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| Member Name/Aliases | Datatype | Description |
|---|---|---|
| plate_ID | int64 | Unique ID |
| mjd; MJD | int32 | MJD of observation |
| plateID; plateid | int16 | Plate ID |
| tileID; tileid | int16 | Tile ID |
| mapID; mapid | int16 | Map ID |
| nExp; nexp | int16 | Number of Exposures |
| tai; TAI | float32 | TAI Seconds |
| raBoresight; ra_b | float64 | RA of telescope boresight |
| decBoresight; dec_b | float64 | DEC of telescope boresight |
| taiHms; taihms | char[20] | HMS |
| expTime; exptime | float32 | Total Exposure time |
| expTimeB1; expt_b1 | float32 | Exposure time b1 camera |
| expTimeB2; expt_b2 | float32 | Exposure time b2 camera |
| expTimeR1; expt_r1 | float32 | Exposure time r1 camera |
| expTimeR2; expt_r2 | float32 | Exposure time r2 camera |
| helioRV; heliorv | float32 | Heliocentric velocity correction |
| ra; radeg | float64 | RA |
| dec; decdeg | float64 | DEC |
| htmID | int64 | Hierarchical Triangular Mesh level 20 ID of plate center |
| sn1; SN1 | float32[3] | Signal-to-noise 1st Spectrograph g,r,i |
| sn2; SN2 | float32[3] | Signal-to-noise 2nd Spectrograph g,r,i |
| reddening | float32[5] | Reddening in all five bands |
| dateObs; dateobs; date_obs | char[12] | Date of observation |
| timeSys; timesys | char[8] | Time System |
| quality | char[12] | Quality of night/image |
| name | char[32] | Name of target; PlateId-MJD-Mapper ReRun |
| program | char[16] | ID of CCD Program |
| version | char[20] | IOP Version |
| observer; obsrvr | char[20] | Observer name |
| camVer; camver | char[20] | Camera code version |
| spec2DVer; vers2d; spec2d_ver; spec2d_v | char[20] | IDL Spec2D version |
| utilsVer; versutil; utils_ver; utils_v | char[20] | IDL Utils version |
| spec1DVer; vers1d; vers_1d | char[20] | Spec1D version |
| readVer; versread | char[20] | Version of idlspec2d for pre-processing raw data |
| combVer; verscomb | char[20] | Version of idlspec2d for combining multiple spectra |
| expID | int64[] | Exposure ID array. Use expIDString(i) to get the string. |
| expIDString(int32) | char* | Function to retrieve exposure id string |
| specobj; spec | ManyAssoc(SpecObj) | Link to the spectroscopic objects on this plate |
