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

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Name	Schema Table	Database	Description	Type	Length	Unit	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
b	CurrentAstrometry, PreviousAstrometry	WSA	Galactic latitude of device centre	float	8	Degrees		POS_GAL_LAT
b	Source	SSA	The Galactic latitude of the source	real	4	degrees		POS_GAL_LAT
b	dxsDetection, dxsListRemeasurement, dxsSource, dxsSourceRemeasurement, gcsDetection, gcsListRemeasurement, gcsSource, gcsSourceRemeasurement, gpsDetection, gpsListRemeasurement, gpsSource, gpsSourceRemeasurement, lasDetection, lasListRemeasurement, lasSource, lasSourceRemeasurement, udsDetection, udsListRemeasurement, udsSource, udsSourceRemeasurement	WSA	Galactic latitude	float	8	Degrees		POS_GAL_LAT
b	glimpse_hrc_inter, glimpse_mca_inter	GLIMPSE	Galactic latitude	float	8	degrees		POS_GAL_LAT
b_err	glimpse_hrc_inter, glimpse_mca_inter	GLIMPSE	Error in Galactic latitude	float	8	arcsec		ERROR
b_m_opt	twomass_psc	2MASS	Blue magnitude of associated optical source.	real	4	mag		SPECT_FLUX_VALUE
beamNS	Multiframe	WSA	Topend: N-S beam {image primary HDU keyword: NSBEAM}	real	4		-0.9999995e9
beamWE	Multiframe	WSA	Topend: W-E beam {image primary HDU keyword: WEBEAM}	real	4		-0.9999995e9
bgrCpsa	rosat_bsc, rosat_fsc	ROSAT	background countrate, vignetting corrected	real	4	counts/sec/arcmin**2		INST_BACKGROUND
bI	Detection	SSA	Semi-minor axis of intensity-weighted fitted ellip.	real	4	microns		EXTENSION_SMIN
bitsPerPix	MultiframeDetector	WSA	Number of bits per data pixel, eg. +32 = 4 byte integers {image extension keyword: BITPIX}	smallint	2	FITS bitpix		NUMBER
bl_flg	twomass_psc	2MASS	Blend flag.	varchar	3			CODE_MISC
bl_sub_flg	twomass_xsc	2MASS	blanked/subtracted src description flag.	smallint	2			CODE_MISC
blend	Detection	SSA	Deblend flag: -n=parent of n children; +n = nth child of a parent	int	4			CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendB	Source	SSA	Blend flag from B band detection	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendI	Source	SSA	Blend flag from I band detection	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendR1	Source	SSA	Blend flag from R1 band detection	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendR2	Source	SSA	Blend flag from R2 band detection	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MULT_INDEX
blk_fac	twomass_xsc	2MASS	LCSB blocking factor (1, 2, 4, 8).	smallint	2			FIT_PARAM
brgMag	CurrentStdStarInfo, PreviousStdStarInfo	WSA	BrG band total magnitude of star (from external sources if primary)	real	4	mag		PHOT_INT-MAG
brgMagErr	CurrentStdStarInfo, PreviousStdStarInfo	WSA	BrG band magnitude error of star	real	4	mag		ERROR
brightLim	Plate	SSA	Bright mag limit for selected astrometric refstars	real	4			PHOT_MAG_LIMIT
brightObjID	JunkDetection	SSA	The Detection.objID of the artifact-inducing bright star	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
bU	Detection	SSA	Semi-minor axis of unweighted fitted ellipse	real	4	microns		EXTENSION_SMIN