Table information for 'supercosmos.sources'

General

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Resource Description: The SuperCOSMOS data primarily originate from scans of the UK Schmidt and Palomar POSS II blue, red and near-IR sky surveys. The ESO Schmidt R (dec < -17.5) and Palomar POSS-I E (dec > -17.5) surveys have also been scanned and provide an early (1st) epoch red measurement. Mirrored here is the source table containing four-plate multi-colour, multi-epoch data which are merged into a single source catalogue for general science exploitation. Within the GAVO DC, some column names have been adapted to local customs (primarily positions, proper motions).

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Citing this table

This table has an associated publication. If you use data from it, it may be appropriate to reference 2001MNRAS.326.1279H (ADS BibTeX entry for the publication) either in addition to or instead of the service reference.

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:supercosmos_sour,
  year=2013,
  title={{SuperCOSMOS} Sources},
  author={{GAVO} Data Center},
  url={http://dc.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/tableinfo/supercosmos.sources},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {GAVO} Data Center}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
objID Objid SuperCOSMOS identifier of merged source N/A meta.id;meta.main
objIDB Objidb objID for B band detection merged into this object N/A meta.id.assoc
objIDR1 Objidr1 objID for R1 band detection merged into this object N/A meta.id.assoc
objIDR2 Objidr2 objID for R2 band detection merged into this object N/A meta.id.assoc
objIDI Objidi objID for I band detection merged into this object N/A meta.id.assoc
epoch Epoch Epoch of position (variance weighted mean epoch of available measures) yr time.epoch
raj2000 Raj2000 Mean RA, computed from detections merged in this catalogue deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main
dej2000 Dej2000 Mean Dec, computed from detections merged in this catalogue deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main
sigRA Sigra Uncertainty in RA (formal random error not including systematic errors) deg stat.error;pos.eq.ra
sigDec Sigdec Uncertainty in Dec (formal random error not including systematic errors) deg stat.error;pos.eq.ra
pmRA Pmra Proper motion in RA direction deg/yr pos.pm;pos.eq.ra
pmDE Pmde Proper motion in Dec direction deg/yr pos.pm;pos.eq.dec
e_pmRA E_pmra Error on proper motion in RA direction deg/yr stat.error;pos.pm;pos.eq.ra
e_pmDE E_pmde Error on proper motion in Dec direction deg/yr stat.error;pos.pm;pos.eq.dec
chi2 Chi2 Chi-squared value of proper motion solution N/A stat.fit.chi2
Nplates Nplates No. of plates used for this proper motion measurement N/A meta.number;obs
classMagB Classmagb B band magnitude selected by B image class mag phot.mag;em.opt.B
classMagR1 Classmagr1 R1 band magnitude selected by R1 image class mag phot.mag;em.opt.R
classMagR2 Classmagr2 R2 band magnitude selected by R2 image class mag phot.mag;em.opt.R
classMagI Classmagi I band magnitude selected by I image class mag phot.mag;em.opt.I
gCorMagB Gcormagb B band magnitude assuming object is galaxy mag phot.mag;em.opt.B
gCorMagR1 Gcormagr1 R1 band magnitude assuming object is galaxy mag phot.mag;em.opt.R
gCorMagR2 Gcormagr2 R2 band magnitude assuming object is galaxy mag phot.mag;em.opt.R
gCorMagI Gcormagi I band magnitude assuming object is galaxy mag phot.mag;em.opt.I
sCorMagB Scormagb B band magnitude assuming object is star mag phot.mag;em.opt.B
sCorMagR1 Scormagr1 R1 band magnitude assuming object is star mag phot.mag;em.opt.R
sCorMagR2 Scormagr2 R2 band magnitude assuming object is star mag phot.mag;em.opt.R
sCorMagI Scormagi I band magnitude assuming object is star mag phot.mag;em.opt.I
meanClass Meanclass Estimate of image class based on unit-weighted mean of individual classes N/A src.class.starGalaxy
classB Classb Image classification from B band detection N/A src.class;em.opt.B
classR1 Classr1 Image classification from R1 band detection N/A src.class;em.opt.R
classR2 Classr2 Image classification from R2 band detection N/A src.class;em.opt.R
classI Classi Image classification from I band detection N/A src.class;em.opt.I
ellipB Ellipb Ellipticity of B band detection N/A src.ellipticity
ellipR1 Ellipr1 Ellipticity of R1 band detection N/A src.ellipticity;em.opt.R
ellipR2 Ellipr2 Ellipticity of R2 band detection N/A src.ellipticity;em.opt.R
ellipI Ellipi Ellipticity of I band detection N/A src.ellipticity;em.opt.I
qualB Qualb Bitwise quality flag from B band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.B
qualR1 Qualr1 Bitwise quality flag from R1 band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.R
qualR2 Qualr2 Bitwise quality flag from R2 band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.R
qualI Quali Bitwise quality flag from I band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.I
blendB Blendb Blend flag from B band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.B
blendR1 Blendr1 Blend flag from R1 band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.R
blendR2 Blendr2 Blend flag from R2 band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.R
blendI Blendi Blend flag from I band detection N/A meta.code.qual;em.opt.I
prfStatB Prfstatb Profile statistic from B band detection N/A src.class.starGalaxy
prfStatR1 Prfstatr1 Profile statistic from R1 band detection N/A src.class.starGalaxy;em.opt.R
prfStatR2 Prfstatr2 Profile statistic from R2 band detection N/A src.class.starGalaxy;em.opt.R
prfStatI Prfstati Profile statistic from I band detection N/A src.class.starGalaxy;em.opt.R
Ebmv Ebmv The estimated foreground reddening at this position from Schlegel et al. (1998) mag phys.absorption

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Copyright and such: The SuperCOSMOS source table is merely mirrored here. See http://www-wfau.roe.ac.uk/sss/index.html for more information and usage conditions.