Target key
This file defines the the targets in a project.
In the ms_key each measurement set is mapped to a “target”, which
has an associated position, velocity, and velocity width. These are
defined in this file. In cases where linear mosaicking is desired,
this file should also define targets for the combined linear
mosaics.
This file should be space or tab delimited. Each entry should have 5 columns, as described below.
Column 1: Target name. This should match the target names used in the
ms_key.Column 2: Right ascension for the phase centre in sexagesimal format.
Column 3: Declination for the phase centre in sexagesimal format.
Column 4: Systemic velocity in km/s. This assumes LSRK velocity convention.
Column 5: Velocity width in km/s. This is used to define the velocity range, and window for continuum subtraction.
Note
Note that the phase center isn’t necessarily the same as the object center. This is an important distinction in the case of mosaics that cover only part of the object, where the phase centre should be the mosaic center.
Example target key file
##########################################################################
# TARGET DEFINITION KEY
##########################################################################
# Key to define the targets in a project.
# In the ms_key each measurement set is mapped to a "target", which
# has an associated position, velocity, and velocity width. These are
# defined in this file. In cases where linear mosaicking is desired,
# this file should also define targets for the combined linear
# mosaics.
# The syntax for the key is space or tab delimited:
# Column 1: target name. This can be anything but needs to be used
# consistently across all of the key files.
# Column 2: phase center r.a. string. Used in imaging.
# Column 3: phase center dec string. Used in imaging.
# Column 4: source velocity [km/s] currently assumes LSRK radio
# convention.
# Column 5: velocity width [km/s] used for imaging and continuum
# subtraction and u-v data staging.
# Note that the phase center isn't the same as the object center. This
# is an importnat distinction mainly in the case of mosaics that cover
# only part of the object (e.g., the PHANGS-ALMA linear mosaic cases).
##########################################################################
circinus 14h13m10.0s -65d20m21s 429 700
circinus_1 14h12m58.4s -65d21m43s 429 700
circinus_2 14h13m17.1s -65d19m24s 429 700
ngc0247 00h47m08.6s -20d45m37s 149 700
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ngc0247_2 00h47m05.0s -20d42m02s 149 700
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ngc0247_4 00h47m12.5s -20d50m10s 149 700
ngc0253 00h47m33.1s -25d17m17s 243 700
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ngc0253_2 00h47m18.9s -25d19m52s 243 700
ngc0253_3 00h47m04.9s -25d22m26s 243 700
ngc0253_4 00h47m47.1s -25d14m42s 243 700
ngc0253_5 00h48m01.1s -25d12m08s 243 700
ngc0300 00h54m53.4s -37d41m03s 144 500
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ngc0300_2 00h54m36.6s -37d39m54s 144 500
ngc0300_3 00h54m50.7s -37d41m11s 144 500
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ngc1313_3 03h17m48.2s -66d32m26s 456 500
ngc1317 03h22m44.3s -37d06m13s 1941 700
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ngc2903_1 09h32m09.8s +21d30m12s 550 1000
ngc2903_2 09h32m08.3s +21d28m44s 550 1000
ngc2903_3 09h32m11.3s +21d31m39s 550 1000
ngc2997 09h45m38.8s -31d11m28s 1089 700
ngc2997_1 09h45m44.1s -31d12m00s 1089 700
ngc2997_2 09h45m38.8s -31d11m28s 1089 700
ngc2997_3 09h45m33.6s -31d10m56s 1089 700
ngc3059 09h50m08.1s -73d55m20s 1257 700
ngc3137 10h09m07.5s -29d03m52s 1104 700
ngc3239 10h25m04.9s +17d09m49s 753 700
ngc3351 10h43m57s +11d42m14s 778 1000
ngc3489 11h00m18.6s +13d54m04s 675 700
ngc3507 11h03m25.3s +18d08m08s 979 700
ngc3511 11h03m23.8s -23d05m12s 1109 1000
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ngc3521_2 11h05m50.3s -00d03m15s 801 1000
ngc3596 11h15m06.2s +14d47m13s 1193 700
ngc3599 11h15m27.0s +18d06m37s 839 700
ngc3621 11h18m16.5s -32d48m51s 730 700
ngc3621_1 11h18m18.3s -32d49m47s 730 700
ngc3621_2 11h18m15.0s -32d48m06s 730 700
ngc3626 11h20m03.8s +18d21m25s 1493 700
ngc3627 11h20m15.0s +12d59m30s 727 1000
ngc3627_1 11h20m14.9s +12d59m59s 727 1000
ngc3627_2 11h20m14.9s +12d57m48s 727 1000
ngc4207 12h15m30.5s +09d35m06s 596 700
ngc4254 12h18m49.6s +14d24m59s 2407 700
ngc4254_1 12h18m49.6 +14d26m04s 2407 700
ngc4254_2 12h18m49.6 +14d24m24s 2407 700
ngc4293 12h21m12.9s +18d22m57s 893 700
ngc4298 12h21m32.7s +14d36m22s 1135 700
ngc4303 12h21m54.9s +04d28m25s 1566 700
ngc4321 12h22m54.8s +15d49m19s 1571 700
ngc4321_1 12h22m54.8s +15d50m05s 1571 700
ngc4321_2 12h22m54.8s +15d48m30s 1571 700
ngc4424 12h27m11.6s +09d25m14s 437 700
ngc4457 12h28m59.0s +03d34m14s 882 700
ngc4459 12h29m00.0s +13d58m42s 1196 700
ngc4476 12h29m59.1s +12d20m55s 1972 700
ngc4477 12h30m02.2s +13d38m12s 1342 700
ngc4496a 12h31m39.2s +03d56m22s 1730 700
ngc4535 12h34m20.3s +08d11m52s 1970 700
ngc4536 12h34m27.1s +02d11m17s 1808 1000
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ngc4536_2 12h34m30.3s +02d10m45s 1808 1000
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ngc4548 12h35m26.4s +14d29m47s 486 1000
ngc4569 12h36m49.8s +13d09m47s -235 1000
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ngc4579 12h37m43.5s +11d49m05s 1517 1000
ngc4596 12h39m55.9s +10d10m34s 1897 700
ngc4654 12h43m56.6s +13d07m36s 1046 1000
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ngc4694 12h48m15.1s +10d59m01s 1160 700
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ngc4781 12h54m23.7s -10d32m14s 1260 700
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ngc4941 13h04m13.1s -05d33m06s 1108 1000
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ngc4945_3 13h05m03.7s -49d32m01s 563 700
ngc4951 13h05m07.7s -06d29m38s 1176 1000
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ngc5068 13h18m54.8s -21d02m21s 670 700
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ngc5068_2 13h18m54.8s -21d03m21s 670 700
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ngc5128_3 13h25m49.2s -43d02m51s 547 1000
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ngc5248_2 13h37m33.8s +08d52m39s 1151 1000
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ngc5236_2 13h36m56.5s -29d50m47s 514 500
ngc5236_3 13h37m05.0s -29d53m09s 514 500
ngc5236_4 13h37m09.2s -29d54m19s 514 500
ngc5236_5 13h36m52.3s -29d49m37s 514 500
ngc5236_6 13h36m45.2s -29d52m18s 514 500
ngc5236_7 13h37m06.0s -29d48m46s 514 500
ngc5236_8 13h37m16.5s -29d51m38s 514 500
ngc5236_9 13h36m55.5s -29d55m10s 514 500
ngc5530 14h18m27.1s -43d23m19s 1193 700
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ngc5643_2 14h32m40.7s -44d10m28s 1199 700
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ngc6744_2 19h09m46.1s -63d53m22s 841 700
ic5273 22h59m26.7s -37d42m10s 1293 650
ngc7456 23h02m10.4s -39d34m10s 1199 700
ngc7496 23h09m47.3s -43d25m41s 1649 700
ic5332 23h34m27.5s -36d06m04s 701 500
ngc7743 23h44m21.1s +09d56m03s 1713 700
ngc7793 23h57m49.8s -32d35m28s 225 700
ngc7793_1 23h57m41.5s -32d35m25s 225 700
ngc7793_2 23h57m57.4s -32d35m26s 225 700