TargetHistory

This table keeps a record of the information from the requested targets during a simulated survey.

Column Description
targetId Numeric identifier for a particular target request.
Session_sessionId The simulation run session Id.
Field_fieldId Numeric identifier that relates to an entry in the Field table.
groupId Group Id for the target. This is non-zero and repeated for field/filter combinations collected in sets of N (tuples or sequences). It is zero when N equal one.
filter Band filter requested by the target.
requestTime The UTC time (units=seconds) when all of the associated information (airmass etc.) was calculated for the target.
requestMJD The Modified Julian Date (units=seconds) when all of the associated information (airmass etc.) was calculated for the target.
ra Right Ascension of the requested target (units=degrees).
dec Declination of the requested target (units=degrees).
angle Difference between parallactic angle and rotator angle (units=degrees).
numExposures Number of exposures for the requested target.
requestedExpTime The total duration of all requested exposures (units=seconds).
airmass The airmass of the target.
skyBrightness The calculated skybrightness for the target.
cloud The fraction of clouds (0: none to 1: total) for the target.
seeing The seeing (units=arcseconds) for the target.
slewTime The calculated slew time (units=seconds) for the target.
cost The calculated cost for the target.
rank The rank of the target for the associated proposal. If more than one proposal, this is a coadded value.
propBoost The calculated time-balancing boost for the target.
numRequestingProps The total number of proposals requesting this target. More than one means the target was in each proposals winner’s list.
moonRA The right-ascension (units=degrees) of the moon.
moonDec The declination (units=degrees) of the moon.
moonAlt The altitude (units=degrees) of the moon.
moonAz The azimuth (units=degrees) of the moon.
moonDistance The distance (units=degrees) between the moon and the target.
moonPhase The phase of the moon.
sunRA The right-ascension (units=degrees) of the sun.
sunDec The declination (units=degrees) of the sun.
sunAlt The altitude (units=degrees) of the sun.
sunAz The azimuth (units=degrees) of the sun.
solarElong The elongation (units=degrees) of the sun.