This page describes the output columns on the
FUSE Search Results page. For information about
FUSE and its data, see the FUSE homepage at
http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/.
Use the FUSE Science Search form
to locate and retrieve observations from the FUSE data archive at STScI.
Both public and proprietary data may be retrieved through this interface.
The FUSE Science Search form offers a view of FUSE observations,
which comprise one or more exposures.
To locate individual exposures, use the
FUSE Exposures Search page.
More information about retrieving FUSE data may be found on
the FUSE retrieval help page.
Name of an individual exposure within an observation set
(i.e., same as FITS header keyword ROOTNAME)
Also referred to as the Exposure ID on the exposure search form.
The Observation name is the unique identifier for a FUSE observation.
(For FUSE, an observation is an association of exposures.)
In the FUSE Observation search the Observation Name is the Data ID.
This is the same as the association ID also.
PINH (Pin hole - hasn't been used as of 9/24/2002)
RFPT Used either for instrumental test programs, or when
long background observations are made. The latter are tagged with
a target name, but since the target is at the reference point, its
light is not entering the spectrograph through one of the science
apertures.
exposure duration (seconds)--calculated
(Note this is different from the "Exposure time"
field which describes the total exposure time
for the entire observation.)
The FUSE instrument has a simple design with few observing modes.
The correct mode of observing is generally derived from the Phase 2 proposal
information (based on target flux and the desired S/N and spectral resolution)
for event rates < 2500 counts/sec (corresponding to a flat spectrum source
with flux of ~8 × 10-12 erg cm-2 sec-1 Å-1 in the LWRS aperture),
TTAG mode is the default observing mode. For rates higher than this,
spectral image (HIST) mode is used by default .
For more information see the
The FUSE Observer's Guide section on Observing Modes.
FUSE data has a nominal proprietary period of six months
(though in special cases, this may be shortened or extended). The
Release Date field gives the end of the dataset's proprietary period.
When the results of a search query are displayed, both public and
proprietary datasets will have mark buttons. Proprietary datasets will
have an at symbol, @, next to the mark button, and on most browsers,
the background for proprietary mark buttons will be yellow. Properly
authorized users will be able to retrieve proprietary data through the
Web interface.