.. sectionauthor:: Robert Nikutta .. index:: glossary, acronym, abbreviation .. _sec_Glossary: ******** Glossary ******** A collection of acronyms, abbreviations and jargon that might come up when dealing with Data Lab. +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | What people say | What they mean | +=====================+=================================================================================================================+ | AAS | American Astronomical Society | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AC | Auth client | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ADQL | Astronomical Data Query Language | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AM | Auth manager | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ANTARES | Real time alert broker client | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | API docs | DL API auto-docs (made from docstrings via Sphinx): https://datalab.noirlab.edu/docs/api | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | async | Asynchronous query mode (call returns immediately with a jobID; check job status later) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AURA | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BASS | Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CSDC | Community Science and Data Center | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAD | DECam Asteroid Database | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAL | Data Access Layer | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Data discovery | Online sky visualization and SQL query form tools: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/discovery.php | | tool | | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DB | Database | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | db0x | DL machine names, x small integer (example: db01) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECaLS | Dark Energy Camera Legacy Surveys | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECam | Dark Energy Camera | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECaPS | Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DELVE | DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DES | Dark Energy Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DESI | Dark Energy Survey Instrument | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DL | Data Lab | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DM | Data management | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DRAGONS | Data Reduction for Astronomy from Gemini Observatory North and South | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DRx | Data Release x, with x a version number, e.g. DES DR1 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EDR | Early Data Release | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | File Service | File-level access to arbitrary survey files; collection of all the files that make up a Survey/LLP data release | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GOA | Gemini Observatory Archive | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GMOS | Gemini Multi-Object Spectrographs | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | gp0x | DL machine names, x small integer (example: gp04) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HEALPix | Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization (of a sphere) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Helpdesk | DL help desk (sub-)website: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/help/ | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HLSP | High-level science product; data product(s) produced by a Survey or LLP | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IRAF | Image Reduction and Analysis Facility | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IVOA | International Virtual Observatory Alliance | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LIneA | Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (Brazil) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LLP | A single Gemini Long and Large Program (has LLP ID and at least one PI) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LS | Legacy Surveys | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LSST | Large Synoptic Survey Telescope | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Manual | DL online user manual: https://datalab.noirlab.edu/docs/manual/ | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MOC | HEALPix Multi-Order Coverage Map | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MyDB | DB system used by DL for user's personal tabular data storage | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MzLS | Mayall z-band Legacy Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NB | (Jupyter) notebook | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatory | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOIRLab | National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Notebook | A Jupyter notebook with Python code | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NSC | NOIRLab Source Catalog | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NSCA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NSF | National Science Foundation | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PD | Production database | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PDR | Production ready database | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PG | Postgres (the DB we use at DL) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PG10 | Postgres version 10 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PHAT | Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PI | Principal Investigator of a Survey/LLP program | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PostgreSQL | SQL language used by Postgres | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Profile | A named config that can be set in notebooks/code running calls to DL; sets various machine & DB configs | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Q3C | Plugin for PostgreSQL, to do searches in circles, ellipses or polygons on the sky, and fast cross-matches. | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | QC | Query client | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | QM | Query manager | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAMP | Simple Application Messaging Protocol (TOPCAT uses it a lot) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SC | Store client | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SCS | Simple Cone Search, an IVOA protocol for object queries in a conical area around a central point | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SDSS | Sloan Digital Sky Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SGA | Siena Galaxy Atlas | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SIA | Simple Image Access, an IVOA protocol to query for images at given sky coordinates | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SM | Store manager | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SMASH | Survey of the Magellanic Stellar History | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SP | Science Platform | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SPARCL | SPectra Analysis and Retrievable Catalog Lab | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sphinx | The documentation system we use for the DL manual, DL devops docs, code API auto-doc | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S-PLUS | Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SQL | Structured Query Language | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SSA | Simple Spectral Access, an IVOA protocol to query for spectra | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SVA1 | Dark Energy Survey (DES) Science Verification (SV) phase, version A1 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | sync | Synchronous query mode (call blocks until result is returned) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TAC | Time Allocation Committee | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TAP | IVOA Table Access Protocol (for catalogs in databases) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Token | User auth token obtained by logging in to DL | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UKIDSS | UKIRT InfraRed Deep Sky Surveys | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | USNO | U.S. Naval Observatory, provider of e.g. the USNO-A2 Catalog of Astrometric Standards | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VHS | Vista Hemisphere Survey | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VO | Virtual Observatory | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VOS | virtual observatory space (virtual storage) | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VOTable | VO Table Format | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | xmatch | Cross-match | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+