-scst.fits

FITS table

Spacecraft state file: Most relevant spacecraft and instrument housekeeping values (e.g. ra_acs, roll_acs, etc.) as a function of time in one second intervals.

-[f/n]d-cnt.fits

FITS image

Count map (J2000): photons per (1.5 arcsecond) pixel corrected for dither with attitude refinement.

-[f/n]d-exp.fits

FITS image

Exposure map (J2000): An image of the time (in seconds) spent observing within the GALEX field of view (no response correction).

-[f/n]d-movie.fits

FITS image cube

Time-slice count maps (J2000): Multiple images of the photons per pixel within selected segments of time in 16 second intervals.

_premap-[f/n]d-movie.fits

FITS image cube

Premap movie file, created before artifact varpix masking. This is the one that will have all the artifacts still in it and is thus most like the GR2 and GR3 movies.

-[f/n]d-objmask.fits

FITS image

Image of the masks of objects used in estimating the background; it is NOT a mask of all sources extracted by SExtractor.

-[f/n]d-int.fits

FITS image

Intensity map (J2000): Photons per pixel per second corrected for the relative response. Note that "-int.fits" is equal to "-cnt.fits" divided by "-rrhr.fits".

-[f/n]d-skybg.fits

FITS image

Sky background image (J2000): Photons per pixel per second estimate of the background. This background is subtracted from the intensity image which is then used for source detection.

-[f/n]d-rrhr.fits

FITS image

High resolution relative response (J2000): Effective exposure time per pixel upsampled from the -rr.fits image.

-[f/n]d-wt.fits

FITS image

Weight/threshold image (J2000): Used by SExtractor for thresholding sources. Pixels > 1 are above the detection threshold. This image is derived by dividing the background-subtracted intensity by a detection threshold image.

-[f/n]d-intbgsub.fits

FITS image

Background subtracted intensity map (J2000): Intensity map image with the background removed (used for source detections). Note that "-intbgsub.fits" is equal to "-int.fits" minus "-skybg.fits".

-aspraw.fits

FITS table

Raw spacecraft pointing data. Not used by the pipeline.

-asp.fits

FITS table

Satellite attitude solution: Raw spacecraft pointing data using gryo rate data.

-asprta.fits

FITS table

Refined attitude solution: Spacecraft pointing solution after refinement using bright stars in GALEX field of view.

-[f/n]d-cat.fits

FITS table

SExtractor catalogs for images: Table of sources extracted by GALEX reduction pipeline. The table contains positions, flux, magnitude, and major and minor axes.

-xd-mcat.fits

(Detailed column descriptions:

mcat_columns_long.txt)

FITS table

Merged source catalog: Band-merged table of extracted sources. Contains all sources contained in "[n/f]d-cat.fits" matched to the best candidate from the other band. Only sources with a S/N greater than 2 are matched. Sources without matches are also listed. For each source, the table contains a global identifier, merged position, calibrated fluxes and magnitudes, etc. All the data from the "[n/f]d-cat.fits" tables are contained in "-xd-mcat.fits" file, as well as fluxes from the "nd-fcat.fits" and "fd-ncat.fits" files.

-nd-fcat.fits

FITS table

NUV extractions using FUV positions: A SExtractor catalog of source fluxes and magnitudes from the NUV image, but with source positions taken from the FUV source catalog "fd-cat.fits".

-fd-ncat.fits

FITS table

FUV extractions using NUV positions: A SExtractor catalog of source fluxes and magnitudes from the FUV image, but with source positions taken from the NUV source catalog "nd-cat.fits".

-[f/n]d-flags.fits

FITS image

Artifact Flag image (J2000): Identifies predetermined regions which may be introduce systematic errors in data extraction. These artifact regions are caused primarily by reflections of known bright stars.

-[f/n]d-flag_tbl.fits

FITS table

-[f/n]d-flagstar.fits

FITS table

Star catalog for flagging: List of known bright stars used to determine artifact regions.

-rtastar.fits

FITS table

Star catalog used for attitude refinement.

-nd-cat_mch_rtastar.fits

FITS table

This catalog includes all matches between -rtastar.fits catalog and -n-cat.fits files.

-[f/n]d-cat_mch_flagstar.fits

FITS table

The matches of our extractions to the bright stars used for artifact flagging.  It is used only as a bright subset of stars with which to do plate solutions.

-[f/n]d-flag_varmask.fits

FITS table

Pixels masked by the varpix movie mask. Usually corresponds fairly well with the varpix flags.

-[f/n]d-flag_varpix.fits

FITS table

Varpix flag image.

-[f/n]d-movie_mask.fits

FITS image cube

-[f/n]d-varpix.fits

FITS image

Varpix image. An image showing the relative variability of the pixels over time, scaled roughly as an SNR.

-[f/n]d-flag_hotmask.fits

FITS table

Image showing where hotspots have been masked.

_premap-[f/n]d-flag_hotmask.fits

FITS table

Same as above but generated during the premap step, whereas the one above is the official product generated during the map step.

-[f/n]d-flag_dichroic.ds9reg

ds9 Region file*

Dichroic reflection flag regions: Reflections of stars off of the dichroic optical element.

-[f/n]d-flag_rim.ds9reg

ds9 Region file

Rim flag regions: Identifies rim artifacts.

-[f/n]d-flag_brtedge.ds9reg

ds9 Region file

Same as flag_edge except for only bright edge reflections.

-nd-flag_edge.ds9reg

ds9 Region file

Edge flag regions: Identifies the edge of the detector.

-nd-flag_window.ds9reg

ds9 Region file

Window reflection regions: Reflections of stars off of the optical window.

-calinfo.txt

ASCII text file

Calibration parameter values including a directory listing of calibration directory files.

-[f/n]d-gauss_*.txt

ASCII text file

The gaussian template used by SExtractor for matched filtering.

-[f/n]d-objmask_out.txt

ASCII text file

Text output of the SExtractor run made to generate the object mask.

-[f/n]d-sexcols.txt

ASCII text file

List of columns in the SExtactor output.

-[f/n]d-sexcols_orig.txt

ASCII text file

Local copy of global SExtractor column list.

-[f/n]d-sexnnw.txt

ASCII text file

SExtractor input to the (uncalibrated and largely useless) object type identification neural net.

-[f/n]d-sexparams.txt

ASCII text file

List of parameter values used by SExtractor (source extractor).

-[f/n]d-sexparams_orig.txt

ASCII text file

Local copy of the global, initial SExtractor parameter list.

-status.txt

ASCII text file

Status of data.

-summary.txt

ASCII text file

Summary of observational and data values for this eclipse.

CmdLine.txt

ASCII text file

Command line parameter values.

Out.txt

ASCII text file

Complete standard output from all pipeline programs.

OrbPipe.log

ASCII text file

Significant output messages from individual visit pipeline.

PostScript

Aspect solution plots.

ASCII text file

Aspect solution statistics.

Aspect solution plots (with no rate corrections).

Aspect solution statistics (with no rate corrections).

Ellipses of sources listed in -[n or f]d-cat.fits.

Plots of match parameters between extractions and bright stars used for artifact flagging.

Statistics for bright stars used for aspect solution.

Statistics for bright stars used for aspect solution.

SExtractor catalog statistics.

Equatorial (as opposed to pixel) DS9 regions for the dichroic flags areas.

Regions effected by a rim artifact.

Regions of bright stars used to determine artifact regions.

Mapping (image creation) statistics.

Ellipses of sources listed in the -fd-ncat.fits file.

Statistics derived from the -fd-ncat.fits file.

Ellipses of sources listed in the -nd-fcat.fits file.

Statistics derived from the -nd-fcat.fits file.

Composite PSF images in images oriented with the equatorial. (We no longer produce the ones that were in detector orientation.)

Statistics generated (FWHMs etc.) when making the PSF FITS file.

Equatorial (as opposed to pixel) DS9 regions for the brtedge flags areas.

Regions affected by an edge artifact.

Regions affected by a window reflection.

Ellipses of bright stars from the file -rtastar.fits used in the attitude solution (aspect correction).

Ellipses of bright stars used.

A collection of statistics from various pipeline programs.

A collection of statistics from various pipeline programs.

-xd-int_2color.jpg

-xd-int_2color_large.jpg

-xd-int_2color_medium.jpg

-xd-int_2color_medium_annot.jpg

-xd-int_2color_small.jpg

-xd-int_2color_thumb.jpg

JPEG image file

Two color images of the whole field in various sizes with and without annotations of bright stars. NUV flux is yellow and FUV is blue.

Plots of statistics derived from the -mcat.fits merged catalog file.

Statistics derived from the -mcat.fits merged catalog file.

_asprefine-*

(_asprefine-nd-cat.fits)

(_asprefine-nd-cat_mch_rtastar.fits)

Detail

Same as the most recent version of the qafiles, "*-qa*.txt" files in qa/manual subdirectory.

Auto generated QA data, includes PASS/FAIL and Coadd status.

Manually generated QA data (## runs from 01 up to 99); highest number/version is the most recent qafile.

-fd-flag_blob_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_asteroid_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_transit_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_hotspot_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_variable_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_miscel_eq.ds9reg

Manually identified regions/positions effected by various artifacts such as asteroid, blob, hotspot, transit, variable source,  and etc.

Statistics generated (FWHMs etc.) when making the PSF FITS file.

Statistics for bright stars used for aspect solution.

Statistics for bright stars used for aspect solution.

-xd-int_2color.jpg

-xd-int_2color_large.jpg

-xd-int_2color_medium.jpg

-xd-int_2color_medium_annot.jpg

-xd-int_2color_small.jpg

-xd-int_2color_thumb.jpg

Plots of statistics derived from the -mcat.fits merged catalog file.

Statistics derived from the -mcat.fits merged catalog file.

-qa.txt

ASCII text file

Same as the most recent version of the qafiles, "*-qa*.txt" files in qa/manual subdirectory.

-qa_v00.txt

ASCII text file

Auto generated QA data, includes PASS/FAIL and Coadd status.

-qa_v##.txt

ASCII text file

Manually generated QA data (## runs from 01 up to 99); highest number/version is the most recent qafile.

-nd-flag_asteroid_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_transit_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_hotspot_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_variable_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_miscel_eq.ds9reg

ds9 Region file

Manually identified regions/positions effected by various artifacts such as asteroid, hotspot, transit, variable source,  and etc.

-visit_qatool_report.txt

ASCII text file

Information on the visits data used in making the coadd.

-fg-cnt.fits.gz
-ng-cnt.fits.gz

_premap-[f/n]d-movie.fits

-fg-pri.fits
-ng-pri.fits

(-?g-pri_rtastar.fits)

-fg-gsp.fits
-ng-gsp.fits

(-?g-gsp_rtastar.fits)

-xg-gsp.fits

(-xg-gsp_rtastar.fits)

(Detailed column descriptions:

gsp_columns_long.txt)

-fg-xsp.fits
-ng-xsp.fits

(-?g-xsp_rtastar.fits)

-fg-gsax.fits
-ng-gsax.fits

(-?g-gsax_rtastar.fits)

-fg-varpix.fits.gz

-ng-varpix.fits.gz

-fg-flag_hotmask.fits.gz

-ng-flag_hotmask.fits.gz

-ng-grspa_rms_00050.tbl

(-ng-grspa_rms_00050_rtastar.tbl)

-ng-grspa_rms_02000.tbl

(-ng-grspa_rms_02000_rtastar.tbl)

-ng-iterations.tbl

(-ng-iterations_rtastar.tbl)

-fg-map_stats.txt

-ng-map_stats.txt

-ng-offset_grid_qa.fits

(-ng-offset_grid_qa_rtastar.fits)

-ng-offset_grid_qa.jpg

(-ng-offset_grid_qa_rtastar.jpg)

-ng-PBS.fits

(-ng-PBS_rtastar.fits)

-ng-SBS.fits

(-ng-SBS_rtastar.fits)

-sumstats.fits

(-sumstats_rtastar.fits)

-sumstats.txt

(-sumstats_rtastar.txt)

-xg-int_2color.jpg

-xg-int_2color_large.jpg

-xg-int_2color_medium.jpg

-xg-int_2color_medium_brt.jpg

-xg-int_2color_medium_brt_annot.jpg

-xg-int_2color_small.jpg

-xg-int_2color_thumb.jpg

-xg-offset_profile_qa.jpg

(-xg-offset_profile_qa_rtastar.jpg)

-xg-offset_profile_qa_mp1.jpg

(-xg-offset_profile_qa_rtastar_mp1.jpg)

-xg-offset_spectra_qa.ps

(-xg-offset_spectra_qa_rtastar.ps)

-xg-qa_tabgsp.ps

(-xg-qa_tabgsp_rtastar.ps)

-xg-qa_tabgsp_stats.txt

(-xg-qa_tabgsp_rtastar_stats.txt)

-xg-qa_taboffset.ps

(-xg-qa_taboffset_rtastar.ps)

-fd-flag_blob_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_asteroid_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_transit_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_hotspot_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_variable_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_miscel_eq.ds9reg

-fg-prc.fits

-ng-prc.fits

-xg-gsp.fits

(Detailed column descriptions:

gsp_columns_long.txt)

-xg-int_2color.jpg

-xg-int_2color_large.jpg

-xg-int_2color_medium.jpg

-xg-int_2color_medium_brt.jpg

-xg-int_2color_medium_brt_annot.jpg

-xg-int_2color_small.jpg

-xg-int_2color_thumb.jpg

-nd-flag_asteroid_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_transit_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_hotspot_eq.ds9reg

-nd-flag_variable_eq.ds9reg

-[f/n]d-flag_miscel_eq.ds9reg