

TARGETID

int64

Unique DESI target ID

RA

float64

deg

Barycentric Right Ascension in ICRS

DEC

float64

deg

Barycentric declination in ICRS

TILEID

int64

Unique DESI tile ID

COLLISION

logical

Boolean for whether given potential assignment had a fiber collision with any keep-out zone

Notes and Examples