VI/139 Herschel Observation Log (Herschel Science Centre, 2013)
Herschel Observation Log.
Herschel Science Centre
<Herschel Science Centre (2013)>
=2013yCat.6139....0H 2013yCat.6139....0H
ADC_Keywords: Infrared sources; Observatory log
Mission_Name: Herschel
Description:
The Herschel Space Observatory (Herschel) is an ESA (European Space
Agency) project with instruments funded by ESA member states. It was
operated from May 2009 till April 2013, offering unprecedent
observational capabilities in the far-infrared and submillimetre
spectral range (55-671 microns). Herschel carried a 3.5m diameter
passively cooled Cassegrain telescope. The science payload comprised
three instruments: two direct detection cameras/medium resolution
spectrometers, PACS and SPIRE, and a very high-resolution heterodyne
spectrometer, HIFI. Herschel successfully made over 37,000 scientific
observations.
Herschel Science Archive:
The HSA is available at the Herschel Science Centre at
http://herschel.esac.esa.int/Science_Archive.shtml
Herschel helpdesk:
http://herschel.esac.esa.int/esupport/
Herschel User Provided Data Products:
http://herschel.esac.esa.int/UserProvidedDataProducts.shtml
Postcard Server:
http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/aio/doc/postcardGallery.html
Observation Log:
http://herschel.esac.esa.int/logrepgen/observationlist.do
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
herschel.dat 292 37093 The Herschel Observation Log
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See also:
http://herschel.esac.esa.int/ : The Herschel Science Centre Home Page
Byte-by-byte Description of file: herschel.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- OD [120/1446] Herschel Operational Day
6- 40 A35 --- Target Target Name, as given by the observer
42- 43 I2 h RAh ? Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
45- 46 I2 min RAm ? Minute of Right ascension (J2000)
48- 53 F6.3 s RAs ? Second of Right ascension (J2000)
55 A1 --- DE- ? Sign of Declination (J2000)
56- 57 I2 deg DEd ? Degree of Declination (J2000)
59- 60 I2 arcmin DEm ? Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
62- 66 F5.2 arcsec DEs ? Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
68- 84 A17 --- Proposal Name of the proposal
86-102 A17 --- AOT Astronomical observing template (1)
104-108 I5 s Dur [24/64498] Total duration of the observation
110-128 A19 "datime" Start Start time of the observation
(UTC; YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss)
129 A1 --- --- [Z] (UTC)
131-140 I10 --- ObsId Herschel observation identifier
142-259 A118 --- Label Observation Name given by the observer
261-270 I10 --- PACS ? Postcard identification number for PACS
instrument
272-281 I10 --- HIFI ? Postcard identification number for HIFI
instrument
283-292 I10 --- SPIRE ? Postcard identification number for SPIRE
instrument
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Note (1): Astronomical observing templates on the 3 instruments
* HIFI = Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared
(http://herschel.esac.esa.int/Docs/HIFI/html/hifi_om.html):
HifiFS = HIFI Spectral Scan
HifiMapping = HIFI Mapping
HifiPoint = HIFI Single Point
* PACS = Photodetector Array Camera & Spectrometer
(http://herschel.esac.esa.int/Docs/PACS/html/pacs_om.html):
PacsLineSpec = PACS Line Spectroscopy
PacsPhoto = PACS Line Photometer
PacsRangeSpec = PACS Range Spectroscopy
* SPIRE = Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver
(http://herschel.esac.esa.int/Docs/PMODE/html/parallel_om.html):
SpirePacsParallel = SPIRE PACS Parallel Mode
SpirePhoto = SPIRE Photometer
SpireSpectrometer = SPIRE Spectrometer
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Acknowledgements:
Mar Sierra, mar.sierra(at)sciops.esa.int
History:
03-Oct-2013: Insert into VizieR
07-Oct-2013: New herschel.dat file (37093 rows vs 38225 before - sent by
the author) without bad observations.
07-May-2014: New column added (thanks to the author): "Postcard" for links
to postcard pages
13-May-2014: Instrument for postcard numbers and thumbnails added.
27-Oct-2014: update postcards
03-Feb-2015: update postcards
(End) Mar Sierra [Herschel Science Centre], E. Perret [CDS] 26-Sep-2013