TABLE  supercos

The SUPERCOS table contains galaxies selected from SuperCOSMOS scans of UKST plates.

This table contains galaxies at |b| > 20 with Bj < 16.75 or R < 15.6.
The programme ID numbers (progid in the target table) for the Bj and R
selected surveys are 8 and 7 respectively.

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (targetid)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
OBJIDint4 unique ID number  
CATNAMEvarchar15 supplied catalogue name  
TARGETNAMEvarchar15 matching name in target table, used to name FITS files and generate thumbnail images  
TARGETIDbigint8 matching ID number in target  
RAfloat8degreesRA J2000  
DECfloat8degreesDec J2000  
PRIORITYsmallint2 survey weight  
MAG_1real4magBj mag, SuperCOSMOS magnitudes generated from a revised calibration , done at the time of input catalogue preparation, tuned to the mag range of interest.  
PROGIDsmallint2 programme ID  
MAG_2real4magR mag, SuperCOSMOS magnitudes generated from a revised calibration, done at the time of input catalogue preparation, tuned to the mag range of interest.  
COMMENTchar17 SuperCOSMOS reference (field no. + B_index + R_index)  
Total length87