Information on Service 'Bochum Galactic Disk Survey (BGDS) DR2 light curves'

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This service exposes the light curves of stars produced by the Bochum Galactic Disk Survey DR2; several million light curves are provided in the SDSS i and r bands. The lightcurves are published per-band and are also available through obscore.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this service's resource, see Information on resource 'BGDS DR2 time series'

Service Documentation

The time series from BGDS DR2 by default come as IVOA Spectral Data Model compliant VOTables. If you what plain text instead, add &format=txt to the dlget URIs. The columns you get back then are epoch in MJD, magnitude and magnitude error in mag, and a link to a cutout showing where the measurement came from.

Overview

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Coverage

Intervals of messenger energies reflected in this resource: 1.10912 4.1325 eV

Time covered by this resource's data: 2010.69 2019.73

This service is published as follows:

local means it is listed on our front page, ivo_managed means it has a record in the VO registry.

Other services provided on the underlying data include:

Input Fields

The following fields are available to provide input to the service (with some renderers, some of these fields may be unavailable):

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
APERTURE Aperture Angular diameter of aperture deg phys.angSize;instr.fov
BAND Band Wavelength (range) of interest (or symbolic bandpass names) m N/A
COLLECTION Collection A short handle naming the collection this spectrum belongs to. N/A N/A
COMPRESS Compress? Return compressed results? N/A N/A
CREATORDID C. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the creator N/A meta.id
field Field Survey field observed. N/A meta.id;obs.field
FLUXCALIB Calib Flux Type of flux calibration (ABSOLUTE, CALIBRATED, RELATIVE, NORMALIZED, or UNCALIBRATED). N/A N/A
FORMAT Type MIME type of the file served N/A meta.code.mime
maxrec Match limit Maximum number of records returned. Pass 0 to retrieve service parameters. N/A N/A
MTIME Pub. Date Date last published. N/A N/A
POS Pos ICRS position of target object deg N/A
PUBDID P. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the publisher N/A meta.ref.ivoid
REDSHIFT z Redshift of target object N/A src.redshift
REQUEST Request type This is queryData for the default operation; some services support getData as well N/A N/A
responseformat Output Format File format requested for output. N/A meta.code.mime
RUNID Run id An identifier for a certain run. Opaque to the service N/A N/A
SIZE Size Size of the region of interest around POS deg N/A
SNR SNR Signal-to-noise ratio estimated for this dataset N/A stat.snr
SPATRES Res. Spc Spatial resolution of data deg pos.angResolution
SPECRP Specrp Lower limit to spectral resolution power (λ/Δλ) as a single number. N/A N/A
TARGETCLASS Ob. cls Object class (star, QSO,...; use Simbad object classification http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-display?data=otypes if at all possible) N/A src.class
TARGETNAME Object Common name of object observed. N/A meta.id;src
TIME Time Time covered by the time series d time.epoch
TOP #Best Only return the TOP "best" records (on this service, this usually is equivalent to MAXREC, so no ranking is implied). N/A N/A
verb Verbosity Exhaustiveness of column selection. VERB=1 only returns the most important columns, VERB=2 selects the columns deemed useful to the average user, VERB=3 returns a table with all available columns. N/A N/A
WAVECALIB Calib. Spect. Type of wavelength calibration N/A meta.code.qual
WILDTARGET Name Pattern Shell pattern of target observed (case insensitive) N/A N/A
WILDTARGETCASE Name Pattern Shell pattern of target observed (case sensitive) N/A N/A

Default Output Fields

The following fields are contained in the output by default. More fields may be available for selection; these would be given below in the VOTable output fields.

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
accref Product key Access key for the data N/A meta.ref.url;meta.dataset
accsize File size Size of the data in bytes byte N/A
amp Amplitude Difference between brightest and weakest observation. mag phot.mag;em.opt.U;arith.diff
dec Dec ICRS declination for this object. N/A pos.eq.dec;meta.main
field Field Survey field observed. N/A meta.id;obs.field
location_dec Dec N/A deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main
location_ra RA N/A deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main
mags mag[] An array containing the magnitude for the times in mjd mag phot.mag
med_mag 〈mag〉 Median magnitude in the band given by filter mag phot.mag
mime Type MIME type of the file served N/A meta.code.mime
mjds T[] An array containing the time values of the time series d time.epoch
obs_id Obs_id Main identifier of this observation (a single object may have multiple observations in different bands and fields) N/A meta.id;meta.main
ra Ra ICRS right ascension for this object. N/A pos.eq.ra;meta.main
ssa_aperture Aperture Angular diameter of aperture deg phys.angSize;instr.fov
ssa_bandpass Bandpass Bandpass (i.e., rough spectral location) of this dataset; this should be the most appropriate term from the vocabulary http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/messenger. N/A instr.bandpass
ssa_binSize Spect. Bin Bin size in wavelength m em.wl;spect.binSize
ssa_cdate Proc. Date Processing/Creation date N/A time;meta.dataset
ssa_collection Collection A short handle naming the collection this spectrum belongs to. N/A N/A
ssa_creationtype Using Process used to produce the data (archival, cutout, filtered, mosaic, projection, spectralExtraction, or catalogExtraction) N/A N/A
ssa_creator Creator Creator of the datasets included here. N/A N/A
ssa_creatorDID C. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the creator N/A meta.id
ssa_cversion C. Version Creator assigned version for this dataset (will be incremented when this particular item is changed). N/A meta.version;meta.dataset
ssa_datasource Src Method of generation for the data (one of survey, pointed, theory, custom, artificial). N/A N/A
ssa_dateObs Date Obs. Midpoint of exposure (MJD) d time.epoch
ssa_dstitle Title A compact and descriptive designation of the dataset. N/A meta.title;meta.dataset
ssa_dstype Data type Type of data (spectrum, time series, etc) N/A N/A
ssa_fluxcalib Calib Flux Type of flux calibration (ABSOLUTE, CALIBRATED, RELATIVE, NORMALIZED, or UNCALIBRATED). N/A N/A
ssa_fluxStatError Err. flux Statistical error in flux s**-1 stat.error;phot.flux.density;em
ssa_fluxSysError Sys. Err flux Systematic error in flux s**-1 stat.error.sys;phot.flux.density;em
ssa_instrument Instrument Instrument or code used to produce these datasets N/A meta.id;instr
ssa_length Length Number of points in the spectrum N/A N/A
ssa_location Location ICRS location of aperture center deg pos.eq
ssa_pdate Pub. Date Date last published. N/A N/A
ssa_pubDID P. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the publisher N/A meta.ref.ivoid
ssa_publisher Publisher Publisher of the datasets included here. N/A meta.curation
ssa_redshift z Redshift of target object N/A src.redshift
ssa_reference Ref. URL or bibcode of a publication describing this data. N/A meta.bib.bibcode
ssa_score Score A measure of how closely the record matches your query. Higher numbers mean better matches. N/A N/A
ssa_snr SNR Signal-to-noise ratio estimated for this dataset N/A stat.snr
ssa_speccalib Calib. Spect. Type of wavelength calibration N/A meta.code.qual
ssa_specend Band end Upper value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.max
ssa_specext Bandwidth Width of the spectrum m instr.bandwidth
ssa_specmid Mid. Band Midpoint of region covered in this dataset m instr.bandpass
ssa_specres Spec. Res. Resolution (in meters of wavelength) on the spectral axis m spect.resolution;em.wl
ssa_specstart Band start Lower value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.min
ssa_spectStatError Err. Spect Statistical error in wavelength m stat.error;em
ssa_spectSysError Sys. Err. Spect Systematic error in wavelength m stat.error.sys;em
ssa_targclass Ob. cls Object class (star, QSO,...; use Simbad object classification http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-display?data=otypes if at all possible) N/A src.class
ssa_targetpos Obj. pos Equatorial (ICRS) position of the target object. N/A pos.eq;src
ssa_targname Object Common name of object observed. N/A meta.id;src
ssa_timeExt Exp. Time Exposure duration s time.duration
time_max Last Obs Last timestamp in time series (MJD Topocentric UTC) d time.epoch;stat.max
time_min 1st Obs First timestamp in time series (MJD Topocentric UTC) d time.epoch;stat.min

VOTable Output Fields

The following fields are available in VOTable output. The verbosity level is a number intended to represent the relative importance of the field on a scale of 1 to 30. The services take a VERB argument. A field is included in the output if their verbosity level is less or equal VERB*10.

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD Verb. Level
accref Product key Access key for the data N/A meta.ref.url;meta.dataset 1
obs_id Obs_id Main identifier of this observation (a single object may have multiple observations in different bands and fields) N/A meta.id;meta.main 1
time_min 1st Obs First timestamp in time series (MJD Topocentric UTC) d time.epoch;stat.min 1
time_max Last Obs Last timestamp in time series (MJD Topocentric UTC) d time.epoch;stat.max 1
ra Ra ICRS right ascension for this object. N/A pos.eq.ra;meta.main 1
dec Dec ICRS declination for this object. N/A pos.eq.dec;meta.main 1
ssa_location Location ICRS location of aperture center deg pos.eq 5
ssa_dateObs Date Obs. Midpoint of exposure (MJD) d time.epoch 5
ssa_timeExt Exp. Time Exposure duration s time.duration 5
ssa_length Length Number of points in the spectrum N/A N/A 5
med_mag 〈mag〉 Median magnitude in the band given by filter mag phot.mag 5
accsize File size Size of the data in bytes byte N/A 11
ssa_score Score A measure of how closely the record matches your query. Higher numbers mean better matches. N/A N/A 15
location_ra RA N/A deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main 15
location_dec Dec N/A deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main 15
ssa_dstitle Title A compact and descriptive designation of the dataset. N/A meta.title;meta.dataset 15
ssa_creatorDID C. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the creator N/A meta.id 15
ssa_pubDID P. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the publisher N/A meta.ref.ivoid 15
ssa_cdate Proc. Date Processing/Creation date N/A time;meta.dataset 15
ssa_pdate Pub. Date Date last published. N/A N/A 15
ssa_bandpass Bandpass Bandpass (i.e., rough spectral location) of this dataset; this should be the most appropriate term from the vocabulary http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/messenger. N/A instr.bandpass 15
ssa_cversion C. Version Creator assigned version for this dataset (will be incremented when this particular item is changed). N/A meta.version;meta.dataset 15
ssa_targname Object Common name of object observed. N/A meta.id;src 15
ssa_targclass Ob. cls Object class (star, QSO,...; use Simbad object classification http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-display?data=otypes if at all possible) N/A src.class 15
ssa_redshift z Redshift of target object N/A src.redshift 15
ssa_targetpos Obj. pos Equatorial (ICRS) position of the target object. N/A pos.eq;src 15
ssa_snr SNR Signal-to-noise ratio estimated for this dataset N/A stat.snr 15
ssa_aperture Aperture Angular diameter of aperture deg phys.angSize;instr.fov 15
ssa_specmid Mid. Band Midpoint of region covered in this dataset m instr.bandpass 15
ssa_specext Bandwidth Width of the spectrum m instr.bandwidth 15
ssa_specstart Band start Lower value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.min 15
ssa_specend Band end Upper value of spectral coordinate m em.wl;stat.max 15
ssa_dstype Data type Type of data (spectrum, time series, etc) N/A N/A 15
ssa_publisher Publisher Publisher of the datasets included here. N/A meta.curation 15
ssa_creator Creator Creator of the datasets included here. N/A N/A 15
ssa_collection Collection A short handle naming the collection this spectrum belongs to. N/A N/A 15
ssa_instrument Instrument Instrument or code used to produce these datasets N/A meta.id;instr 15
ssa_datasource Src Method of generation for the data (one of survey, pointed, theory, custom, artificial). N/A N/A 15
ssa_creationtype Using Process used to produce the data (archival, cutout, filtered, mosaic, projection, spectralExtraction, or catalogExtraction) N/A N/A 15
ssa_reference Ref. URL or bibcode of a publication describing this data. N/A meta.bib.bibcode 15
ssa_fluxStatError Err. flux Statistical error in flux s**-1 stat.error;phot.flux.density;em 15
ssa_fluxSysError Sys. Err flux Systematic error in flux s**-1 stat.error.sys;phot.flux.density;em 15
ssa_fluxcalib Calib Flux Type of flux calibration (ABSOLUTE, CALIBRATED, RELATIVE, NORMALIZED, or UNCALIBRATED). N/A N/A 15
ssa_binSize Spect. Bin Bin size in wavelength m em.wl;spect.binSize 15
ssa_spectStatError Err. Spect Statistical error in wavelength m stat.error;em 15
ssa_spectSysError Sys. Err. Spect Systematic error in wavelength m stat.error.sys;em 15
ssa_speccalib Calib. Spect. Type of wavelength calibration N/A meta.code.qual 15
ssa_specres Spec. Res. Resolution (in meters of wavelength) on the spectral axis m spect.resolution;em.wl 15
amp Amplitude Difference between brightest and weakest observation. mag phot.mag;em.opt.U;arith.diff 15
field Field Survey field observed. N/A meta.id;obs.field 15
mime Type MIME type of the file served N/A meta.code.mime 20
mjds T[] An array containing the time values of the time series d time.epoch 20
mags mag[] An array containing the magnitude for the times in mjd mag phot.mag 20
owner Owner Owner of the data N/A N/A 25
embargo Embargo ends Date the data will become/became public yr N/A 25

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