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Glossary of WSA attributes

This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the UKIDSSR2 database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the UKIDSSR2 Schema Browser (other Browser versions).
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NameSchema TableDatabaseDescriptionTypeLengthUnitDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
r_3sig twomass_xsc 2MASS 3-sigma K isophotal semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   ERROR
r_ext twomass_xsc 2MASS extrapolation/total radius. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
r_fc twomass_xsc 2MASS K fiducial Kron circular aperture radius. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
r_fe twomass_xsc 2MASS K fiducial Kron elliptical aperture semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
r_j21fc twomass_xsc 2MASS 21mag/sq." isophotal J fiducial circular ap. radius. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
r_j21fe twomass_xsc 2MASS 21mag/sq." isophotal J fiducial ell. ap. semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
r_k20fc twomass_xsc 2MASS 20mag/sq." isophotal K fiducial circular ap. radius. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
r_k20fe twomass_xsc 2MASS 20mag/sq." isophotal K fiducial ell. ap. semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
ra Detection SSA Celestial Right Ascension float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra RequiredMosaic WSA Right Ascension of mosaic centre float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra RequiredStack WSA Right Ascension of stack centre float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra Source SSA Mean RA, computed from detections merged in this catalogue float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra calDetection, commDetection, dxsDetection, dxsListRemeasurement, gcsDetection, gcsListRemeasurement, gpsDetection, gpsListRemeasurement, lasDetection, lasListRemeasurement, udsDetection, udsListRemeasurement WSA Celestial Right Ascension float 8 Degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
Celestial Right Ascension as computed in the processing pipeline, accurate to of order 0.1 arcsec.
Note that original catalogue data has only r*4 storage precision, accurate only to ≈ 50mas. RA and Dec in the database are derived more precisely from WCS in the header and x and y attributes.
ra calMergeLogEpochs, calMultiEpochLog, commMergeLog, dxsMergeLog, gcsMergeLog, gpsMergeLog, lasMergeLog, udsMergeLog WSA Right Ascension of field centre float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra calSourceEpochs, calSourceMeans, commSource, dxsSource, dxsSourceRemeasurement, gcsSource, gcsSourceRemeasurement, gpsSource, gpsSourceRemeasurement, lasSource, lasSourceRemeasurement, udsSource, udsSourceRemeasurement WSA Celestial Right Ascension float 8 Degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra firstSource FIRST J2000 Celestial Right Ascension float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra iras_psc IRAS J2000 Celestial Right Ascension float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra rosat_bsc, rosat_fsc ROSAT Right Ascension (decimal degrees; J2000) float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra twomass_psc 2MASS J2000 right ascension with respect to the ICRS float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra twomass_scn 2MASS Right ascension of scan center for equinox J2000. float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra twomass_xsc 2MASS Right ascension (J2000 decimal deg) based on peak pixel. float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra_1 twomass_scn 2MASS J2000 right ascension of the eastern corner at start of scan. float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra_2 twomass_scn 2MASS J2000 right ascension of the western corner at start of scan. float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra_3 twomass_scn 2MASS J2000 right ascension of the eastern corner at end of scan. float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ra_4 twomass_scn 2MASS J2000 right ascension of the western corner at end of scan. float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
raBase Multiframe WSA Right ascension of base position {image primary HDU keyword: RABASE} float 8 hours -0.9999995e9 POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
raCentre CurrentStdStarInfo, PreviousStdStarInfo, StdFieldInfo WSA Right Ascension of field centre float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
raCol Plate SSA Name of RA column in reference catalogue varchar 16     REMARKS
raDec RequiredMosaic WSA CASU mosaic tool option to specify the centre of the mosaic image varchar 32 HHMMSS DDMMSS   ??
raDecSys Multiframe WSA Mean equator of co-ordinates {image primary HDU keyword: RADESYS} varchar 4   NONE VAR_MEAN
radecSys Plate SSA Co-ordinate system of raPnt/decPnt, eg. FK4 varchar 4     POS_REFERENCE-SYSTEM
radius1 iras_asc IRAS Radius Vector from IRAS Source to Association smallint 2 arcsec   EXTENSION_RAD
radShieldTemp Multiframe WSA Rad shield temperature {image primary HDU keyword: RS_TEMP} real 4 degrees_Kelvin -0.9999995e9  
raExtent RequiredMosaic WSA The angular extent in RA of the mosaic image real 4 degrees   ??
raPMCol Plate SSA Name of RA proper motion column in reference catalogue varchar 16     REMARKS
raPnt Plate SSA Mean plate centre RA real 4 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
raStar CurrentStdStarInfo, PreviousStdStarInfo WSA Right Ascension of star float 8 degrees   POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
raTelOff Multiframe WSA Right ascension telescope offset {image primary HDU keyword: TRAOFF} real 4 arcsec -0.9999995e9 POS_EQ_RA_OFF
rCore RequiredMosaic, RequiredStack WSA CASU source extraction tool option for default profile fitting radius (recommended value=expected image FWHM) real 4 pixels -0.9999995e9 ??
rCritAbs Plate SSA Absolute object rejection criterion real 4 microns   REDUCT_PARAM
rCritFin Plate SSA Final residual tolerance real 4 sigma   REDUCT_PARAM
rCritIni Plate SSA Initial matching tolerance for refstars real 4 microns   REDUCT_PARAM
rCritRel Plate SSA Relative object rejection criterion real 4     REDUCT_PARAM
rct1 rosat_fsc ROSAT number of nearby RASS detections with distances in range 0'-5' tinyint 1     ID_NUMBER
rct2 rosat_fsc ROSAT number of nearby RASS detections with distances in range 5'-10' tinyint 1     ID_NUMBER
rct3 rosat_fsc ROSAT number of nearby RASS detections with distances in range 10'-15' tinyint 1     ID_NUMBER
rd_flg twomass_psc 2MASS Read flag. varchar 3     CODE_MISC
readInterval Multiframe WSA Interval between reads {image primary HDU keyword: READINT} real 4 seconds -0.9999995e9 TIME_INTERVAL
readMode MultiframeDetector WSA Name of camera readmode {image primary HDU keyword: READMODE} varchar 8   NONE ??
readNoise MultiframeDetector WSA Readnoise estimate {image extension keyword: READNOIS} real 4   -0.9999995e9 ??
readOutApp MultiframeDetector WSA Name of camera readout application {image extension keyword: CAPPLICN} varchar 32   NONE ??
recipe Multiframe WSA Data reduction recipe to be used {image primary HDU keyword: RECIPE} varchar 64   NONE REDUCT_METHOD
recNo iras_asc IRAS Record Number of source in data file int 4     RECORD
recNum Detection SSA The record number in the original IAM file int 4     RECORD
refDecShift02 CurrentAstrometry WSA Ref Dec shift pass 0 to 2 (new - old) {image extension keyword: DECZP02} float 8 arcsec -0.9999995e9 ??
reference Programme WSA a reference for the programme, eg. "http://www.ukidss.org/surveys/surveys.html" varchar 256     REFER_CODE
refRaShift02 CurrentAstrometry WSA Ref RA shift pass 0 to 2 (new - old) {image extension keyword: RAZP02} float 8 arcsec -0.9999995e9 ??
rel0 twomass_scn 2MASS Flag indicating whether the scan is contained in the TWOMASS Sampler Release. smallint 2     CODE_MISC
rel1 twomass_scn 2MASS Flag indicating whether the scan is contained in the TWOMASS First Incremental Data Release (IDR1). smallint 2     CODE_MISC
rel2 twomass_scn 2MASS Flag indicating whether the scan is contained in the TWOMASS Second Incremental Data Release (IDR2). smallint 2     CODE_MISC
releaseDate Release WSA the release date datetime 8 MM-DD-YYYY 12-31-9999 TIME_DATE
releaseNum Release WSA the release number smallint 2     ID_VERSION
relUnc_100 iras_psc IRAS percent relative 100 micron flux density uncertainties. smallint 2     ERROR
relUnc_12 iras_psc IRAS percent relative 12 micron flux density uncertainties. smallint 2     ERROR
relUnc_25 iras_psc IRAS percent relative 25 micron flux density uncertainties. smallint 2     ERROR
relUnc_60 iras_psc IRAS percent relative 60 micron flux density uncertainties. smallint 2     ERROR
resultsFile ArchiveCurationHistory WSA filename of any results file varchar 256     ID_FILE
rFlag rosat_bsc, rosat_fsc ROSAT source counts and extraction radius recalculated varchar 1     CODE_MISC
rh twomass_scn 2MASS Relative humidity of telescope enclosure at beginning of scan. smallint 2 %   OBS_CONDITIONS
rl rosat_fsc ROSAT reliability of source detection (0...99) tinyint 1     STAT_SIGNIFICANCE
rmOldFrameSetsSQL Programme WSA SQL script name for deprecating old frame sets during source merging varchar 64     ??
rms firstSource FIRST local noise estimate at the source position real 4 mJy   INST_NOISE
rolledBack ArchiveCurationHistory WSA Flag for roll-back of this event: 0=no, 1 = yes tinyint 1     ??
runID MultiframeDetector WSA Name of CASU raw data file {image extension keyword: RUNID} varchar 256   NONE ID_FILE
rvCol Plate SSA Name of radial velocity column in reference catalogue varchar 16     REMARKS


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