Details - VVV: Multi-Epoch Ks-Band Photometry in the Via Lactea
| Title | VVV: Multi-Epoch Ks-Band Photometry in the Via Lactea |
| Version | 2 |
| Data Provider/P.I. | Dante Minniti |
| Data Collection | VVV |
| Data Release | DR2 |
| Submission Date | 2015-06-16 |
| Publication Date | 2015-08-19 |
| Description |
Multi-epoch photometry of sources in the near-infrared VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea Survey (VVV). The catalogue lists about 2.6 billion measurements in the Ks band.
Please refer to the full data release description for further information. |
| Telescope | ESO-VISTA |
| Instrument | VIRCAM |
| Technique of Observation | IMAGE,JITTER |
| Start of Observations | 55,124 (2009-10-20T14:00:08) |
| End of Observations | 55,835.104 (2011-10-01T16:29:53) |
| Filter Set/bands | Ks |
| Sky Solid Angle | 525 |
| Number of Records | 2566005731 |
| Number of Columns | 6 |
| Reference | 2012A&A...537A.107S |
| 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/67 |
| Position | Name | Description | Data Type | Data Size | UCD | Physical Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHOT_ID | UID for observation. Combination of source and detection UIDs | INT64 | 1 | meta.id;meta.main | |
| 2 | IAUNAME | IAU Name (not unique) | STRING | 29 | meta.id | |
| 3 | SOURCEID | UID of this merged detection | INT64 | 1 | meta.id | |
| 4 | MJD | The mean Modified Julian Day of each detection | DOUBLE | 1 | time.epoch | day |
| 5 | KSMAG | Calibrated and corrected aperture mag 3 plus saturation correction | FLOAT | 1 | phot.mag;em.IR.K | mag |
| 6 | KSERR | Error in calibrated aperture magnitude 3 | FLOAT | 1 | stat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.K | mag |