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Details - VISTA Magellanic Survey YJKs Catalogue (VMC)

Title VISTA Magellanic Survey YJKs Catalogue (VMC)
Version 2
Data Provider/P.I. Maria-Rosa L. Cioni
Data Collection VMC
Data Release DR3
Submission Date 2014-11-07
Publication Date 2015-01-02
Obsolete Date
Description This catalogue refers to deep images for five new and two re-processed VMC tiles in Y, J and Ks bands completed by October 2012. The total sky coverage of this release is 7.5 deg^2 in the LMC and 3 deg^2 in the SMC.
Please refer to the full data release description for further information.
Telescope ESO-VISTA
Instrument VIRCAM
Technique of Observation IMAGE,JITTER
Start of Observations 55,139.293 (2009-11-04T20:02:23)
End of Observations 56,207.167 (2012-10-07T18:00:57)
Filter Set/bands Y J Ks
Sky Solid Angle 10.5
Number of Records 6324467
Number of Columns 92
Reference 2011A&A...527A.116C
Acknowledgment Policy Please include the following acknowledgment in any published material that makes use of this data product: Based on data obtained from the ESO Science Archive Facility with DOI: https://doi.org/10.18727/archive/64
Position Name Description Data Type Data Size UCD Physical Unit
1 IAUNAME IAU Name (not unique) STRING 29 meta.id
2 SOURCEID UID of this merged detection as assigned by merge algorithm INT64 1 meta.id;meta.main
3 CUEVENTID UID of curation event giving rise to this record INT32 1 meta.bib
4 FRAMESETID UID of the set of frames that this merged source comes from INT64 1 meta.bib
5 RA2000 Celestial Right Ascension DOUBLE 1 pos.eq.ra;meta.main Degrees
6 DEC2000 Celestial Declination DOUBLE 1 pos.eq.dec;meta.main Degrees
7 L Galactic longitude DOUBLE 1 pos.galactic.lon Degrees
8 B Galactic latitude DOUBLE 1 pos.galactic.lat Degrees
9 LAMBDA SDSS system spherical co-ordinate 1 DOUBLE 1 pos Degrees
10 ETA SDSS system spherical co-ordinate 2 DOUBLE 1 pos Degrees
11 PRIORSEC Seam code for a unique (=0) or duplicated (!=0) source INT64 1 meta.code
12 YMJPNT Point source colour Y-J (using aperMag3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.J mag
13 YMJPNTERR Error on point source colour Y-J FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.J mag
14 JMKSPNT Point source colour J-Ks (using aperMag3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.K mag
15 JMKSPNTERR Error on point source colour J-Ks FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.K mag
16 YMJEXT Extended source colour Y-J (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.J mag
17 YMJEXTERR Error on extended source colour Y-J FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.J mag
18 JMKSEXT Extended source colour J-Ks (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.K mag
19 JMKSEXTERR Error on extended source colour J-Ks FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.K mag
20 MERGEDCLASSSTAT Merged N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic FLOAT 1 stat
21 MERGEDCLASS Class flag,1|0|-1|-2|-3|-9=gal|noise|star|probStar|probGal|saturated INT16 1 meta.code
22 PSTAR Probability that the source is a star FLOAT 1 stat
23 PGALAXY Probability that the source is a galaxy FLOAT 1 stat
24 PNOISE Probability that the source is noise FLOAT 1 stat
25 PSATURATED Probability that the source is saturated FLOAT 1 stat
26 YPETROMAG Extended source Y mag (Petrosian) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
27 YPETROMAGERR Error in extended source Y mag (Petrosian) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
28 YAPERMAG3 Default point source Y aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
29 YAPERMAG3ERR Error in default point source y aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
30 YAPERMAG4 Point source Y aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
31 YAPERMAG4ERR Error in point source y aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
32 YAPERMAG6 Point source Y aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
33 YAPERMAG6ERR Error in point source y aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
34 YAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3 Default extended source Y aperture mag (2.0 arcsec diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
35 YAPERMAGNOAPERCORR4 Extended source Y aperture mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
36 YAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6 Extended source Y aperture mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
37 YGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in Y FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.NIR pixels
38 YELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Y FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.NIR
39 YPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in Y FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.NIR Degrees
40 YERRBITS processing warning/error bitwise flags in Y INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.NIR
41 YAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diam default aperture 3 Y FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.NIR
42 YCLASS discrete image classification flag in Y INT16 1 src.class;em.IR.NIR
43 YCLASSSTAT N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in Y FLOAT 1 stat;em.IR.NIR
44 YPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in Y INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.NIR
45 YSEQNUM the running number of the Y detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.NIR
46 YXI Offset of Y detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.NIR arcsec
47 YETA Offset of Y detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.NIR arcsec
48 JPETROMAG Extended source J mag (Petrosian) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
49 JPETROMAGERR Error in extended source J mag (Petrosian) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
50 JAPERMAG3 Default point source J aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
51 JAPERMAG3ERR Error in default point source j aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
52 JAPERMAG4 Point source J aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
53 JAPERMAG4ERR Error in point source j aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
54 JAPERMAG6 Point source J aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
55 JAPERMAG6ERR Error in point source j aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
56 JAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3 Default extended source J aperture mag (2.0 arcsec diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
57 JAPERMAGNOAPERCORR4 Extended source J aperture mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
58 JAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6 Extended source J aperture mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
59 JGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in J FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.J pixels
60 JELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in J FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.J
61 JPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in J FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.J Degrees
62 JERRBITS processing warning/error bitwise flags in J INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.J
63 JAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diam default aperture 3 J FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.J
64 JCLASS discrete image classification flag in J INT16 1 src.class;em.IR.J
65 JCLASSSTAT N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in J FLOAT 1 stat;em.IR.J
66 JPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in J INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.J
67 JSEQNUM the running number of the J detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.J
68 JXI Offset of J detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.J arcsec
69 JETA Offset of J detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.J arcsec
70 KSPETROMAG Extended source Ks mag (Petrosian) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
71 KSPETROMAGERR Error in extended source Ks mag (Petrosian) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
72 KSAPERMAG3 Default point source Ks aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
73 KSAPERMAG3ERR Error in default point source ks aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
74 KSAPERMAG4 Point source Ks aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
75 KSAPERMAG4ERR Error in point source ks aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
76 KSAPERMAG6 Point source Ks aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
77 KSAPERMAG6ERR Error in point source ks aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
78 KSAPERMAGNOAPERCORR3 Default extended source Ks aperture mag (2.0 arcsec diam) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
79 KSAPERMAGNOAPERCORR4 Extended source Ks aperture mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
80 KSAPERMAGNOAPERCORR6 Extended source Ks aperture mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
81 KSGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in Ks FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.K pixels
82 KSELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Ks FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.K
83 KSPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in Ks FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.K Degrees
84 KSERRBITS processing warning/error bitwise flags in Ks INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.K
85 KSAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diam default aperture 3 Ks FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.K
86 KSCLASS discrete image classification flag in Ks INT16 1 src.class;em.IR.K
87 KSCLASSSTAT N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic in Ks FLOAT 1 stat;em.IR.K
88 KSPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in Ks INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.K
89 KSSEQNUM the running number of the Ks detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.K
90 KSXI Offset of Ks detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.K arcsec
91 KSETA Offset of Ks detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.K arcsec
92 VARFLAG Classification of objects across all bands. INT32 1 meta.code.class