Table information for 'gaia.dr2_ts_ssa'

General

Table Description: This table contains about 1.5 Million photometric timeseries for roughly 0.5 Million objects. Photometry is available in the Gaia G, BP, and RP bands for epochs between 2014-07-25 and 2016-05-25. The spectra are available in VOTable format with the timeseries annotation proposed in the Nadvornik et al IVOA note.

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description:

This schema contains data re-published from the official Gaia mirrors (such as ivo://uni-heidelberg.de/gaia/tap) either to support combining its data with local tables (the various Xlite tables) or to make the data more accessible to VO clients (e.g., epoch fluxes).

Other Gaia-related data is found in, among others, the gdr2dist, gdr3mock, gdr3spec, gedr3auto, gedr3dist, gedr3mock, and gedr3spur schemas.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'Selections from Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2)'

Citing this table

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

@MISC{vo:gaia_dr2_ts_ssa,
  year=2018,
  title={Gaia DR2 Timeseries {SSA} Table},
  author={{GAIA} Collaboration},
  url={https://dc.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/tableinfo/gaia.dr2_ts_ssa},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {GAVO} Data Center}
}

If you use public Gaia DR2 data in a paper, please take note of ESAC's guide on how to acknowledge and cite it.

Columns

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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
embargo Embargo ends Date the data will become/became public yr N/A
mime Type MIME type of the file served N/A meta.code.mime
owner Owner Owner of the data N/A N/A
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_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 Barycentric TCB) d time.epoch;stat.max
time_min 1. Obs First timestamp in time series (MJD Barycentric TCB) d time.epoch;stat.min

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