DESI BGS Luminosity Functions

The data provided here is from the published version of Moore et al (2026).
The links in the first table below are to fits files that each contain one LF estimate in the form of an astropy table.
The following is a an example of how they can be read and plotted.
Code to read and plot the data in a LF file

Code to read and plot the data in a LF file

Band	Vmax North	Vmax South	SWML North	SWML South
g	LFNg	LFSg	LFNg	LFSg
r	LFNr	LFSr	LFNr	LFSr
z	LFNz	LFSz	LFNz	LFSz
w1	LFNw1	LFSw1	LFNw1	LFSw1

The next table contains links to the 1/Vmax LF estimates for the red and blue sub-samples.

Band North blue South blue North red South red

g LFNg_blue LFSg_blue LFNg_red LFSg_red

r LFNr_blue LFSr_blue LFNr_red LFSr_red

z LFNz_blue LFSz_blue LFNz_red LFSz_red

w1 LFNw1_blue LFSw1_blue LFNw1_red LFSw1_red

Band	North blue	South blue	North red	South red
g	LFNg_blue	LFSg_blue	LFNg_red	LFSg_red
r	LFNr_blue	LFSr_blue	LFNr_red	LFSr_red
z	LFNz_blue	LFSz_blue	LFNz_red	LFSz_red
w1	LFNw1_blue	LFSw1_blue	LFNw1_red	LFSw1_red