IRTF Archive Products

1. SpeX Spectrograph files
Bigdog is the SpeX spectrograph camera. The raw FITS data files from bigdog will be archived. sbd.2016A999.160324.obj.00001.a.fits - example bigdog FITS file. Documentation for the SpeX FITS Keywords: SpeX_FITS_keyword_reference
2. SpeX Guider/Images files
Guidedog is the SpeX guider/imaging camera. The raw FITS files from guidedog will be archived. sgd.2016A999.160524.mercury.00001.a.fits - example guidedog FITS file.
3. ISHELL Spectrograph FITS Files
Cartman is the iSHELL spectrograph camera. The raw FITS data files from cartman will be archived. icm.2017A999.170525.spc.00001.a.fits - example cartman FITS file. Documentation for the iSHELL FITS Keywords: iSHELL Home page
4. ISHELL IR Guider FITS Files
Kyle is the iSHELL IR Guider/Imaging camera. The raw FITS files from kyle will be archived. ike.2017A999.170319.FS134.00001.a.fits - example kyle FITS file.
5. Group Label files
5.1 Group Label file .glbl Each camera system will group individual FITS image in observational groups to be treat as a archive unit for seaches, and downloads. The .glbl file contain the information for each observational group. sbd_20160816_141419.glbl - example group label file for bigdog (sbd). Ref: IDA-0012_IDA_glbl_Reference_v1903.pdf IDA-0012_IDA_glbl_Reference_v1903.odt (open office document) previous revisions can be found here. 5.2 Group target .txt and .png sbd_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_target.txt - for the [T] button. Description about the target observed. Example: icm_20190604_062912_target.txt sbd_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_target.png - for the [T] button. Description about the target observed. 5.3 Group QA (Quality Assessment).png - for the [Q] button. Data Quality related. sbd_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_qa.txt - for the [Q] button. Quality Assesment information. sbd_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_qa.png - for the [Q] button. Quality Assesment information. 5.4 Weather .png - for the [W] button. Shows weather summary for UTC Data/Program_ID. Example weather.png: weather_20190704.png
6. Program Information
A short summary of the awarded observer program is provide in the program_YYYYSNNN.txt file. example: program_2016B087.txt
7. ielogs
ielogs are time-sampled event logs produced for each UTC date. THe IRTF TCS and instruments generate the logs, includes: TCS mode changes (ie, commanded slew and tracking events ), logging of saved FITS data, and other relevant information for this UTC date. A README at the top level directory will document the contents of the ielog_YYMMDD.zip file. When downloading archived FITS data, an option to download the ielog based on UTC date can be provided. ielog_20160522.zip - an example ielog zip file for UTC 2016-05-22. ielog_20160522/ - click on this link to browse the example data in your web browser.
8. Weather Data
Weather and enviromental data will be collect and provided as a zip file for each UTC date. A README file is include inside the zip file for documentation. weather_20160401.zip - example weather zip file for UTC 2016-04-01. weather_20160401/ click on this link to browse the example data in your web browser.