FLS-SDSS Data


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Low-resolution SDSS mosaic of the full field
center of mosaic at fiducial point (RA=259.5 deg, Dec=59.5 deg, J2000)
1.188 arcsec × 1.188 arcsec square pixels at fiducial point
calibrated in intensity units of [nMgy (1.188 arcsec)-2]
u-band mosaic — 10608×7576 FITS file (307 Mb)
g-band mosaic — 10608×7576 FITS file (307 Mb)
r-band mosaic — 10608×7576 FITS file (307 Mb)
i-band mosaic — 10608×7576 FITS file (307 Mb)
z-band mosaic — 10608×7576 FITS file (307 Mb)
gri color composite — 5304×3788 JPG (binned 2×2) (4 Mb)
Full-resolution SDSS mosaic 0 — NW quadrant
lower-left corner at fiducial point
0.396 arcsec × 0.396 arcsec square pixels at fiducial point
calibrated in intensity units of [nMgy (0.396 arcsec)-2]
u-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
g-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
r-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
i-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
z-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
gri color composite — 7956×5682 JPG (binned 2×2) (12 Mb)
Full-resolution SDSS mosaic 1 — NE quadrant
lower-right corner at fiducial point
same pixel scale (at fiducial point) and calibration as mosaic 0
u-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
g-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
r-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
i-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
z-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
gri color composite — 7956×5682 JPG (binned 2×2) (12 Mb)
Full-resolution SDSS mosaic 2 — SE quadrant
upper-right corner at fiducial point
same pixel scale (at fiducial point) and calibration as mosaic 0
u-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
g-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
r-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
i-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
z-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
gri color composite — 7956×5682 JPG (binned 2×2) (12 Mb)
Full-resolution SDSS mosaic 3 — SW quadrant
upper-left corner at fiducial point
same pixel scale (at fiducial point) and calibration as mosaic 0
u-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
g-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
r-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
i-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
z-band mosaic — 15912×11364 FITS file (690 Mb)
gri color composite — 7956×5682 JPG (binned 2×2) (12 Mb)
SDSS spectroscopic data files
1. All FLS spectra, spPlate format, gzipped FITS file (46 Mb)
2. All derived spectroscopic quantitied, spZbest format, gzipped FITS binary table (<1 Mb)
The formats and calibration are explained in the “data model” section of the Princeton/MIT SDSS Spectroscopy page