Loa fastspec VAC (DR2)
Warning
This VAC has not yet been publicly released. It is currently accessible only to DESI collaboration members via NERSC.
Overview
This page describes the Loa fastspec value-added catalog, which contains
full spectrophotometric fitting results (continuum + emission lines) and will
be publicly released as part of DESI Data Release 2 (DESI/DR2). For the
companion photometry-only catalog, see the Loa fastphot VAC.
Please refer to the Acknowledgments section for the conditions for using this VAC.
Note
We only document the latest version of this VAC here; please see below for information regarding previous versions.
Data Content & Access
Data from the Loa fastspec VAC can be accessed at any of the following links:
Data url |
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NERSC (for collaborators) |
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For more information regarding the content and organization of the VAC, please click on the following links:
Summary Statistics
The following tables summarize the size and number of targets in each merged catalog, organized by survey and program.
File Name |
File Size |
Number of Targets |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-cmx-other.fits |
12 MB |
2,765 |
File Name |
File Size |
Number of Targets |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-sv1-backup.fits |
5.11 MB |
1,145 |
fastspec-loa-sv1-bright.fits |
542 MB |
126,658 |
fastspec-loa-sv1-dark.fits |
1.01e+03 MB |
235,821 |
fastspec-loa-sv1-other.fits |
145 MB |
34,004 |
Total (sv1) |
1.66 GB |
397,628 |
File Name |
File Size |
Number of Targets |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-sv2-backup.fits |
652 KB |
107 |
fastspec-loa-sv2-bright.fits |
199 MB |
46,491 |
fastspec-loa-sv2-dark.fits |
225 MB |
52,693 |
Total (sv2) |
425 MB |
99,291 |
File Name |
File Size |
Number of Targets |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-sv3-backup.fits |
6.91 MB |
1,573 |
fastspec-loa-sv3-bright.fits |
1.11 GB |
265,307 |
fastspec-loa-sv3-dark.fits |
2.48 GB |
592,128 |
Total (sv3) |
3.6 GB |
859,008 |
File Name |
File Size |
Number of Targets |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-special-backup.fits |
2.32 MB |
512 |
fastspec-loa-special-bright.fits |
450 MB |
105,172 |
fastspec-loa-special-dark.fits |
1.15 GB |
261,706 |
Total (special) |
1.6 GB |
367,390 |
File Name |
File Size |
Number of Targets |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-main-backup.fits |
252 MB |
60,372 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp00.fits |
1.33 GB |
325,494 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp01.fits |
11 GB |
2,693,426 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp02.fits |
12.9 GB |
3,141,532 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp03.fits |
2.63 GB |
641,198 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp04.fits |
9.36 GB |
2,285,745 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp05.fits |
1.67 GB |
408,754 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp06.fits |
9.67 GB |
2,359,953 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp07.fits |
3.07 GB |
749,725 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp08.fits |
1.26 GB |
307,648 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp09.fits |
292 MB |
69,672 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp10.fits |
254 MB |
60,466 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp11.fits |
595 MB |
141,886 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp00.fits |
3.47 GB |
846,678 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp01.fits |
16.1 GB |
3,937,260 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp02.fits |
15.3 GB |
3,730,928 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp03.fits |
2.37 GB |
578,709 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp04.fits |
21 GB |
5,112,856 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp05.fits |
3.54 GB |
864,168 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp06.fits |
22.2 GB |
5,426,022 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp07.fits |
6.62 GB |
1,616,210 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp08.fits |
3.18 GB |
775,136 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp09.fits |
657 MB |
156,454 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp10.fits |
588 MB |
140,162 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp11.fits |
372 MB |
88,647 |
Total (main) |
150 GB |
36,519,101 |
The following tables summarize the number of QSO targets whose redshift has been updated using the procedure documented here.
Catalog |
Number of Objects |
Number with Corrected Redshifts |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-cmx-other.fits |
2,765 |
35 |
Catalog |
Number of Objects |
Number with Corrected Redshifts |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-sv1-backup.fits |
1,145 |
17 |
fastspec-loa-sv1-bright.fits |
126,658 |
34 |
fastspec-loa-sv1-dark.fits |
235,821 |
2,958 |
fastspec-loa-sv1-other.fits |
34,004 |
71 |
Total (sv1) |
397,628 |
3,080 |
Catalog |
Number of Objects |
Number with Corrected Redshifts |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-sv2-backup.fits |
107 |
0 |
fastspec-loa-sv2-bright.fits |
46,491 |
2 |
fastspec-loa-sv2-dark.fits |
52,693 |
674 |
Total (sv2) |
99,291 |
676 |
Catalog |
Number of Objects |
Number with Corrected Redshifts |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-sv3-backup.fits |
1,573 |
0 |
fastspec-loa-sv3-bright.fits |
265,307 |
42 |
fastspec-loa-sv3-dark.fits |
592,128 |
2,465 |
Total (sv3) |
859,008 |
2,507 |
Catalog |
Number of Objects |
Number with Corrected Redshifts |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-special-backup.fits |
512 |
0 |
fastspec-loa-special-bright.fits |
105,172 |
1 |
fastspec-loa-special-dark.fits |
261,706 |
242 |
Total (special) |
367,390 |
243 |
Catalog |
Number of Objects |
Number with Corrected Redshifts |
|---|---|---|
fastspec-loa-main-backup.fits |
60,372 |
0 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp00.fits |
325,494 |
27 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp01.fits |
2,693,426 |
260 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp02.fits |
3,141,532 |
270 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp03.fits |
641,198 |
60 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp04.fits |
2,285,745 |
206 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp05.fits |
408,754 |
35 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp06.fits |
2,359,953 |
220 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp07.fits |
749,725 |
54 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp08.fits |
307,648 |
25 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp09.fits |
69,672 |
3 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp10.fits |
60,466 |
5 |
fastspec-loa-main-bright-nside1-hp11.fits |
141,886 |
11 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp00.fits |
846,678 |
6,781 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp01.fits |
3,937,260 |
30,565 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp02.fits |
3,730,928 |
27,213 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp03.fits |
578,709 |
6,712 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp04.fits |
5,112,856 |
34,425 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp05.fits |
864,168 |
5,805 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp06.fits |
5,426,022 |
30,824 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp07.fits |
1,616,210 |
10,651 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp08.fits |
775,136 |
5,529 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp09.fits |
156,454 |
932 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp10.fits |
140,162 |
924 |
fastspec-loa-main-dark-nside1-hp11.fits |
88,647 |
1,027 |
Total (main) |
36,519,101 |
162,564 |
Code & Template Versions
The following tables document the code versions and environment variables used
to produce this VAC. For details regarding the revision history of
FastSpecFit, please see the change log.
Software Package |
Version(s) |
|---|---|
python |
3.10.14 |
numpy |
1.22.4 |
scipy |
1.8.1 |
astropy |
6.0.1 |
yaml |
6.0.1 |
matplotlib |
3.8.4 |
fitsio |
1.2.1 |
mpi4py |
3.1.6 |
desiutil |
3.4.3 |
desispec |
0.68.1 |
desitarget |
2.8.0 |
speclite |
0.20 |
fastspecfit |
3.1.4 |
Environment Variable |
Value |
|---|---|
DESI_ROOT |
/global/cfs/cdirs/desi |
DUST_DIR |
/dvs_ro/cfs/cdirs/desi/external/dust/v0_1 |
FPHOTO_DIR |
/dvs_ro/cfs/cdirs/desi/external/legacysurvey/dr9 |
FTEMPLATES_DIR |
/dvs_ro/cfs/cdirs/desi/public/external/templates/fastspecfit |
FTEMPLATES_FILE |
ftemplates-chabrier-2.0.0.fits (see README.txt) |
Notes & Known Issues
v1.0 (latest release)
Release date: 2027 (Exact date TBD)
FastSpecFitversion:3.1.4Templates:
ftemplates-chabrier-2.0.0.fits(see README.txt).Notes:
Initial release of the
Loafastspec VAC.
Known issues: