SAGE (v2) IRAC Catalog & Archive Definition
SAGE Overview
The Spitzer Space Telescope Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud Legacy Project Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) traces the life cycle of observable matter that drives the evolution of a galaxy's appearance. When complete, SAGE is expected to reveal over 6 million sources including ~150,000 evolved stars, ~50,000 young stellar objects and the diffuse interstellar medium with column densities > 1.2×1021 cm -2. The data will provide fundamental insights into the physical processes of the interstellar medium, the formation of new stars and the injection of mass by evolved stars and their relationships on the galaxy-wide scale of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The SAGE project page can be found here. The survey is described in Meixner et al. (2006). (AJ, 132, 2268). Also provided with the data release is the SAGE data delivery documentation [PDF / PS].
SAGE (v2) IRAC Catalog & Archive Criteria
In comparison to the catalog, the archive has more source fluxes (fewer nulled wavelengths) and some more sources but these additions have more uncertainty associated with them. For the catalog, the S/N must be greater than [6, 6, 6, 10] for IRAC bands [3.6um], [4.5um], [5.8um] and [8.0um] for the flux to appear in the corresponding wavelength column. Whereas for the archive, the S/N must be greater than [5, 5, 5, 5] for IRAC bands [3.6um], [4.5um], [5.8um] and [8.0um]. For the catalog, sources with neighbors within a 2" radius are excluded (culled). For the archive, sources within a 0.5" are excluded. The difference in criteria for the catalog and archive creation is more complex and described in Section 3.2 of the SAGE Data Delivery Document [PDF / PS].
SAGE (v2) IRAC Catalog & Archive Column Descriptions
Gator serves the SAGE Winter 2008 IRAC Archive Epoch1 (88 columns [81 delivered + 5 IRSA-created], 8,785,435 data rows), IRAC Catalog Epoch1 (88 columns [81 delivered + 5 IRSA-created], 8,522,654 data rows), and MIPS 24 um Catalog Epoch1 (34 columns [29 delivered + 5 IRSA-created], 76,238 data rows). SAGE IRAC column descriptions can be found below. SAGE MIPS 24 um catalog column descriptions can be found here.
Column Name | Data Type | Units | Nulls Allowed | Column Description |
globalSourceID |
int | n | Unique identification number of each source in the catalog | |
sourceCatalog |
char | n | Character string identifier for source catalog | |
epoch |
char | n | Character string identifier for the epoch of the observation of the source, i.e. "epoch 1", "epoch 2", "epoch 1+2",... | |
designation |
char | n | SAGE source designation name:
Archive=> SSTISAGE1A JHHMMSS.SS+-DDMMSS.S Catalog=> SSTISAGE1C JHHMMSS.SS+-DDMMSS.S Designation is SST = Spitzer Space Telescope I = IRAC SAGE= LMC Survey project 1 = epoch 1; 2=epoch 2; nothing if epoch 1+2 C = highly reliable Catalog A = more complete Archive J = 2000.0 epoch HHMMSS.SS Right ascension (hr, min, sec) of source sDDMMSS.S Declination (deg, min, sec) of source | |
tmass_cntr |
int | y | Unique identification number (counter) for the 2MASS source from the 2MASS All-Sky point source catalog (PSC). | |
tmass_designation | char | y | Source name (designation) from 2MASS All-Sky PSC | |
ra |
double | deg | n | Right ascension (J2000) |
dec |
double | deg | n | Declination (J2000) |
dra |
double | arc seconds | n | Error in right ascension |
ddec |
double | arc seconds | n | Error in declination |
closeFlag |
int | y | Close source flag:
0 no sources in the Archive within 3" of the source 1 sources in the Archive between 2.5" and 3" of the source 2 sources in the Archive between 2.0" and 2.5" of the source 3 sources in the Archive between 1.5" and 2.0" of the source 4 sources in the Archive between 1.0" and 1.5" of the source 5 sources in the Archive between 0.5" and 1.0" of the source 6 sources in the Archive within 0.5" of the source. | |
magJ |
real | mag | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC J Band magnitude |
dmagJ |
real | mag | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC J Band 1 sigma error |
magH |
real | mag | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC H Band magnitude |
dmagH |
real | mag | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC H Band 1 sigma error |
magK |
real | mag | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC Ks Band magnitude |
dmagK |
real | mag | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC Ks Band 1 sigma error |
mag3_6 |
real | mag | y | 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) magnitude |
dmag3_6 |
real | mag | y | 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) 1 sigma error |
mag4_5 |
real | mag | y | 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) magnitude |
dmag4_5 |
real | mag | y | 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) 1 sigma error |
mag5_8 |
real | mag | y | 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) magnitude |
dmag5_8 |
real | mag | y | 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) 1 sigma error |
mag8_0 |
real | mag | y | 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) magnitude |
dmag8_0 |
real | mag | y | 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) 1 sigma error |
fluxJ |
real | mJy | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC J Band flux |
dfluxJ |
real | mJy | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC J Band 1 sigma error |
fluxH |
real | mJy | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC H Band flux |
dfluxH |
real | mJy | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC H Band 1 sigma error |
fluxK |
real | mJy | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC Ks Band flux |
dfluxK |
real | mJy | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC Ks Band 1 sigma error |
flux3_6 |
real | mJy | y | 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) flux |
dflux3_6 |
real | mJy | y | 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) 1 sigma error |
flux4_5 |
real | mJy | y | 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) flux |
dflux4_5 |
real | mJy | y | 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) 1 sigma error |
flux5_8 |
real | mJy | y | 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) flux |
dflux5_8 |
real | mJy | y | 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) 1 sigma error |
flux8_0 |
real | mJy | y | 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) flux |
dflux8_0 |
real | mJy | y | 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) 1 sigma error |
rms_f3_6 |
real | mJy | y | rms deviation of the individual detections from the final flux of each source for 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) |
rms_f4_5 |
real | mJy | y | rms deviation of the individual detections from the final flux of each source for 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) |
rms_f5_8 |
real | mJy | y | rms deviation of the individual detections from the final flux of each source for 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) |
rms_f8_0 |
real | mJy | y | rms deviation of the individual detections from the final flux of each source for 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) |
sky3_6 |
real | MJy/sr | y | Local sky background for 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) See Appendix B of GLIMPSE Photometry (v1.0) document. |
sky4_5 |
real | MJy/sr | y | Local sky background for 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) See Appendix B of GLIMPSE Photometry (v1.0) document. |
sky5_8 |
real | MJy/sr | y | Local sky background for 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) See Appendix B of GLIMPSE Photometry (v1.0) document. |
sky8_0 |
real | MJy/sr | y | Local sky background for 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) See Appendix B of GLIMPSE Photometry (v1.0) document. |
SNJ |
real | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC J Band Signal/Noise | |
SNH |
real | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC H Band Signal/Noise | |
SNK |
real | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC Ks Band Signal/Noise | |
SN3_6 |
real | y | 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) Signal/Noise | |
SN4_5 |
real | y | 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) Signal/Noise | |
SN5_8 |
real | y | 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) Signal/Noise | |
SN8_0 |
real | y | 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) Signal/Noise | |
srcDensity3_6 |
real | #/sq arcmin | y | Local source density for 3.6um IRAC (Band 1). See section 4.1 of GLIMPSE Data Products (v1.5) document. |
srcDensity4_5 |
real | #/sq arcmin | y | Local source density for 4.5um IRAC (Band 2). See section 4.1 of GLIMPSE Data Products (v1.5) document. |
srcDensity5_8 |
real | #/sq arcmin | y | Local source density for 5.8um IRAC (Band 3). See section 4.1 of GLIMPSE Data Products (v1.5) document. |
srcDensity8_0 |
real | #/sq arcmin | y | Local source density for 8.0um IRAC (Band 4). See section 4.1 of GLIMPSE Data Products (v1.5) document. |
m3_6 |
int | y | Number of detections for 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) | |
m4_5 |
int | y | Number of detections for 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) | |
m5_8 |
int | y | Number of detections for 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) | |
m8_0 |
int | y | Number of detections for 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) | |
n3_6 |
int | y | Number of possible detections for 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) | |
n4_5 |
int | y | Number of possible detections for 4.5 um IRAC (Band 2) | |
n5_8 |
int | y | Number of possible detections for 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) | |
n8_0 |
int | y | Number of possible detections for 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) | |
sqfJ |
int | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC J Band Source Quality Flag (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
sqfH |
int | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC H Band Source Quality Flag (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
sqfK |
int | y | 2MASS All-Sky PSC Ks Band Source Quality Flag (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
sqf3_6 |
int | y | Source Quality Flag for 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
sqf4_5 |
int | y | Source Quality Flag for 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
sqf5_8 |
int | y | Source Quality Flag for 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
sqf8_0 |
int | y | Source Quality Flag for 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) (please see footnote 1 for more information) 1 | |
mf3_6 |
int | y | Flux calculation method flag 3.6um IRAC (Band 1) (please see footnote 2 for more information) 2 | |
mf4_5 |
int | y | Flux calculation method flag 4.5um IRAC (Band 2) (please see footnote 2 for more information) 2 | |
mf5_8 |
int | y | Flux calculation method flag 5.8um IRAC (Band 3) (please see footnote 2 for more information) 2 | |
mf8_0 |
int | y | Flux calculation method flag 8.0um IRAC (Band 4) (please see footnote 2 for more information) 2 | |
versionNo |
smallfloat | n | Version number assigned by MIPS/IRAC pipeline team | |
versionDate |
char | n | Date catalog was produced in the following format, "mon dd yyyy", "Dec 5 2007" | |
cx |
double | n | x of unit vector on the unit sphere for ra,dec of this source | |
cy |
double | n | y of unit vector on the unit sphere for ra,dec of this source | |
cz |
double | n | z of unit vector on the unit sphere for ra,dec of this source | |
htmID | long | n | The Hierchical Triangular Mesh partition, computed at index level 20, in which this source lies. |
1 Source Quality Flag (sqf)
bt = bit in sqfvalue = the sum of the 2(bit-1), i.e. bit 1 corresponds to 20=1
0 OK - no problems encountered bt Flag 1 poor pixels in dark current 2 flat field applied using questionable value 3 latent image 4 sat star correction 7 muxbleed correction applied *8 hot, dead or otherwise unacceptable pixel 9 muxbleed > 3-sigma above the background 10 allstar tweak positive 11 allstar tweak negative *13 confusion in in-band merge *14 confusion in cross-band merge *15 column pulldown correction *16 banding correction 17 stray light 19 nonlinear correction not applied *20 saturated star wing region 21 pre-lumping in in-band merge 22 post-lumping in cross-band merge *30 edge of frame (within 3 pixels of edge) 31 truth list (for simulated data) For 2MASS data, the following flags from the 2MASS PSC are mapped into bits 3,4,20, and 9 in the source quality flag2MASS "cc" Flag => SQF
------------- --- "p" persistence latent (bit 3) "c" photom confusion corr sat star wing (bit 4) "d" diffraction spike uncorrectable sat star (bit 20) "s" electronic stripe muxbleed (bit 9) bit values: bt 1 => 1; 2 => 2; 3 => 4; 4 => 8; 5 => 16; 6 => 32; 7 => 64; 8 => 128 bt 9 => 256; 10 => 512; 11 => 1024; 12 => 2048; 13 => 4096; 14 => 8192; 15 => 16384; bt 16 => 32768; 17 => 65536; 18 => 131072; 19 => 262144; 20 => 524288; bt 21 => 1048576; 22 => 2097152; bt 30 => 536870912; 31 => 1073741824 *The flags to possibly cull on. (Note that flag 8,20, and 30 have already been removed from Catalog or nulled.)
2 Flux calculation method Flag (mf)
mf indicates by bit whether a given exposure time was present, and whether that exposure time was used in the final flux. present used exp bit bit 0.6 1 2 2 3 4 12 5 6 30 7 8 100 9 10 i.e. if 0.6 and 12 were present, but only 12 was used, then bits 1 and 5 will be set (fluxes present) and bit 6 will be set (12s used), and the mflag will be 20+24+25=49 for SAGE HDR mode, the relevant numbers work out to be 3 short exp data used, long exp data absent 19 short used, long present but unused 48 long exp used, short absent 49 long exp used, short present but unused 51 both long and short present and used