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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 ValuesNotes
sci_aec AEC Character C, S 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=%
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
See a complete list
sci_archive_class Archive Class Character AST, CAL  
sci_archive_date Archive Date Date range Dec 23, 1993 - presentDate data written to hard media
sci_asn_id Asn ID Character   Same as dataset name where it exists
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
Bandwidth of the data or RMS bandwidth of the photmode (NICMOS) or filter plus detector (ACS).
sci_broad_category Broad Category Character over 286 combinations
e.g. CLUSTER OF GALAXIES;GALAXY, SOLAR SYSTEM, STELLAR CLUSTER, STAR,T TAURI STAR
Use with wild card
e.g. *DWARF NOVA*
sci_costar_deploy COSTAR Character F, T  
sci_central_wavelength Central Wavelength Float Range 0.0 - 23968.977  
sci_data_set_name Dataset Character 9 character name
e.g. J8BA7JCAQ, O4140Q020
First character indicates instrument
J=ACS; N=NICMOS; O=STIS; U=WFPC2; W=WFPC; X=FOC; Y=FOS; Z=GHRS
dec Dec (J2000) Float Range -90 to +90 deg 
sci_dec_v1 Dec V1 (J2000) Float Range -90 to +90 deg  
sci_dispersion Dispersion Float Range: 0 - 70.280000  
sci_ecliptic_latitude Ecliptic Latitude Float Range-90 to +90 deg 
sci_ecliptic_longitude Ecliptic Longitude Float Range: 0 to 360 deg  
sci_expflag Exp Flag Character NORMAL, UNKNOWN, UNCERTAIN, UPTED, EXCESSIVE DOW, INDETERMINATE Exposure interuption indicator
sci_actual_duration Exp Time Float Range: 0.00 - 230414.5 seconds  
sci_fgslock FGS Lock Character FINE, GYROS, COARSE, FINE/GY, UNKNOWN 
sci_fov_config FOV Config Character SM-1, SM-2, LAUNCH 
sci_spec_1234 Filters/Gratings Character Over 850 options:
examples: G160L, G270M, G230LB, F300W
See a more complete list
Sometimes combined so wildcard search may be needed
sci_galactic_latitude Galactic Latitude Float Range: -90 to +90 deg  
sci_galactic_longitude Galactic Longitude Float Range: 0 to 360 
sci_generation_date Generation Date Date Range: Feb 12 1992 - current Date data came from OPUS
sci_instrume Instrument Character ACS, FGS, FOC, FOS, HRS, HSP, STIS, WFPC, WFPC2, NICMOS 
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  
sci_mtflag MT Flag Character F, T Moving Target Flag (T=Moving Target)
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.
sci_obsnum Obsnum Character  Observation number from the SOGS header
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  
sci_pa_aper PA Aper Float Range -360 to +360  
sci_pep_id Proposal ID Integer   Integer assign to each proposal
sci_pi_last_name PI Last Name Character   All capitals
sci_pixel_res Pixel Res Float range 0.0 to 3600.0  
sci_preview_name Preview Name Character   Generally the same as the data set name
sci_program_id Prog ID Character   Internal program id
ra RA (J2000) Float range -90 to 360 deg  
sci_ra_v1 Ra V1 (J2000) Float range -90 to 360 deg  
sci_release_date Release Date Date May 9, 1990 - present Date data become publicly available
sci_spectral_res Spectral Res Float range 0.0 - 114000.0  
sci_spectrum_end Spectrum End Float range 0 to 30000 
sci_spectrum_start Spectrum Start Float range 0 to 30000 
sci_start_time Start Time Date Apr 24 1990 to present  
sci_stop_time Stop Time Date Apr 24 1990 to present  
sci_sun_alt Sun Alt Float range -66.286072 to 153.455856  
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;
All capitals
Use with wild card
sci_targname Target Name Character e.g. ETA-CAR, A+81D266, ANY, PLUTO12, NGC188/54 Observer assigned target name
All capitals; no blank characters
spaces sometimes filled with -
use with wildcards
sci_v3_pos_angle V3 Pos Angle Float Range -306 to +360 

Last Modified: Jan 09, 2007 14:10