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Glossary of WSA attributes
This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the UKIDSSR1 database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the UKIDSSR1 Schema Browser (other Browser versions).

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Name	Schema Table	Database	Description	Type	Length	Unit	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
b	CurrentAstrometry, calDetection, commDetection, commSource, dxsDetection, dxsListRemeasurement, dxsSource, dxsSourceRemeasurement, gcsDetection, gcsListRemeasurement, gcsSource, gcsSourceRemeasurement, gpsDetection, gpsListRemeasurement, gpsSource, gpsSourceRemeasurement, lasDetection, lasListRemeasurement, lasSource, lasSourceRemeasurement, PreviousAstrometry, u05a18Detection, udsDetection, udsListRemeasurement, udsSource, udsSourceRemeasurement	WSA	Galactic latitude	float	8	Degrees		POS_GAL_LAT
b	Source	SSA	The Galactic latitude of the source	real	4	degrees		POS_GAL_LAT
b_m_opt	twomass_psc	2MASS	Blue magnitude of associated optical source.	real	4	mag		SPECT_FLUX_VALUE
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
brClass	commSource	WSA	discrete image classification flag in Br	smallint	2		-9999	CLASS_MISC
brClassStat	commSource	WSA	N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in Br	real	4		-0.9999995e9	STAT_PROP
brDeblend	commSource	WSA	flag indicating parent/child relation in Br	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MISC
brEll	commSource	WSA	1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Br	real	4		-0.9999995e9	PHYS_ELLIPTICITY
breNum	calMergeLog, commMergeLog	WSA	the extension number of this Br frame (ep1)	tinyint	1			NUMBER
brErrBits	commSource	WSA	processing warning/error bitwise flags in Br	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MISC
brEta	commSource	WSA	Offset of Br detection from master position (+north/-south)	real	4	arcsec	-0.9999995e9	POS_EQ_DEC_OFF
brGausig	commSource	WSA	RMS of axes of ellipse fit in Br	real	4	pixels	-0.9999995e9	MORPH_PARAM
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
brMag	commSource	WSA	Br mag (as appropriate for this merged source)	real	4	mag	-0.9999995e9	PHOT_MAG
brMagErr	commSource	WSA	Error in Br mag	real	4	mag	-0.9999995e9	ERROR
brmfID	calMergeLog, commMergeLog	WSA	the UID of the relevant Br multiframe (ep1)	bigint	8			ID_FRAME
brObjID	commSource	WSA	the UID of the Br detection	bigint	8		-99999999	ID_NUMBER
brPA	commSource	WSA	ellipse fit celestial orientation in Br	real	4	Degrees	-0.9999995e9	POS_POS-ANG
brppErrBits	commSource	WSA	additional WFAU post-processing error bits in Br	int	4		-99999999	CODE_MISC
brSeqNum	commSource	WSA	the running number of the Br detection	int	4		-99999999	ID_NUMBER
brXi	commSource	WSA	Offset of Br detection from master position (+east/-west)	real	4	arcsec	-0.9999995e9	POS_EQ_RA_OFF
bU	Detection	SSA	Semi-minor axis of unweighted fitted ellipse	real	4	microns		EXTENSION_SMIN