hermes SSAPivo://mercator/hermes/q/ssaMercator Observatory, KU LeuvenPrins, S.Dirickx, M.Van Winckel, H.Raskin, G.2026-05-14T11:47:37ZMercator Archive support team

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma

archive@mercator.iac.esspectroscopystarshigh-resolution-spectroscopyHigh resolution spectra from the HERMES spectrograph at the Flemish Mercator Telescope, operated by KU Leuven at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma. HERMES (High Efficiency and Resolution Mercator Echelle Spectrograph) covers the 377-900 nm wavelength range in one fixed setting.2011A&A...526A..69Rhttps://mercatorvo.ster.kuleuven.be/hermes/q/ssa/infoArchiveResearchIsServedByMercator Observatory Data Archive TAP servicehttps://mercatorvo.ster.kuleuven.be/hermes/q/ssa/ssap.xml?GETapplication/x-votable+xmlPOSICRS position of target objectdegcharSIZESize of the region of interest around POSdegrealBANDWavelength (range) of interest (or symbolic bandpass names)mcharTIMEMidpoint of exposure (MJD)time.epochcharFORMATMIME type of the file servedmeta.code.mimecharAPERTUREAngular diameter of aperturedegphys.angSize;instr.fovcharSNRSignal-to-noise ratio estimated for this datasetstat.snrcharREDSHIFTRedshift of target objectsrc.redshiftcharTARGETNAMECommon name of object observed.meta.id;srccharTARGETCLASSObject class (star, QSO,...; use Simbad object classification http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-display?data=otypes if at all possible)src.classcharMTIMEDate last published.charFLUXCALIBType of flux calibration (ABSOLUTE, CALIBRATED, RELATIVE, NORMALIZED, or UNCALIBRATED).charSPATRESSpatial resolution of datadegpos.angResolutioncharWAVECALIBType of wavelength calibrationmeta.code.qualcharCOLLECTIONA short handle naming the collection this spectrum belongs to.charSPECRPLower limit to spectral resolution power (λ/Δλ) as a single number.realPUBDIDDataset identifier assigned by the publishermeta.ref.ivoidcharCREATORDIDDataset identifier assigned by the creatormeta.idcharWILDTARGETShell pattern of target observed (case insensitive)charWILDTARGETCASEShell pattern of target observed (case sensitive)charREQUESTThis is queryData for the default operation; some services support getData as wellcharTOPOnly return the TOP "best" records (on this service, this usually is equivalent to MAXREC, so no ranking is implied).integerCOMPRESSReturn compressed results?charRUNIDAn identifier for a certain run. 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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.integerMercator ObservatoryHERMES ()OpticalhermesHigh resolution spectra from the HERMES spectrograph at the Flemish Mercator Telescope, operated by KU Leuven at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma. HERMES (High Efficiency and Resolution Mercator Echelle Spectrograph) covers the 377-900 nm wavelength range in one fixed setting.hermes.dataHigh resolution spectra from the HERMES spectrograph at the Flemish Mercator Telescope, operated by KU Leuven at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma. 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