Guadalupe VAC (DR1 Supplement)

Overview

This page describes the Guadalupe value-added catalog, which will be publicly released as part of the DESI Data Release 1 (DESI/DR1) sometime in 2024 (exact date TBD).

Please refer to the Acknowledgments section for the conditions for using this VAC.

Note

We only document the v2.0 version of this VAC; the v1.0 version is publicly accessible but has been deprecated and is not documented further.

Data Content & Access

Data from the Guadalupe VAC can be accessed at any of the following links:

Data url

https://data.desi.lbl.gov/public/dr1/vac/fastspecfit/guadalupe/v2.0

NERSC (for collaborators)

/global/cfs/cdirs/desi/public/dr1/vac/fastspecfit/guadalupe/v2.0

For more information regarding the content and organization of the VAC, please click on the following links:

Summary Statistics

The following table summarizes the size and number of targets in each merged catalog.

Note

The last catalog listed in the table is a super-merge of all the preceding catalogs, i.e., a merge over all surveys and programs.

File Name

File Size

Number of Targets

fastspec-guadalupe-special-dark.fits

15.7 MB

3,847

fastspec-guadalupe-special-bright.fits

38.9 MB

9,598

fastspec-guadalupe-main-bright.fits

4.31 GB

1,092,038

fastspec-guadalupe-main-dark.fits

4.46 GB

1,131,601

fastspec-guadalupe.fits

8.83 GB

2,237,084

The following table summarizes the number of QSO targets whose redshift has been updated using the procedure documented here.

Catalog

Number of Targets

Number with Corrected Redshifts

fastspec-guadalupe-main-bright.fits

1,092,038

153

fastspec-guadalupe-main-dark.fits

1,131,601

26,741

fastspec-guadalupe-special-bright.fits

9,598

13

fastspec-guadalupe-special-dark.fits

3,847

121

fastspec-guadalupe.fits

2,237,084

28,955

Known Issues

This section documents any issues or problems which were identified with the VAC after its final release. To date, no major issues have been identified!

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