II/382ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/382CDSCross N.J.G.Collins R.S.Mann R.G.Read M.A.Sutorius E.T.W.,Blake R.P.Holliman M.Hambly N.C.Emerson J.P.Lawrence A.Noddle K.T.2025-06-06T12:09:24Z2025-04-01T14:14:11ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frsurveysinfrared-sourcesinfrared-photometryWe describe the VISTA Science Archive (VSA) and its first public release of data from five of the six VISTA public surveys. The VSA exists to support the VISTA surveys through their lifecycle: the VISTA Public Survey consortia can use it during their quality control assessment of survey data products before submission to the ESO Science Archive Facility (ESO SAF); it supports their exploitation of survey data prior to its publication through the ESO SAF; and, subsequently, it provides the wider community with survey science exploitation tools that complement the data product repository functionality of the ESO SAF. This paper has been written in conjunction with the first public release of public survey data through the VSA and is designed to help its users understand the data products available and how the functionality of the VSA supports their varied science goals. We describe the design of the database and outline the database-driven curation processes that take data from nightly pipeline-processed and calibrated FITS files to create science-ready survey datasets. Much of this design, and the codebase implementing it, derives from our earlier WFCAM Science Archive (WSA), so this paper concentrates on the VISTA-specific aspects and on improvements made to the system in the light of experience gained in operating the WSA.2012A&A...548A.119Chttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/382CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toII/329 : VIKING catalogue data release 1 (Edge+, 2013)II/343 : VIKING catalogue data release 2 (Edge+, 2016)CitesViking at ESO Science archive: https://doi.org/10.18727/archive/59IsVariantFormOfViking at ESO Science archive: https://doi.org/10.18727/archive/59https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=II/382https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=II/382http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=II/382https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=II/382https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=II/382http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=II/382GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table II/382/viking4 (VIKING catalogue DR4 (2025-03-25))https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/II/382/viking4?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/II/382/viking4?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/II/382/viking4?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true134.998773828160950.001260065587040.005555555555555556ESO0/0-11 6/https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/II/382?format=asciiInfrareddefaultII/382/viking4VIKING catalogue DR4 (2025-03-25)Zpmag? Extended source Z magnitude (Petrosian) (ZPETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.opt.Ifloatnullableindexede_Jap6? Error in point source J aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (JAPERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableSrcIDUID of this merged detection as assigned by merge algorithm (SOURCEID)meta.id;meta.mainRAJ2000Celestial Right Ascension (J2000) (RA2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Celestial Declination (J2000) (DEC2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainNameIAU Name (not unique) (IAUNAME)meta.idcharindexedCueventIdUID of curation event giving rise to this record (CUEVENTID)meta.bibintFrameIdUID of the set of frames that this merged source comes from (FRAMESETID)meta.bibPriOrSecSeam code for a unique (=0) or duplicated (!=0) source (PRIORSEC)meta.codeZ-Ypnt? Point source colour Z-Y (using aperMag3) (ZMYPNT)magphot.color;em.opt.I;em.IR.NIRfloatnullablee_Z-Ypnt? Error on point source colour Z-Y (ZMYPNTERR)magstat.error;em.opt.I;em.IR.NIRdoublenullableY-Jpnt? Point source colour Y-J (using aperMag3) (YMJPNT)magphot.color;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_Y-Jpnt? Error on point source colour Y-J (YMJPNTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ-Hpnt? Point source colour J-H (using aperMag3) (JMHPNT)magphot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.Hfloatnullablee_J-Hpnt? Error on point source colour J-H (JMHPNTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.HdoublenullableH-Kspnt? Point source colour H-Ks (using aperMag3) (HMKSPNT)magphot.color;em.IR.H;em.IR.Kfloatnullablee_H-Kspnt? Error on point source colour H-Ks (HMKSPNTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.H;em.IR.KdoublenullableJ1-Hpnt? Point source colour J1-H (using aperMag3) (J_1MHPNT)magphot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.Hdoublenullablee_J1-Hpnt? Error on point source colour J1-H (J_1MHPNTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.HdoublenullableY-J2pnt? Point source colour Y-J2 (using aperMag3) (YMJ_2PNT)magphot.color;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.Jdoublenullablee_Y-J2pnt? Error on point source colour Y-J2 (YMJ_2PNTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.JdoublenullableZ-Yext? Extended source colour Z-Y (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) (ZMYEXT)magphot.color;em.opt.I;em.IR.NIRfloatnullablee_Z-Yext? Error on extended source colour Z-Y (ZMYEXTERR)magstat.error;em.opt.I;em.IR.NIRdoublenullableY-Jext? Extended source colour Y-J (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) (YMJEXT)magphot.color;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_Y-Jext? Error on extended source colour Y-J (YMJEXTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ-Hext? Extended source colour J-H (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) (JMHEXT)magphot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.Hfloatnullablee_J-Hext? Error on extended source colour J-H (JMHEXTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.HdoublenullableH-Ksext? Extended source colour H-Ks (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) (HMKSEXT)magphot.color;em.IR.H;em.IR.Kfloatnullablee_H-Ksext? Error on extended source colour H-Ks (HMKSEXTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.H;em.IR.KdoublenullableJ1-Hext? Extended source colour J1-H (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) (J_1MHEXT)magphot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.Hdoublenullablee_J1-Hext? Error on extended source colour J1-H (J_1MHEXTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.HdoublenullableY-J2ext? Extended source colour Y-J2 (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) (YMJ_2EXT)magphot.color;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.Jdoublenullablee_Y-J2ext? Error on extended source colour Y-J2 (YMJ_2EXTERR)magstat.error;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.JdoublenullableMstatMerged N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic (MERGEDCLASSSTAT)statdoubleMclass[-9/1]? Class flag (MERGEDCLASS) (1)src.classintnullablepStarProbability that the source is a star (PSTAR)stat.probabilitydoublepGalProbability that the source is a galaxy (PGALAXY)stat.probabilitydoublepNoiseProbability that the source is noise (PNOISE)stat.probabilitydoubleE(B-V)The galactic dust extinction value measured from the Schlegel maps (EBV)phys.absorption.galfloatZ-MJD? Modified Julian Day in Z band (ZMJD)dtime.epoch;em.opt.Idoublenullableindexede_Zpmag? Error in extended source Z magnitude (Petrosian) (ZPETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.opt.IdoublenullableZap3? Default point source Z aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (ZAPERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.opt.Ifloatnullablee_Zap3? Error in default point source Z aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (ZAPERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.opt.IdoublenullableZap6? Point source Z aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (ZAPERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.opt.Ifloatnullablee_Zap6? Error in point source Z aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (ZAPERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.opt.IdoublenullableZapc3? Default extended source Z aperture magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (ZAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableZapc6? Extended source Z aperture magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (ZAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6)magphot.mag;em.opt.IfloatnullableZamaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in Z band (ZHLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.opt.IfloatnullableZell? 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Z (ZELL)src.ellipticity;em.opt.IfloatnullableZClassSt? N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in Z (ZCLASSSTAT)stat;em.opt.IfloatnullableY-MJD? Modified Julian Day in Y band (YMJD)dtime.epoch;em.IR.NIRdoublenullableYpmag? Extended source Y magnitude (Petrosian) (YPETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableindexede_Ypmag? Error in extended source Y magnitude (Petrosian) (YPETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.NIRdoublenullableYap3? Default point source Y aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (YAPERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.IR.NIRfloatnullablee_Yap3? Error in default point source Y aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (YAPERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.NIRdoublenullableYap6? Point source Y aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (YAPERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.IR.NIRfloatnullablee_Yap6? Error in point source y aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (YAPERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.NIRdoublenullableYapc3? Default extended source Y aperture magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (YAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableYapc6? Extended source Y aperture magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (YAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6)magphot.mag;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableYamaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in Y band (YHLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableYell? 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Y (YELL)src.ellipticity;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableYxi? Offset of Y detection from master position (+east/-west) (YXI)arcsecpos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableYeta? Offset of Y detection from master position (+north/-south) (YETA)arcsecpos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.NIRfloatnullableJ-MJD? Modified Julian Day in J band (JMJD)dtime.epoch;em.IR.JdoublenullableJpmag? Extended source J magnitude (Petrosian) (JPETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullableindexede_Jpmag? Error in extended source J magnitude (Petrosian) (JPETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJap3? Default point source J aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (JAPERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_Jap3? Error in default point source J aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (JAPERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJap6? Point source J aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (JAPERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJapc3? Default extended source J aperture magnitude(2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (JAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJapc6? Extended source J aperture magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (JAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJamaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in J band (JHLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.IR.JfloatnullableJell? 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in J (JELL)src.ellipticity;em.IR.JfloatnullableJclassSt? N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in J (JCLASSSTAT)stat;em.IR.JfloatnullableJxi? Offset of J detection from master position (+east/-west) (JXI)arcsecpos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.JfloatnullableJeta? Offset of J detection from master position (+north/-south) (JETA)arcsecpos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1-MJD? Modified Julian Day in J1 band (J_1MJD)dtime.epoch;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ1pmag? Extended source J1 magnitude (Petrosian) (J_1PETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullableindexede_J1pmag? Error in extended source J1 magnitude (Petrosian) (J_1PETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ1ap3? Default point source J1 aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_1APERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_J1ap3? Error in default point source J1 aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_1APERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ1ap6? Point source J1 aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_1APERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_J1ap6? Error in point source J1 aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_1APERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ1apc3? Default extended source J1 aperture magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_1APERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1apc6? Extended source J1 aperture magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_1APERMAGNOAPERCORR6)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1amaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in J1 band (J_1HLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1ell? 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in J1 (J_1ELL)src.ellipticity;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1classSt? N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in J1 (J_1CLASSSTAT)stat;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1xi? Offset of J1 detection from master position (+east/-west) (J_1XI)arcsecpos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ1eta? Offset of J1 detection from master position (+north/-south) (J_1ETA)arcsecpos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2-MJD? Modified Julian Day in J2 band (J_2MJD)dtime.epoch;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ2pmag? Extended source J2 magnitude (Petrosian) (J_2PETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullableindexede_J2pmag? Error in extended source J2 magnitude (Petrosian) (J_2PETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ2ap3? Default point source J2 aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_2APERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_J2ap3? Error in default point source J2 aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_2APERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ2ap6? Point source J2 aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_2APERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.IR.Jfloatnullablee_J2ap6? Error in point source J2 aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_2APERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.JdoublenullableJ2apc3? Default extended source J2 aperture magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_2APERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2apc6? Extended source J2 aperture magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (J_2APERMAGNOAPERCORR6)magphot.mag;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2amaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in J2 band (J_2HLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2ell? 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in J2 (J_2ELL)src.ellipticity;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2classSt? N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in J2 (J_2CLASSSTAT)stat;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2xi? Offset of J2 detection from master position (+east/-west) (J_2XI)arcsecpos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.JfloatnullableJ2eta? Offset of J2 detection from master position (+north/-south) (J_2ETA)arcsecpos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.JfloatnullableH-MJD? Modified Julian Day in H band (HMJD)dtime.epoch;em.IR.HdoublenullableHpmag? Extended source H magnitude (Petrosian) (HPETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.IR.Hfloatnullableindexede_Hpmag? Error in extended source H magnitude (Petrosian) (HPETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.HdoublenullableHap3? Default point source H aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (HAPERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.IR.Hfloatnullablee_Hap3? Error in default point source H aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (HAPERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.HdoublenullableHap6? Point source H aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (HAPERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.IR.Hfloatnullablee_Hap6? Error in point source H aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (HAPERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.HdoublenullableHapc3? Default extended source H aperture magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (HAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.IR.HfloatnullableHapc6? Extended source H aperture magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (HAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6)magphot.mag;em.IR.HfloatnullableHamaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in H band (HHLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.IR.HfloatnullableHell? 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in H (HELL)src.ellipticity;em.IR.HfloatnullableHclassSt? N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in H (HCLASSSTAT)stat;em.IR.HfloatnullableHxi? Offset of H detection from master position (+east/-west) (HXI)arcsecpos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.HfloatnullableHeta? Offset of H detection from master position (+north/-south) (HETA)arcsecpos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.HfloatnullableKs-MJD? Modified Julian Day in Ks band (KSMJD)dtime.epoch;em.IR.KdoublenullableKspmag? Extended source Ks magnitude (Petrosian) (KSPETROMAG)magphot.mag;em.IR.Kfloatnullableindexede_Kspmag? Error in extended source Ks magnitude (Petrosian) (KSPETROMAGERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.KdoublenullableKsap3? Default point source Ks aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (KSAPERMAG3)magphot.mag;em.IR.Kfloatnullablee_Ksap3? Error in default point source Ks aperture corrected magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (KSAPERMAG3ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.KdoublenullableKsap6? Point source Ks aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (KSAPERMAG6)magphot.mag;em.IR.Kfloatnullablee_Ksap6? Error in point source Ks aperture corrected magnitude (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) (KSAPERMAG6ERR)magstat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.KdoublenullableKsapc3? Default extended source Ks aperture magnitude (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) (KSAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3)magphot.mag;em.IR.KfloatnullableKsamaj? Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in Ks band (KSHLCORSMJRADAS)arcsecphys.angSize;em.IR.KfloatnullableKsell? 1-b/a, where a/b = semi-major/minor axes in Ks (KSELL)src.ellipticity;em.IR.KfloatnullableKsclassSt? N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in Ks (KSCLASSSTAT)stat;em.IR.KfloatnullableKsxi? Offset of Ks detection from master position (+east/-west) (KSXI)arcsecpos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.KfloatnullableKseta? Offset of Ks detection from master position (+north/-south) (KSETA)arcsecpos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.Kfloatnullableprim[0/1] Primary source 1; secondary source 0 (PRIMARY_SOURCE)meta.codeint