Information on Service 'hess_ssa'

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The release consists of event lists and instrument response functions for observations of various well-known gamma-ray sources (the Crab nebula, PKS 2155-304, MSH 15-52, RX J1713.7-3946) as well as observations of empty fields for background modeling.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this service's resource, see Information on resource 'Hess Spectra and Time Series'

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Input Fields

The following fields are available to provide input to the service (with some renderers, some of these fields may be unavailable):

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
maxrec Match limit Maximum number of records returned. Pass 0 to retrieve service parameters. N/A N/A
responseformat Output Format File format requested for output. N/A meta.code.mime
ssa_dateObs Date Obs. Midpoint of exposure (MJD) d time.epoch
ssa_location Location ICRS location of aperture center deg pos.eq
verb Verbosity Exhaustiveness of column selection. VERB=1 only returns the most important columns, VERB=2 selects the columns deemed useful to the average user, VERB=3 returns a table with all available columns. N/A N/A

Default Output Fields

The following fields are contained in the output by default. More fields may be available for selection; these would be given below in the VOTable output fields.

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
accref Product key Access key for the data N/A meta.ref.url;meta.dataset
location_dec Dec N/A deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main
location_ra RA N/A deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main
mime Type MIME type of the file served N/A meta.code.mime
ssa_aperture Aperture Angular diameter of aperture deg phys.angSize;instr.fov
ssa_dateObs Date Obs. Midpoint of exposure (MJD) d time.epoch
ssa_specend Band end Upper value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.max
ssa_specstart Band start Lower value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.min
ssa_targname Object Common name of object observed. N/A meta.id;src

VOTable Output Fields

The following fields are available in VOTable output. The verbosity level is a number intended to represent the relative importance of the field on a scale of 1 to 30. The services take a VERB argument. A field is included in the output if their verbosity level is less or equal VERB*10.

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD Verb. Level
accref Product key Access key for the data N/A meta.ref.url;meta.dataset 1
ssa_location Location ICRS location of aperture center deg pos.eq 5
ssa_dateObs Date Obs. Midpoint of exposure (MJD) d time.epoch 5
ssa_timeExt Exp. Time Exposure duration s time.duration 5
ssa_length Length Number of points in the spectrum N/A N/A 5
accsize File size Size of the data in bytes byte N/A 11
ssa_dstitle Title A compact and descriptive designation of the dataset. N/A meta.title;meta.dataset 15
ssa_creatorDID C. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the creator N/A meta.id 15
ssa_pubDID P. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the publisher N/A meta.ref.ivoid 15
ssa_cdate Proc. Date Processing/Creation date N/A time;meta.dataset 15
ssa_pdate Pub. Date Date last published. N/A N/A 15
ssa_bandpass Bandpass Bandpass (i.e., rough spectral location) of this dataset; this should be the most appropriate term from the vocabulary http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/messenger. N/A instr.bandpass 15
ssa_cversion C. Version Creator assigned version for this dataset (will be incremented when this particular item is changed). N/A meta.version;meta.dataset 15
ssa_targname Object Common name of object observed. N/A meta.id;src 15
ssa_targclass Ob. cls Object class (star, QSO,...; use Simbad object classification http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-display?data=otypes if at all possible) N/A src.class 15
ssa_redshift z Redshift of target object N/A src.redshift 15
ssa_targetpos Obj. pos Equatorial (ICRS) position of the target object. N/A pos.eq;src 15
ssa_snr SNR Signal-to-noise ratio estimated for this dataset N/A stat.snr 15
ssa_aperture Aperture Angular diameter of aperture deg phys.angSize;instr.fov 15
ssa_specmid Mid. Band Midpoint of region covered in this dataset m instr.bandpass 15
ssa_specext Bandwidth Width of the spectrum m instr.bandwidth 15
ssa_specstart Band start Lower value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.min 15
ssa_specend Band end Upper value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.max 15
ssa_dstype Data type Type of data (spectrum, time series, etc) N/A N/A 15
ssa_publisher Publisher Publisher of the datasets included here. N/A meta.curation 15
ssa_creator Creator Creator of the datasets included here. N/A N/A 15
ssa_collection Collection A short handle naming the collection this spectrum belongs to. N/A N/A 15
ssa_instrument Instrument Instrument or code used to produce these datasets N/A meta.id;instr 15
ssa_datasource Src Method of generation for the data (one of survey, pointed, theory, custom, artificial). N/A N/A 15
ssa_creationtype Using Process used to produce the data (archival, cutout, filtered, mosaic, projection, spectralExtraction, or catalogExtraction) N/A N/A 15
ssa_reference Ref. URL or bibcode of a publication describing this data. N/A meta.bib.bibcode 15
ssa_fluxStatError Err. flux Statistical error in flux cm**-2.s**-1.TeV**-1 stat.error;phot.flux.density;em 15
ssa_fluxSysError Sys. Err flux Systematic error in flux cm**-2.s**-1.TeV**-1 stat.error.sys;phot.flux.density;em 15
ssa_fluxcalib Calib Flux Type of flux calibration (ABSOLUTE, CALIBRATED, RELATIVE, NORMALIZED, or UNCALIBRATED). N/A N/A 15
ssa_binSize Spect. Bin Bin size in wavelength m em.wl;spect.binSize 15
ssa_spectStatError Err. Spect Statistical error in wavelength m stat.error;em 15
ssa_spectSysError Sys. Err. Spect Systematic error in wavelength m stat.error.sys;em 15
ssa_speccalib Calib. Spect. Type of wavelength calibration N/A meta.code.qual 15
ssa_specres Spec. Res. Resolution (in meters of wavelength) on the spectral axis m spect.resolution;em.wl 15
mime Type MIME type of the file served N/A meta.code.mime 20
owner Owner Owner of the data N/A N/A 25
embargo Embargo ends Date the data will become/became public yr N/A 25
ssa_region Coverage Rough coverage based on location and aperture. N/A pos.outline;obs.field 30

H.E.S.S. collaboration, 2018. The data and documentation is publicly released by the H.E.S.S. collaboration as a contribution to the ongoing efforts to define a common open format for data level 3 of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) and IACT open-source science tool development, to enlarge the community involved in IACT data analysis. No scientific publications may be derived from the data. Using the data for new claims about the astrophysical sources is not permitted. When using this data, please include the following attribution: "This work made use of data from the H.E.S.S. DL3 public test data release 1 (HESS DL3 DR1, H.E.S.S. collaboration, 2018)". Alternatively, use the following shorter version, e.g. for presentations: "HESS DL3 DR1, H.E.S.S. collaboration". These terms of use must be included in all copies in full or part of the data.

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