TABLE  Survey

The SuperCOSMOS Science Archive was created from machine scans of the UK, ESO and Palomar Oschin Schmidt telescope surveys undertaken from 1949 to 2003. Each individual passband survey (eg. SERC-J/EJ, POSS-I E etc.) is described in this table.

Name	Type	Length	Unit	Description	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
surveyID	tinyint	1		Unique survey identifier in the SSA		ID_SURVEY
surveyName	varchar	16		Survey name, eg. SERC-J/EJ		ID_CATALOG
systemID	tinyint	1		The system of survey fields used for the survey		NOTE
fieldOfView	real	4	degrees	The nominal field of view of each survey plate		INST_DET_SIZE
decMin	float	8	degrees	Southern (Dec) limit of survey		POS_EQ_DEC
decMax	float	8	degrees	Northern (Dec) limit of survey		POS_EQ_DEC
numFields	int	4		No. of fields in the survey		NUMBER
telescope	varchar	64		UK, ESO or Palomar Oschin Schmidt		TEL_ID
telAperture	float	8	metres	Telescope aperture		TEL_SIZE
telLong	float	8	degrees	Telescope longitude		POS_EARTH_LON_MAIN
telLat	float	8	degress	Telescope latitude		POS_EARTH_LAT_MAIN
telHeight	real	4	metres	Telescope altitude		OBSTY_ALTITUDE
plateScale	real	4	arcsec/mm	Nominal plate scale		INST_SCALE
colour	varchar	16		Survey colour, eg. blue, red or near-infrared		OBS_BAND
waveMin	int	4	nanometres	Approximate minimum wavelength		INST_WAVELENGTH_VALUE
waveMax	int	4	nanometres	Approximate maximum wavelength		INST_WAVELENGTH_VALUE
waveEff	int	4	nanometres	Approximate effective wavelength		INST_WAVELENGTH_EFFECTIVE
magLimit	real	4		Nominal mag limit of survey, eg. 22.5 for Bj		PHOT_MAG_LIMIT
epochMin	real	4	year	Minimum epoch of observations		TIME_EPOCH
epochMax	real	4	year	Maximum epoch of observations		TIME_EPOCH
epTsys	varchar	16		Time system for epoch values in SurveyCatalog		NOTE
equinox	real	4	year	Equinox for positions in SurveyCatalog		TIME_EQUINOX
eqTsys	varchar	16		Time system for equinox in SurveyCatalog		NOTE
surveyRef	varchar	256		Literature reference for survey		REFER_CODE
Total length		470