TABLE  vmcVariablesType

Contains type of variable as defined by the VMC team

This has different types of variable and links to more specific tables for
these variable types.

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (varID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
varIDbigint8 UID of VMC variables meta.id;meta.main
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record meta.id
rafloat8DegreesCelestial Right Ascension pos.eq.ra;meta.main
decfloat8DegreesCelestial Declination pos.eq.dec;meta.main
variableTypevarchar32 Type of variable as defined by VMC team meta.code.class;src.var
Total length60