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Glossary of WSA NonSurvey attributes (UKIDSSDR2)
This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the WSA NonSurvey database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the Schema Browser (other Browser versions).

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Name	Schema Table	Database	Description	Type	Length	Unit	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
ell	[nspid]Detection	WSA NonSurvey	1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes {catalogue TType keyword: Ellipticity} ellipticity = 1.0-σ_a/σ_b	real	4			PHYS_ELLIPTICITY
ell	[nspid]Detection	WSA NonSurvey	1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes {catalogue TType keyword: Ellipticity}	real	4			PHYS_ELLIPTICITY
endCol	[nspid]MultiframeDetector	WSA NonSurvey	End column of array readout {image extension keyword: RDOUT_X2}	smallint	2			NUMBER
endDate	[nspid]AstrCalVers, [nspid]PreviousSpatialMap, [nspid]PreviousStdStarInfo	WSA NonSurvey	MJD of the end time for this version of the calibration	float	8	Julian days		TIME_DATE
endDate	[nspid]PhotCalVers	WSA NonSurvey	Date time of end time for this version of the calibration (MM-DD-YYYY)	datetime	8	MM-DD-YYYY	12-31-9999	TIME_DATE
endRow	[nspid]MultiframeDetector	WSA NonSurvey	End row of array readout {image extension keyword: RDOUT_Y2}	smallint	2			NUMBER
epoch	[nspid]FSstars	WSA NonSurvey	The epoch of columns ra and dec	real	4	years	-0.9999995e9
epoch	[nspid]Source	WSA NonSurvey	Epoch of position measurement	float	8	Years	-0.9999995e9	TIME_EPOCH
equinox	[nspid]Multiframe	WSA NonSurvey	Equinox of object position {image primary HDU keyword: EQUINOX}	real	4	years	-0.9999995e9	TIME_EQUINOX
errBits	[nspid]Detection	WSA NonSurvey	processing warning/error bitwise flags {catalogue TType keyword: Error_bit_flag}	int	4			CODE_MISC
eta	[nspid]CurrentAstrometry, [nspid]PreviousAstrometry	WSA NonSurvey	SDSS system spherical co-ordinate 2 of device centre	float	8	Degrees		POS
eta	[nspid]Detection, [nspid]Source	WSA NonSurvey	SDSS system spherical co-ordinate 2	float	8	Degrees		POS
expTime	[nspid]Multiframe	WSA NonSurvey	Integration time per exposure {image primary HDU keyword: EXP_TIME}	real	4	seconds	-0.9999995e9	TIME_EXPTIME
extinction	[nspid]Multiframe	WSA NonSurvey	Extinction coefficient {image primary HDU keyword: EXTINCT}	real	4	mag	-0.9999995e9
extinctionCat	[nspid]MultiframeDetector	WSA NonSurvey	Extinction coefficient for the catalogue data {catalogue extension keyword:  EXTINCT}	real	4	mags	-0.9999995e9	??
			For WFCAM these are currently set to a constant clear night level, which within the current measuring error is the same for all passbands. Note that the frame-by-frame derived ZP from 2MASS automatically corrects for extinction variations, assuming they are uniform across the field of view.
extinctionExt	[nspid]MultiframeDetector	WSA NonSurvey	Extinction coefficient of the detector {image extension keyword: EXTINCT}	real	4	mags	-0.9999995e9	??
			For WFCAM these are currently set to a constant clear night level, which within the current measuring error is the same for all passbands. Note that the frame-by-frame derived ZP from 2MASS automatically corrects for extinction variations, assuming they are uniform across the field of view.
extNum	[nspid]CurrentAstrometry, [nspid]Detection, [nspid]MultiframeDetector, [nspid]PreviousAstrometry, [nspid]PreviousMFDZP	WSA NonSurvey	the extension number of this frame	tinyint	1			NUMBER
extractTool	[nspid]RequiredMosaic, [nspid]RequiredStack	WSA NonSurvey	Name of extraction tool to be used	varchar	8		'CASU'	??
extTableID	[nspid]ExternalSurveyTable, [nspid]RequiredNeighbours	WSA NonSurvey	the unique table ID	int	4			ID_MAIN
extTableName	[nspid]ExternalSurveyTable	WSA NonSurvey	the name of the table	varchar	256			ID_TABLE