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User Specified Search Field

You may now search on any column in the mission database. Select the field you wish to search on and typ e in the qualification. NOTE that if you choose a field in BOTH the form and in the User Option field, th en you may not get results or the result you expect.

In the table below is a list of all the column names available for search. Where reasonable a range or set of valid values is listed. Additional useful notes are included. If you click on the field name, a more detailed description of the data will be found.

The web inteface searches the science table. Some documentation for this table is found in the archive hand book Table B.15. The column label is used in the search forms and search results. The column name needs to be specified for GET requests.

Column NameColumn LabelData TypeValid ValuesNotesUCDs
sci_aec AEC Character C, S Observation type C=Calibration, S=Science
The default is 'S'. If being accessed as a GET request or a web service and you would like both S and C, specifiy sci_aec=%
OBS_TYPE
sci_aper_1234 Apertures Character Examples for WFPC2: PC1, WF2, WF3, WF4, WFALL
Examples for ACS: WFC, HRC, SBC
Examples for STIS: 25MAMA, 50CCD, F25QTZ, 50CORON
Examples for NICMOS: NIC1, NIC2-FIX, NIC2-CORON1
Aperture configuration See a complete list INST_APERT
sci_archive_class Archive Class Character AST, CAL Data file classification ID_DATASET
sci_archive_date Archive Date Date range Dec 23, 1993 - present Date data written to hard media TIME_DATE
sci_asn_id Asn ID Character   Same as dataset name where it exists ID_IDENTIFIER
sci_bandwidth Bandwidth Float ACS:  0 - 2105.3271
WFPC2:  21.0 - 5365
STIS:  -1934. - 5030.0
NICMOS:  0.0 - 3318
GHRS:  650 - 1000
FOS:  450 - 7350
WFPC:  20 - 4000
FOC:  208 - 2726 Angstroms
Bandwidth of the data or RMS bandwidth of the photmode (NICMOS) or filter plus detector (ACS). INST_BAND_PASS
sci_broad_category Broad Category Character over 286 combinations
e.g. CLUSTER OF GALAXIES;GALAXY, SOLAR SYSTEM, STELLAR CLUSTER, STAR,T TAURI STAR
Target classification Use with wild card
e.g. *DWARF NOVA*
CLASS_OBJECT
sci_costar_deploy COSTAR Character F, T indicates if COSTAR was deployed INST_SETUP
sci_central_wavelength Central Wavelength Float Range 0.0 - 23968.977 Angstroms central wavelength SPEC_WAVELENGTH_CENTRAL
sci_data_set_name Dataset Character 9 character name
e.g. J8BA7JCAQ, O4140Q020
Data set name First character indicates instrument
J=ACS; N=NICMOS; O=STIS; U=WFPC2; W=WFPC; X=FOC; Y=FOS; Z=GHRS
ID_MAIN
ra RA (J2000) Float range -90 to 360 deg Right Ascension (J2000) POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
dec Dec (J2000) Float Range -90 to +90 deg Declination (J2000) POS_EQ_DEC_MAIN
sci_ra_v1 Ra V1 (J2000) Float range -90 to 360 deg RA at V1 position POS_EQ_RA
sci_dec_v1 Dec V1 (J2000) Float Range -90 to +90 deg Dec at V1 position POS_EQ_DEC
sci_dispersion Dispersion Float Range: 0 - 70.280000 Dispersion INST_DISPERSION
sci_ecliptic_latitude Ecliptic Latitude Float Range-90 to +90 deg Ecliptic Latitude POS_EC_LAT
sci_ecliptic_longitude Ecliptic Longitude Float Range: 0 to 360 deg Ecliptic Longitude POS_EC_LON
sci_expflag Exp Flag Character NORMAL, UNKNOWN, UNCERTAIN, UPTED, EXCESSIVE DOW, INDETERMINATE Exposure interuption indicator OBS_CONDITIONS
sci_actual_duration Exp Time Float Range: 0.00 - 230414.5 seconds Exposure time TIME_EXPTIME
sci_fgslock FGS Lock Character FINE, GYROS, COARSE, FINE/GY, UNKNOWN Fine Guidance Sensors lock INST_SETUP
sci_fov_config FOV Config Character SM-1, SM-2, LAUNCH Field of view configuration INST_SETUP
sci_spec_1234 Filters/Gratings Character Over 850 options:
examples: G160L, G270M, G230LB, F300W
Filter used. See a more complete list
Sometimes combined so wildcard search may be needed
INST_FILTER
sci_galactic_latitude Galactic Latitude Float Range: -90 to +90 deg Galactic Latitude POS_GAL_LAT
sci_galactic_longitude Galactic Longitude Float Range: 0 to 360 deg Galactic Longitude POS_GAL_LON
sci_generation_date Generation Date Date Range: Feb 12 1992 - current Date data came from OPUS TIME_DATE
sci_instrume Instrument Character ACS, FGS, FOC, FOS, HRS, HSP, STIS, WFPC, WFPC2, NICMOS Instrument used INST_ID
sci_instrument_config Instrument Config Character PC, FGS,HRS, WFC, NIC1, NIC2, NIC3, WFPC2, FOC/48, FOC/96, FOS/BL, FOS/RD, ACS/HRC, ACS/SBC, ACS/WFC, FOC/288, HSP/POL, HSP/UV1, HSP/UV2, HSP/VIS, UNKNOWN, STIS/CCD, STIS/MA1, STIS/MA2, HSP/PMT/VIS, HSP/UNK/PMT, HSP/UNK/POL, HSP/UNK/UV1, HSP/UNK/UV2, HSP/UNK/VIS, HSP/UV2/UV1, HSP/VIS/PMT, STIS/FUV-MAMA, STIS/NUV-MAMA Instrument configuration INST_SETUP
sci_mtflag MT Flag Character F, T Moving Target Flag (T=Moving Target) OBS_TYPE
sci_obset_id Obset ID Character   This is usually the same as the visit number, though in a small number of cases it will be different. The obset ID is used as the fourth and fifth letters of a dataset name. ID_IDENTIFIER
sci_obsnum Obsnum Character   Observation number from the SOGS header ID_NUMBER
sci_operating_mode Operating Mode Character ACQ, LOS, MAP, OCC, POS, DATA, RAMP, SCAN, SPEC, ACCUM, IMAGE, OSCAN, RAPID, TRANS, UVOBS, WSCAN, DEFCAL, PERIOD, SINGLE, UNKNOWN, ACQ/PEAK, STAR-SKY, TIME-TAG, WALKDOWN, BRIGHTOBJ, PHOTOSCAN, ACQ/BINARY, ACQ/PEAKUP, MULTIACCUM, ENGINEERING, PULSEHEIGHT, ACQ/FIRMWARE Operating mode INST_SETUP
sci_pa_aper PA Aper Float Range -360 to +360 degrees Position angle of aperture POS_POS-ANG
sci_pep_id Proposal ID Integer   Integer assign to each proposal OBS_ID
sci_pi_last_name PI Last Name Character   PI last name (uppercase) ID_HUMAN
sci_pixel_res Pixel Res Float range 0.0 to 3600.0 arcsec/pixel pixel resolution INST_PIXSIZE
sci_preview_name Preview Name Character   Preview name (generally the same as the data set name) ID_DATA
sci_program_id Prog ID Character   Internal program id OBS_ID
sci_release_date Release Date Date May 9, 1990 - present Date data become publicly available TIME_DATE
sci_spectral_res Spectral Res Float range 0.0 - 114000.0 spectral resolution SPECT_RESOLUTION
sci_spectrum_end Spectrum End Float range 0 to 30000 Angstroms Maximum wavelength for spectrum SPEC_WAVELENGTH
sci_spectrum_start Spectrum Start Float range 0 to 30000 Angstroms Minimum wavelength for spectrum SPEC_WAVELENGTH
sci_start_time Start Time Date Apr 24 1990 to present Observation start time TIME_DATE
sci_stop_time Stop Time Date Apr 24 1990 to present Observation stop time TIME_DATE
sci_sun_alt Sun Alt Float range -66.286072 to 153.455856 degrees Altitude of the sun above the Earth's limb POS_SOLAR
sci_target_descrip Target Descrip Character Wide variety of target types in differing configurations
e.g. CLUSTER OF GALAXIES;RICH CLUSTER;HIGH REDSHIFT CLUSTER (Z>0.5);
STAR;WIND;WOLF RAYET;ISM;RING NEBULA;EMISSION LINE NEBULA;EJECTA;
Target description (uppercase)
Use with wild card
CLASS_OBJECT
sci_targname Target Name Character e.g. ETA-CAR, A+81D266, ANY, PLUTO12, NGC188/54 Observer assigned target name
uppercase; no blank characters
spaces sometimes filled with -
use with wildcards
ID_TARGET
sci_v3_pos_angle V3 Pos Angle Float Range -306 to +360 degrees direction in degrees east from north that the tip of the L shape formed by the 3 WF chips would point POS_POS-ANG
sci_obs_type Obs Type Character spectrum, image type of observation: spectrum, image OBS_TYPE
sci_hlsp High-Level Science Products Integer 0 - ? Number of known High Level Science Products  
sci_status Status Character Public, Proprietary Flags public data ID_DATASET

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