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Details - VVV: ZYJHKs Catalogue in the Via Lactea

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 FRAMESETID UID of the set of frames that this merged source comes from INT64 1 meta.bib
4 RA2000 Celestial Right Ascension DOUBLE 1 pos.eq.ra;meta.main Degrees
5 DEC2000 Celestial Declination DOUBLE 1 pos.eq.dec;meta.main Degrees
6 L Galactic longitude DOUBLE 1 pos.galactic.lon Degrees
7 B Galactic latitude DOUBLE 1 pos.galactic.lat Degrees
8 LAMBDA SDSS system spherical co-ordinate 1 DOUBLE 1 pos Degrees
9 ETA SDSS system spherical co-ordinate 2 DOUBLE 1 pos Degrees
10 PRIORSEC Seam code for a unique (=0) or duplicated (!=0) source INT64 1 meta.code
11 MERGEDCLASSSTAT Merged N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic FLOAT 1 stat
12 MERGEDCLASS Class flag,1|0|-1|-2|-3|-9=gal|noise|star|probStar|probGal|saturated INT16 1 meta.code
13 ZMYPNT Point source colour Z-Y (using aperMag3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.opt.I;em.IR.NIR mag
14 ZMYPNTERR Error on point source colour Z-Y FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.opt.I;em.IR.NIR mag
15 JMHPNT Point source colour J-H (using aperMag3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.IR.J;em.IR.H mag
16 JMHPNTERR Error on point source colour J-H FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;em.IR.H mag
17 HMKSPNT Point source colour H-Ks (using aperMag3) FLOAT 1 phot.color;em.IR.H;em.IR.K mag
18 HMKSPNTERR Error on point source colour H-Ks FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.H;em.IR.K mag
19 ZAPERMAG1 Extended source Z aperture corrected mag 1.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.opt.I mag
20 ZAPERMAG1ERR Error in extended source Z mag (1.0 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.opt.I;phot.mag mag
21 ZAPERMAG3 Default source Z aperture corrected mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.opt.I mag
22 ZAPERMAG3ERR Error in default source Z mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.opt.I;phot.mag mag
23 ZAPERMAG4 Extended source Z aperture corrected mag 2.8 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.opt.I mag
24 ZAPERMAG4ERR Error in extended source Z mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.opt.I;phot.mag mag
25 ZGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in Z FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.opt.I pixels
26 ZPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in Z FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.opt.I Degrees
27 ZELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Z FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.opt.I
28 ZPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in Z INT32 1 meta.code;em.opt.I
29 ZAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diameter default aperture 3 Z FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.opt.I
30 ZSEQNUM the running number of the Z detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.opt.I
31 ZXI Offset of Z detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.opt.I arcsec
32 ZETA Offset of Z detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.opt.I arcsec
33 YAPERMAG1 Extended source Y aperture corrected mag 1.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
34 YAPERMAG1ERR Error in extended source Y mag (1.0 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
35 YAPERMAG3 Default source Y aperture corrected mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
36 YAPERMAG3ERR Error in default source Y mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
37 YAPERMAG4 Extended source Y aperture corrected mag 2.8 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.NIR mag
38 YAPERMAG4ERR Error in extended source Y mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.NIR;phot.mag mag
39 YGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in Y FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.NIR pixels
40 YPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in Y FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.NIR Degrees
41 YELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Y FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.NIR
42 YPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in Y INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.NIR
43 YAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diameter default aperture 3 Y FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.NIR
44 YSEQNUM the running number of the Y detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.NIR
45 YXI Offset of Y detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.NIR arcsec
46 YETA Offset of Y detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.NIR arcsec
47 JAPERMAG1 Extended source J aperture corrected mag 1.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
48 JAPERMAG1ERR Error in extended source J mag (1.0 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
49 JAPERMAG3 Default source J aperture corrected mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
50 JAPERMAG3ERR Error in default source J mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
51 JAPERMAG4 Extended source J aperture corrected mag 2.8 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.J mag
52 JAPERMAG4ERR Error in extended source J mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.J;phot.mag mag
53 JGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in J FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.J pixels
54 JPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in J FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.J Degrees
55 JELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in J FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.J
56 JPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in J INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.J
57 JAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diameter default aperture 3 J FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.J
58 JSEQNUM the running number of the J detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.J
59 JXI Offset of J detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.J arcsec
60 JETA Offset of J detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.J arcsec
61 HAPERMAG1 Extended source H aperture corrected mag 1.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.H mag
62 HAPERMAG1ERR Error in extended source H mag (1.0 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.H;phot.mag mag
63 HAPERMAG3 Default source H aperture corrected mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.H mag
64 HAPERMAG3ERR Error in default source H mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.H;phot.mag mag
65 HAPERMAG4 Extended source H aperture corrected mag 2.8 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.H mag
66 HAPERMAG4ERR Error in extended source H mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.H;phot.mag mag
67 HGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in H FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.H pixels
68 HPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in H FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.H Degrees
69 HELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in H FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.H
70 HPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in H INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.H
71 HAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diameter default aperture 3 H FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.H
72 HSEQNUM the running number of the H detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.H
73 HXI Offset of H detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.H arcsec
74 HETA Offset of H detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.H arcsec
75 KSAPERMAG1 Extended source Ks aperture corrected mag 1.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
76 KSAPERMAG1ERR Error in extended source Ks mag (1.0 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
77 KSAPERMAG3 Default source Ks aperture corrected mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
78 KSAPERMAG3ERR Error in default source Ks mag 2.0 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
79 KSAPERMAG4 Extended source Ks aperture corrected mag 2.8 arcsec diam FLOAT 1 phot.mag;em.IR.K mag
80 KSAPERMAG4ERR Error in extended source Ks mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) FLOAT 1 stat.error;em.IR.K;phot.mag mag
81 KSGAUSIG RMS of axes of ellipse fit in Ks FLOAT 1 src.morph.param;em.IR.K pixels
82 KSPA ellipse fit celestial orientation in Ks FLOAT 1 pos.posAng;em.IR.K Degrees
83 KSELL 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in Ks FLOAT 1 src.ellipticity;em.IR.K
84 KSPPERRBITS additional WFAU post-processing error bits in Ks INT32 1 meta.code;em.IR.K
85 KSAVERAGECONF average confidence in 2 arcsec diameter default aperture 3 Ks FLOAT 1 stat.likelihood;em.IR.K
86 KSSEQNUM the running number of the Ks detection INT32 1 meta.number;em.IR.K
87 KSXI Offset of Ks detection from master position (+east/-west) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff;em.IR.K arcsec
88 KSETA Offset of Ks detection from master position (+north/-south) FLOAT 1 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff;em.IR.K arcsec
89 VARFLAG Classification of variability in this band INT16 1 meta.code.class;src.var;em.IR.K