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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
object	Multiframe	WSA	Object name from telescope {image primary HDU keyword: OBJECT}	varchar	64		NONE	ID_TARGET
objectID	CurrentStdStarInfo, PreviousStdStarInfo	WSA	id of calibration star in field	bigint	8		NONE	????
objID	Detection	SSA	Unique object identification number	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objID	JunkDetection	SSA	Unique object identification number from Detection	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objID	Source	SSA	Unique identifier of merged source	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objID	dxsDetection, dxsListRemeasurement, gcsDetection, gcsListRemeasurement, gpsDetection, gpsListRemeasurement, lasDetection, lasListRemeasurement, udsDetection, udsListRemeasurement	WSA	Unique identifier for this detection	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objIDB	Source	SSA	objID for B band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objIDI	Source	SSA	objID for I band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objIDR1	Source	SSA	objID for R1 band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objIDR2	Source	SSA	objID for R2 band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objNum	Plate	SSA	No. of objects detected on plate	int	4			NUMBER
obsDecPnt	Plate	SSA	Observed plate centre Dec	float	8	radians		POS_EQ_DEC_MAIN
observed	StdFieldInfo	WSA	yes or no identifier - have the secondary standards been set up?	tinyint	1		0
observer	Multiframe	WSA	Observers names {image primary HDU keyword: OBSERVER}	varchar	64		NONE	ID_HUMAN
obsNum	Multiframe	WSA	Observation number {image primary HDU keyword: OBSNUM}	int	4		-99999999	NUMBER
obsRaPnt	Plate	SSA	Observed plate centre RA	float	8	radians		POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
obsref	Multiframe	WSA	PATT or other reference {image primary HDU keyword: OBSREF}	varchar	64		NONE	REFER_CODE
obstype	Multiframe	WSA	Type (BIAS|DARK|ARC|FLAT|OBJECT|SKY) {image primary HDU keyword: OBSTYPE}	varchar	32			??
operator	Plate	SSA	Machine operator's username	varchar	3			ID_HUMAN
orgDate	rosat_bsc, rosat_fsc	ROSAT	date when source was included (MM-DD-YYYY)	datetime	8	mm-dd-yyyy		TIME_DATE
orientation	Plate	SSA	SuperCOSMOS plate orientation, eg. news	varchar	4			INST_PARAM
orientMean	Plate	SSA	Mean orientation in IAM file	real	4	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
orientMed	Plate	SSA	Median orientation in IAM file	real	4	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
orientMode	Plate	SSA	Modal orientation in IAM file	real	4	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
origin	Multiframe	WSA	Origin of this FITS file (eg. UKIRT) {image primary HDU keyword: ORIGIN}	varchar	32		NONE
outSize	RequiredMosaic	WSA	CASU mosaic tool option specifying the size of the output mosaic	real	4			??