TABLE  vmcEclipsingBinaryVariables

Contains details of Eclipsing Binary variables defined by the VMC team

This table contains details about existing OGLEIII and EROS-2 eclipsing binaries.

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (varID)
  • (varID) references vmcVariablesType(varID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
varIDbigint8 UID of VMC variables meta.id;meta.main
fieldIDvarchar8 ID of field {catalogue TType keyword: TILE}NONEmeta.id
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record meta.bib
cataloguevarchar16 Name of the catalogue containing the counterparts of the VMC EBs: OGLE III, EROS-2 or both OGLE III /EROS-2 {catalogue TType keyword: CATALOGUE}NONEmeta.id
externalIDvarchar32 EROS-2/OGLE III ID: Identification from the EROS-2 or OGLE III catalogues. {catalogue TType keyword: EXT_ID} meta.id
rafloat8degCelestial Right Ascension {catalogue TType keyword: RA} pos.eq.ra;meta.main
decfloat8degCelestial Declination {catalogue TType keyword: DEC} pos.eq.dec;meta.main
nEpochsint4 Number of epochs in the Ks-band {catalogue TType keyword: N_EPOCHS} meta.number
ksMaxreal4magKs magnitude at maximum light, determined by fitting with GRATIS {catalogue TType keyword: KS_MAX} phot.mag;stat.max;em.IR.K
ksMaxErrreal4magError on Ks magnitude at maximum light {catalogue TType keyword: ERROR} stat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.K
periodreal4dayPeriod from the EROS/OGLE catalogues. Periods of some stars (marked *, in externalID) were recalculated using GRATIS {catalogue TType keyword: PERIOD} time.period
epochMinreal4dayEpoch of minimum light; EROS, (HJD-2,400,000) determined by GRATIS in EROS R passband; OGLE (JD-2,400,000) from the OGLE III catalogue. {catalogue TType keyword: EPOCH_MIN} time.epoch
notes link to glossaryvarchar16 More details from EROS-2 ("cont.-like", "non-contact") or OGLEIII (checked by GRATIS "ch" or not "n/c" ) {catalogue TType keyword: TYPE}NONEmeta.code.qual
origVSArelvarchar16 VSA release from which Ks data was used {catalogue TType keyword: ORIG_DB}'NONE'meta.id
origVSAsourceIDbigint8 VSA sourceID in VSA release from which Ks data was used {catalogue TType keyword: ID_VMC}-99999999meta.id
Total length144