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Glossary of WSA attributes

This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the UKIDSSDR5 database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the UKIDSSDR5 Schema Browser (other Browser versions).
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NameSchema TableDatabaseDescriptionTypeLengthUnitDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
b CompleteStars, ReliableGalaxies, ReliableStars, Source SSA The Galactic latitude of the source real 4 degrees   POS_GAL_LAT
b CurrentAstrometry WSATransit Galactic latitude of device centre float 8 Degrees   POS_GAL_LAT
b CurrentAstrometry, PreviousAstrometry WSA Galactic latitude of device centre float 8 Degrees   POS_GAL_LAT
b dxsDetection, dxsJKsource, dxsListRemeasurement, dxsSource, dxsSourceRemeasurement, gcsDetection, gcsListRemeasurement, gcsPointSource, gcsSource, gcsSourceRemeasurement, gcsZYJHKsource, gpsDetection, gpsJHKsource, gpsListRemeasurement, gpsPointSource, gpsSource, gpsSourceRemeasurement, lasDetection, lasExtendedSource, lasListRemeasurement, lasPointSource, lasSource, lasSourceRemeasurement, lasYJHKsource, reliableDxsSource, reliableGcsPointSource, reliableGpsPointSource, reliableLasPointSource, reliableUdsSource, UKIDSSDetection, udsDetection, udsListRemeasurement, udsSource, udsSourceRemeasurement WSA Galactic latitude float 8 Degrees   POS_GAL_LAT
b glimpse1_hrc, glimpse1_mca, glimpse2_hrc, glimpse2_mca, glimpse_hrc_inter, glimpse_mca_inter GLIMPSE Galactic latitude float 8 degrees   POS_GAL_LAT
b ptsDetection WSATransit Galactic latitude float 8 Degrees   POS_GAL_LAT
B1 mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background correction applied to A1 real 4   99.99  
B2 mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background correction applied to A2 real 4   99.99  
B3 mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background correction applied to A3 real 4   99.99  
B4 mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background correction applied to A4 real 4   99.99  
b_err glimpse1_hrc, glimpse1_mca, glimpse2_hrc, glimpse2_mca, glimpse_hrc_inter, glimpse_mca_inter GLIMPSE Error in Galactic latitude float 8 arcsec   ERROR
B_IMAGE mgcDetection MGC Flux rms along minor axis real 4 pixel    
b_m_opt twomass_psc 2MASS Blue magnitude of associated optical source. real 4 mag   SPECT_FLUX_VALUE
B_MGC mgcDetection MGC Best of MAG_AUTO and MAG_ISOCOR real 4 mag    
B_MGC_DC mgcDetection MGC B_MGC corrected for extinction real 4 mag    
BACK mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background Level (digital units) real 4   99.99  
BACKGRND mgcDetection MGC Background at object position real 4 count    
BACKm mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background Level error (-) real 4   99.99  
BACKp mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Background Level error (+) real 4   99.99  
bandMergingCriterion RequiredSynoptic WSA maximum timespan over which different filters are merged into sources in the synoptic source table. real 4 minutes -0.9999995e9  
BBDWEIGHT mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Weight from MGC4 BBD real 4      
BBDWEIGHTERR mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Error in weight from MGC4 BBD real 4      
beamNS Multiframe WSA Topend: N-S beam {image primary HDU keyword: NSBEAM} real 4   -0.9999995e9  
beamNS Multiframe WSATransit Topend: N-S beam {image primary HDU keyword: NSBEAM} real 4   -0.9999995e9  
beamWE Multiframe WSA Topend: W-E beam {image primary HDU keyword: WEBEAM} real 4   -0.9999995e9  
beamWE Multiframe WSATransit Topend: W-E beam {image primary HDU keyword: WEBEAM} real 4   -0.9999995e9  
BEST_Z mgcBrightSpec MGC Best redshift real 4      
BEST_ZQUAL mgcBrightSpec MGC Quality of best redshift tinyint 1      
BESTTQZ_Z mgcBrightSpec MGC 2qz redshift real 4      
bgrCpsa rosat_bsc, rosat_fsc ROSAT background countrate, vignetting corrected real 4 counts/sec/arcmin**2   INST_BACKGROUND
bI Detection SSA Semi-minor axis of intensity-weighted fitted ellip. real 4 microns   EXTENSION_SMIN
BII twoxmm XMM Galactic latitude of the detection in degrees corresponding to the (corrected) coordinates RA and DEC. float 8 degrees    
bitsPerPix MultiframeDetector WSA Number of bits per data pixel, eg. +32 = 4 byte integers {image extension keyword: BITPIX} smallint 2 FITS bitpix   NUMBER
bitsPerPix MultiframeDetector WSATransit Number of bits per data pixel, eg. +32 = 4 byte integers {image extension keyword: BITPIX} smallint 2 FITS bitpix   NUMBER
bl_flg twomass_psc 2MASS Blend flag. varchar 3     CODE_MISC
bl_sub_flg twomass_xsc 2MASS blanked/subtracted src description flag. smallint 2     CODE_MISC
blend Detection SSA Deblend flag: -n=parent of n children; +n = nth child of a parent int 4     CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendB CompleteStars, ReliableGalaxies, ReliableStars, Source SSA Blend flag from B band detection int 4   -99999999 CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendI CompleteStars, ReliableGalaxies, ReliableStars, Source SSA Blend flag from I band detection int 4   -99999999 CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendR1 CompleteStars, ReliableGalaxies, ReliableStars, Source SSA Blend flag from R1 band detection int 4   -99999999 CODE_MULT_INDEX
blendR2 CompleteStars, ReliableGalaxies, ReliableStars, Source SSA Blend flag from R2 band detection int 4   -99999999 CODE_MULT_INDEX
blk_fac twomass_xsc 2MASS LCSB blocking factor (1, 2, 4, 8). smallint 2     FIT_PARAM
bMag ukirtFSstars WSA B band total magnitude real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 PHOT_INT-MAG
brightLim Plate SSA Bright mag limit for selected astrometric refstars real 4     PHOT_MAG_LIMIT
brightObjID JunkDetection SSA The Detection.objID of the artifact-inducing bright star bigint 8   0 ID_ASSOCIATED
bU Detection SSA Semi-minor axis of unweighted fitted ellipse real 4 microns   EXTENSION_SMIN
BULGE_E mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Ellipticity real 4   99.99  
BULGE_Em mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Ellipticity error (-) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_Ep mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Ellipticity error (+) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_FRAC mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Fraction (0=pure disk) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_FRACm mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Fraction error (-) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_FRACp mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Fraction error (+) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_PA mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Position Angle real 4   99.99  
BULGE_PAm mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Position Angle error (-) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_PAp mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Position Angle error (+) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_RE mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Effective Radius real 4   99.99  
BULGE_REm mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Effective Radius error (-) real 4   99.99  
BULGE_REp mgcGalaxyStruct MGC Bulge Effective Radius error (+) real 4   99.99  



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