| name | type | length | unit | ucd | description |
| plateID | bigint | 8 | | ID_PLATE | Unique ID, composite of plate number and MJD |
| spRerun | int | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Spectro rerun |
| mjd | int | 4 | MJD | TIME_DATE | MJD of observation |
| plate | smallint | 2 | | ID_PLATE | Plate ID |
| tile | smallint | 2 | | ID_PLATE | Tile ID |
| mapMjd | int | 4 | MJD | TIME_DATE | Map MJD |
| nExp | smallint | 2 | | NUMBER | Number of exposures |
| tai | real | 4 | sec | TIME_DATE | TAI |
| raBoresight | float | 8 | deg | POS_EQ_RA | RA of telescope boresight |
| decBoresight | float | 8 | deg | POS_EQ_DEC | DEC of telescope boresight |
| taiHMS | varchar | 64 | | TIME_DATE | HMS |
| expTime | real | 4 | sec | TIME_EXPTIME | Total Exposure time |
| expTimeB1 | real | 4 | sec | TIME_EXPTIME | exposure time in B1 spectrograph |
| expTimeB2 | real | 4 | sec | TIME_EXPTIME | exposure time in B2 spectrograph |
| expTimeR1 | real | 4 | sec | TIME_EXPTIME | exposure time in R1 spectrograph |
| expTimeR2 | real | 4 | sec | TIME_EXPTIME | exposure time in R2 spectrograph |
| helioRV | real | 4 | km/s | VELOC_CORR VELOC_HC | Heliocentric velocity correction |
| ra | real | 4 | deg | POS_EQ_RA | ra |
| dec | real | 4 | deg | POS_EQ_DEC | dec |
| cx | float | 8 | | POS_EQ_CART_X | x of Normal unit vector in J2000 |
| cy | float | 8 | | POS_EQ_CART_Y | y of Normal unit vector in J2000 |
| cz | float | 8 | | POS_EQ_CART_Z | z of Normal unit vector in J2000 |
| htmID | bigint | 8 | | CODE_HTM | 20 deep Hierarchical Triangular Mesh ID |
| sn1_0 | real | 4 | | INST_S/N | (S/N)^2 1st Spectrograph, g band |
| sn1_1 | real | 4 | | INST_S/N | (S/N)^2 1st Spectrograph, r band |
| sn1_2 | real | 4 | | INST_S/N | (S/N)^2 1st Spectrograph, i band |
| sn2_0 | real | 4 | | INST_S/N | (S/N)^2 2nd Spectrograph, g band |
| sn2_1 | real | 4 | | INST_S/N | (S/N)^2 2nd Spectrograph, r band |
| sn2_2 | real | 4 | | INST_S/N | (S/N)^2 2nd Spectrograph, i band |
| dateObs | varchar | 12 | | TIME_DATE | Date of 1st row |
| timeSys | varchar | 8 | | TIME | Time System |
| quality | varchar | 12 | | CODE_QUALITY | Quality of night/image |
| name | varchar | 32 | | ID_CATALOG | Name of target; PlateId-MJD-Mapper ReRun |
| program | varchar | 16 | | ID_VOLUME | ID of CCD Program |
| version | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | IOP Version |
| observer | varchar | 64 | | ID_HUMAN | Observer name |
| camVer | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | Camera code version |
| spec2DVer | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | IDL Spec2D version |
| utilsVer | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | IDL Utils version |
| spec1DVer | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | Spec1D version |
| readVer | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | ??? |
| combVer | varchar | 64 | | ID_VERSION | ??? |
| extinction_u | real | 4 | mag | PHOT_EXTINCTION | average extinction (u) across the Tile |
| extinction_g | real | 4 | luptitudes | PHOT_EXTINCTION | average extinction (g) across the Tile |
| extinction_r | real | 4 | luptitudes | PHOT_EXTINCTION | average extinction (r) across the Tile |
| extinction_i | real | 4 | luptitudes | PHOT_EXTINCTION | average extinction (i) across the Tile |
| extinction_z | real | 4 | luptitudes | PHOT_EXTINCTION | average extinction (z) across the Tile |
| rOffset1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Mean r-band mag difference (spectro - photo) |
| rSigma1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Stddev of r-band mag difference (spectro - photo) |
| grOff1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Mean (g-r) color difference (spectro - photo) |
| grSigma1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Stddev of (g-r) color difference (spectro - photo) |
| rOffset2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Mean r-band mag difference (spectro - photo) |
| rSigma2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Stddev of r-band mag difference (spectro - photo) |
| grOff2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Mean (g-r) color difference (spectro - photo) |
| grSigma2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Stddev of (g-r) color difference (spectro - photo) |
| sfd_used | tinyint | 1 | | CODE_MISC | SFD dust maps used? |
| xygrSig1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Sigma of (g-r) offsets as a fcn of plate x/y |
| xygrSig2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Sigma of (g-r) offsets as a fcn of plate x/y |
| mpgrSig1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Sigma of (g-r)_model - (g-r)_photo Spec 1 |
| mpgrSig2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Sigma of (g-r)_model - (g-r)_photo Spec 2 |
| mpgrOff1 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Mean of (g-r)_model - (g-r)_photo of Spec 1 |
| mpgrOff2 | real | 4 | | CODE_MISC | Mean of (g-r)_model - (g-r)_photo of Spec 2 |
| isPrimary | tinyint | 1 | | CODE_MISC | is this PlateX a primary observation of the plate |
| cartridgeID | smallint | 2 | | INST_ID | ID of cartridge used for the observation |
| plateVersion | varchar | 32 | | ID_VERSION | version of plate software |
| haMin | real | 4 | deg | POS_EQ_RA | min hour angle design |
| haMax | real | 4 | deg | POS_EQ_DEC | max hour angle design |
| mjdDesign | int | 4 | | MJD | MJD designed for |
| theta | real | 4 | | POS_POS-ANG | cartridge position angle |
| fscanVersion | varchar | 32 | | ID_VERSION | version of fiber scanning software |
| fmapVersion | varchar | 32 | | ID_VERSION | version of fiber mapping software |
| fscanMode | varchar | 32 | | CODE_MISC | 'slow', 'fast', or 'extreme' |
| fscanSpeed | int | 4 | | NUMBER | speed of scan |
programType | int | 4 | | OBS__TYPE | spectroscopic program type |
| programName | varchar | 32 | | OBS_ID | character string of program (from plate inventory db) |
| loadVersion | int | 4 | | ID_VERSION | Load Version |
| expID | varbinary | 1000 | | ID_VERSION | Exposure ID array |