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Merge pull request #21 from Caltech-IPAC/raen/issues/18/remove-qr1
Remove references to QR1
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documentation/index.md

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SPHEREx is a NASA Astrophysics Medium Explorer mission that launched in March 2025.
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During its planned two-year mission, SPHEREx will obtain 0.75-5 micron spectroscopy over the entire sky, with deeper data in the SPHEREx Deep Fields.
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IRSA began releasing SPHEREx Quick Release 2 (QR2) data on a weekly basis in October 2025.
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QR2 features substantially improved calibrations and supersedes QR1.
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IRSA began releasing SPHEREx Spectral Image data on a weekly basis in July 2025.
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SPHEREx data will be used to:
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* **constrain the physics of inflation** by measuring its imprints on the three-dimensional large-scale distribution of matter,

documentation/spherex_data_access.md

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This is convenient for users to get a quick sense of the types of data products that are available, to quickly download some examples by clicking through the directory tree, and to script bulk downloads using `wget` or `curl`.
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The root of the SPHEREx QR2 on-premises data directories is: [https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/ibe/data/spherex/qr2](https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/ibe/data/spherex/qr2).
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For QR1, replace '/qr2' with '/qr'.
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All of the data products are also available on the cloud via AWS.
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Please see our [instructions for accessing on-cloud SPHEREx data](https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cloud_access/#spherex).
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:::{note}
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QR1 is superseded by QR2.
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The QR1 files will be available through January 2026 for reference.
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The public data products are organized into subdirectories based on the following organizational scheme:
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* **Absolute Gain Matrix:** `abs_gain_matrix/cal-agm-v[Version]-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/`
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* **Nonlinearity Parameters:** `nonlinear_pars/base-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/`
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* **Read Noise Parameters:** `readnoise_pars/base-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/`
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* **Solid Angle Pixel Map:** `solid_angle_pixel_map/cal-sapm-v[Version]-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/`
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* **Spectral WCS:** `spectral_wcs/cal-wcs-v[Version]-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/` (QR2) or `spectral_wcs/base-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/` (QR1)
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* **Spectral WCS:** `spectral_wcs/cal-wcs-v[Version]-[Processing Date]/[Detector]/`
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The content of each subdirectory and the filename formats are described in greater detail in the {ref}`Data Products <data-products>` section of this user guide and in the [SPHEREx Explanatory Supplement](https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPHEREx/docs/SPHEREx_Expsupp_QR.pdf).
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documentation/spherex_data_products.md

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IRSA began releasing SPHEREx Spectral Image data on a weekly basis in July 2025 (Quick Release 1; QR1).
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In October 2025, IRSA began distributing SPHEREx Spectral Image data processed with substantially improved calibrations.
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This new processing, referred to as QR2, includes reprocessed versions of all Spectral Image data acquired since the start of the mission.
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This new processing, referred to as QR2, supersedes QR1 and includes reprocessed versions of all Spectral Image data acquired since the start of the mission.
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Future quick releases will also use the QR2 pipeline.
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IRSA will continue to provide access to QR1 data through January 2026 for reference.
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However, QR2 supersedes QR1 and will be the default returned in the SPHEREx Data Explorer and by all IRSA program-friendly APIs.
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QR1 data will remain available only through browsable directory listings.
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A detailed description of SPHEREx quick release data products available to the public is provided in the [SPHEREx Explanatory Supplement](https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPHEREx/docs/SPHEREx_Expsupp_QR.pdf).
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Here we provide a concise summary of the science, calibration, and additional data products available at IRSA.
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- QR2: `spectral_wcs_D[Detector]_spx_cal-wcs-v[Version]-[Processing Date].fits`
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- QR1: `spectral_wcs_D[Detector]_spx_base-[Processing Date].fits`
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- `spectral_wcs_D[Detector]_spx_cal-wcs-v[Version]-[Processing Date].fits`
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- QR2: `spectral_wcs_D1_spx_cal-wcs-v4-2025-254.fits`
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- `spectral_wcs_D1_spx_cal-wcs-v4-2025-254.fits`

myst.yml

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project:
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title: SPHEREx Archive at IRSA
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subject: SPHEREx Archive at IRSA
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date: 2025-10-31
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date: 2026-02-18
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# description:
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# keywords: []
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authors: [Caltech/IPAC-IRSA]

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