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Glossary of VULCAN attributes

This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the VULCANv20260525 database(s) held in the ASNIR. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the VULCANv20260525 Schema Browser (other Browser versions).
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NameSchema TableDatabaseDescriptionTypeLengthUnitDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
h_2mrat twomass_scn TWOMASS H-band average 2nd image moment ratio. real 4     stat.fit.param
h_2mrat twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H band average 2nd image moment ratio for scan real 4      
h_5sig_ba twomass_xsc TWOMASS H minor/major axis ratio fit to the 5-sigma isophote. real 4     phys.size.axisRatio
h_5sig_phi twomass_xsc TWOMASS H angle to 5-sigma major axis (E of N). smallint 2 degrees   stat.error
h_5surf twomass_xsc TWOMASS H central surface brightness (r<=5). real 4 mag   phot.mag.sb
h_ba twomass_xsc TWOMASS H minor/major axis ratio fit to the 3-sigma isophote. real 4     phys.size.axisRatio
h_back twomass_xsc TWOMASS H coadd median background. real 4     meta.code
h_bisym_chi twomass_xsc TWOMASS H bi-symmetric cross-correlation chi. real 4     stat.fit.param
h_bisym_rat twomass_xsc TWOMASS H bi-symmetric flux ratio. real 4     phot.flux;arith.ratio
h_bndg_amp twomass_xsc TWOMASS H banding maximum FT amplitude on this side of coadd. real 4 DN   stat.fit.param
h_bndg_per twomass_xsc TWOMASS H banding Fourier Transf. period on this side of coadd. int 4 arcsec   stat.fit.param
h_cmsig twomass_psc TWOMASS Corrected photometric uncertainty for the default H-band magnitude. real 4 mag H-band phot.flux
h_con_indx twomass_xsc TWOMASS H concentration index r_75%/r_25%. real 4     phys.size;arith.ratio
h_d_area twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 5-sigma to 3-sigma differential area. smallint 2     stat.fit.residual
h_flg_10 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 10 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_15 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 15 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_20 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 20 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_25 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 25 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_30 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 30 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_40 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 40 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_5 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 5 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_50 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 50 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_60 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 60 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_7 twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 7 arcsec circular ap. mag smallint 2      
h_flg_7 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 7 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_70 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 70 arcsec circular ap. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for Kron circular mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for Kron elliptical mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for fiducial Kron circ. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for fiducial Kron ell. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_i20c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 20mag/sq." iso. circ. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_i20e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 20mag/sq." iso. ell. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_i21c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 21mag/sq." iso. circ. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_i21e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 21mag/sq." iso. ell. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_j21fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 21mag/sq." iso. fid. circ. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_j21fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 21mag/sq." iso. fid. ell. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_k20fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 20mag/sq." iso. fid. circ. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_flg_k20fe twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 20mag/sq.″ iso. fid. ell. mag smallint 2      
h_flg_k20fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H confusion flag for 20mag/sq." iso. fid. ell. mag. smallint 2     meta.code
h_k twomass_sixx2_psc TWOMASS The H-Ks color, computed from the H-band and Ks-band magnitudes (h_m and k_m, respectively) of the source. In cases where the second or third digit in rd_flg is equal to either "0", "4", "6", or "9", no color is computed because the photometry in one or both bands is of lower quality or the source is not detected. real 4      
h_m twomass_psc TWOMASS Default H-band magnitude real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m twomass_sixx2_psc TWOMASS H selected "default" magnitude real 4 mag    
h_m_10 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 10 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_15 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 15 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_20 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_25 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 25 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_2mass allwise_sc WISE 2MASS H-band magnitude or magnitude upper limit of the associated 2MASS PSC source. This column is "null" if there is no associated 2MASS PSC source or if the 2MASS PSC H-band magnitude entry is "null". float 8 mag    
h_m_2mass wise_allskysc WISE 2MASS H-band magnitude or magnitude upper limit of the associated 2MASS PSC source.
This column is default if there is no associated 2MASS PSC source or if the 2MASS PSC H-band magnitude entry is default.
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9  
h_m_2mass wise_prelimsc WISE 2MASS H-band magnitude or magnitude upper limit of the associated 2MASS PSC source
This column is default if there is no associated 2MASS PSC source or if the 2MASS PSC H-band magnitude entry is default
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9  
h_m_30 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 30 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_40 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 40 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_5 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 5 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_50 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 50 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_60 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 60 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_7 twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H 7 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude real 4 mag    
h_m_7 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 7 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_70 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 70 arcsec radius circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H Kron circular aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H Kron elliptical aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_ext twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H mag from fit extrapolation real 4 mag    
h_m_ext twomass_xsc TWOMASS H mag from fit extrapolation. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H fiducial Kron circular magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H fiducial Kron ell. mag aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_i20c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq." isophotal circular ap. magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_i20e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq." isophotal elliptical ap. magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_i21c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 21mag/sq." isophotal circular ap. magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_i21e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 21mag/sq." isophotal elliptical ap. magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_j21fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 21mag/sq." isophotal fiducial circ. ap. mag. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_j21fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 21mag/sq." isophotal fiducial ell. ap. magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_k20fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq." isophotal fiducial circ. ap. mag. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_k20fe twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq.″ isophotal fiducial ell. ap. magnitude real 4 mag    
h_m_k20fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq." isophotal fiducial ell. ap. magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_stdap twomass_psc TWOMASS H-band "standard" aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_m_sys twomass_xsc TWOMASS H system photometry magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_mnsurfb_eff twomass_xsc TWOMASS H mean surface brightness at the half-light radius. real 4 mag   phot.mag.sb
h_msig twomass_sixx2_psc TWOMASS H "default" mag uncertainty real 4 mag    
h_msig_10 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 10 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_15 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 15 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_20 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 20 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_25 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 25 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_2mass allwise_sc WISE 2MASS H-band corrected photometric uncertainty of the associated 2MASS PSC source. This column is "null" if there is no associated 2MASS PSC source or if the 2MASS PSC H-band uncertainty entry is "null". float 8 mag    
h_msig_2mass wise_allskysc WISE 2MASS H-band corrected photometric uncertainty of the associated 2MASS PSC source.
This column is default if there is no associated 2MASS PSC source or if the 2MASS PSC H-band uncertainty entry is default.
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9  
h_msig_2mass wise_prelimsc WISE 2MASS H-band corrected photometric uncertainty of the associated 2MASS PSC source
This column is default if there is no associated 2MASS PSC source or if the 2MASS PSC H-band uncertainty entry is default
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9  
h_msig_30 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 30 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_40 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 40 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_5 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 5 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_50 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 50 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_60 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 60 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_7 twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 7 arcsec circular ap. mag real 4 mag    
h_msig_7 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 7 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_70 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 70 arcsec circular ap. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in Kron circular mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in Kron elliptical mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_ext twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in mag from fit extrapolation real 4 mag    
h_msig_ext twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in mag from fit extrapolation. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in fiducial Kron circ. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in fiducial Kron ell. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_i20c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 20mag/sq." iso. circ. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_i20e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 20mag/sq." iso. ell. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_i21c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 21mag/sq." iso. circ. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_i21e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 21mag/sq." iso. ell. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_j21fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 21mag/sq." iso.fid.circ.mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_j21fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 21mag/sq." iso.fid.ell.mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_k20fc twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 20mag/sq." iso.fid.circ. mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_k20fe twomass_sixx2_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 20mag/sq.″ iso.fid.ell.mag real 4 mag    
h_msig_k20fe twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in 20mag/sq." iso.fid.ell.mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msig_stdap twomass_psc TWOMASS Uncertainty in the H-band standard aperture magnitude. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_msig_sys twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1-sigma uncertainty in system photometry mag. real 4 mag   stat.error
h_msigcom twomass_psc TWOMASS Combined, or total photometric uncertainty for the default H-band magnitude. real 4 mag H-band phot.flux
h_msigcom twomass_sixx2_psc TWOMASS combined (total) H band photometric uncertainty real 4 mag    
h_msnr10 twomass_scn TWOMASS The estimated H-band magnitude at which SNR=10 is achieved for this scan. real 4 mag   phot.flux
h_msnr10 twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H mag at which SNR=10 is achieved, from h_psp and h_zp_ap real 4 mag    
h_n_snr10 twomass_scn TWOMASS Number of point sources at H-band with SNR>10 (instrumental mag <=15.1) int 4     meta.number
h_n_snr10 twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS number of H point sources with SNR>10 (instrumental m<=15.1) int 4      
h_pchi twomass_xsc TWOMASS H chi^2 of fit to rad. profile (LCSB: alpha scale len). real 4     stat.fit.param
h_peak twomass_xsc TWOMASS H peak pixel brightness. real 4 mag   phot.mag.sb
h_perc_darea twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 5-sigma to 3-sigma percent area change. smallint 2     FIT_PARAM
h_phi twomass_xsc TWOMASS H angle to 3-sigma major axis (E of N). smallint 2 degrees   pos.posAng
h_psfchi twomass_psc TWOMASS Reduced chi-squared goodness-of-fit value for the H-band profile-fit photometry made on the 1.3 s "Read_2" exposures. real 4     stat.fit.param
h_psp twomass_scn TWOMASS H-band photometric sensitivity paramater (PSP). real 4     instr.sensitivity
h_psp twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H photometric sensitivity param: h_shape_avg*(h_fbg_avg^.29) real 4      
h_pts_noise twomass_scn TWOMASS Base-10 logarithm of the mode of the noise distribution for all point source detections in the scan, where the noise is estimated from the measured H-band photometric errors and is expressed in units of mJy. real 4     instr.det.noise
h_pts_noise twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS log10 of H band modal point src noise estimate real 4 logmJy    
h_r_c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H Kron circular aperture radius. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_r_e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H Kron elliptical aperture semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_r_eff twomass_xsc TWOMASS H half-light (integrated half-flux point) radius. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_r_i20c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq." isophotal circular aperture radius. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_r_i20e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 20mag/sq." isophotal elliptical ap. semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_r_i21c twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 21mag/sq." isophotal circular aperture radius. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_r_i21e twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 21mag/sq." isophotal elliptical ap. semi-major axis. real 4 arcsec   phys.angSize;src
h_resid_ann twomass_xsc TWOMASS H residual annulus background median. real 4 DN   meta.code
h_sc_1mm twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 1st moment (score) (LCSB: super blk 2,4,8 SNR). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_2mm twomass_xsc TWOMASS H 2nd moment (score) (LCSB: SNRMAX - super SNR max). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_msh twomass_xsc TWOMASS H median shape score. real 4     meta.code
h_sc_mxdn twomass_xsc TWOMASS H mxdn (score) (LCSB: BSNR - block/smoothed SNR). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_r1 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H r1 (score). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_r23 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H r23 (score) (LCSB: TSNR - integrated SNR for r=15). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_sh twomass_xsc TWOMASS H shape (score). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_vint twomass_xsc TWOMASS H vint (score). real 4     meta.code
h_sc_wsh twomass_xsc TWOMASS H wsh (score) (LCSB: PSNR - peak raw SNR). real 4     meta.code
h_seetrack twomass_xsc TWOMASS H band seetracking score. real 4     meta.code
h_sh0 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H ridge shape (LCSB: BSNR limit). real 4     FIT_PARAM
h_shape_avg twomass_scn TWOMASS H-band average seeing shape for scan. real 4     instr.obsty.seeing
h_shape_avg twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H band average seeing shape for scan real 4      
h_shape_rms twomass_scn TWOMASS RMS-error of H-band average seeing shape. real 4     instr.obsty.seeing
h_shape_rms twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS rms of H band avg seeing shape for scan real 4      
h_sig_sh0 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H ridge shape sigma (LCSB: B2SNR limit). real 4     FIT_PARAM
h_snr twomass_psc TWOMASS H-band "scan" signal-to-noise ratio. real 4 mag   instr.det.noise
h_snr twomass_sixx2_psc TWOMASS H band "scan" signal-to-noise ratio real 4      
h_subst2 twomass_xsc TWOMASS H residual background #2 (score). real 4     meta.code
h_zp_ap twomass_scn TWOMASS Photometric zero-point for H-band aperture photometry. real 4 mag   phot.mag;arith.zp
h_zp_ap twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H band ap. calibration photometric zero-point for scan real 4 mag    
h_zperr_ap twomass_scn TWOMASS RMS-error of zero-point for H-band aperture photometry real 4 mag   stat.error
h_zperr_ap twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H band ap. calibration rms error of zero-point for scan real 4 mag    
ha twomass_scn TWOMASS Hour angle at beginning of scan. float 8 hr   pos.posAng
ha twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS beginning hour angle of scan data float 8 hr    
hABMagLim allSkyNIRFrameSetInfo VULCANiDR AB magnitude limit of pointing in H band float 8 mag    
hAllAperMag3 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Default point source H aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration
If in doubt use this flux estimator
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMag3Err allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in default point/extended source H mag (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMag4 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Point source H aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMag4Err allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in point/extended source H mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMag6 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Point source H aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMag6Err allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in point/extended source H mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMagNoAperCorr3 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Default extended source H aperture mag (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration
If in doubt use this flux estimator
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMagNoAperCorr4 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source H aperture mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllAperMagNoAperCorr6 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source H aperture mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllPetroMag allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source H mag (Petrosian) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hAllPetroMagErr allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in extended source H mag (Petrosian) using All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
has_epoch_photometry gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of epoch photometry for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
has_epoch_rv gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of epoch radial velocity for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
has_mcmc_gspphot gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of GSP-Phot MCMC samples for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
has_mcmc_msc gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of MSC MCMC samples for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
has_rvs gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of mean RVS spectrum for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
has_xp_continuous gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of mean BP/RP spectrum in continous representation for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
has_xp_sampled gaia_source GAIADR3 Flag indicating the availability of mean BP/RP spectrum in sampled form for this source tinyint 1     meta.code.status
hClass allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR discrete image classification flag in H smallint 2   -9999 src.class&MagUCD&
hClassStat allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR N(0,1) stellarness-of-profile statistic/SExtractor STAR_CLASS in H real 4   -0.9999995e9 stat&MagUCD&
hEll allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR 1-b/a, where a/b=semi-major/minor axes in H real 4   -0.9999995e9 src.ellipticity&MagUCD&
hemis twomass_psc TWOMASS Hemisphere code for the TWOMASS Observatory from which this source was observed. varchar 1     meta.code;obs
hemis twomass_scn TWOMASS Observatory from which data were obtained: "n" = north = Mt. Hopkins, "s" = south = Cerro Tololo. varchar 1     meta.code;obs
hemis twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS hemisphere (N/S) of observation varchar 1      
hemis twomass_xsc TWOMASS hemisphere (N/S) of observation. "n" = North/Mt. Hopkins; "s" = South/CTIO. varchar 1     meta.code;obs
heNum allSkyNIRFrameSetInfo VULCANiDR the extension number of this H frame tinyint 1     meta.number;em.IR.K
hErrBits allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR processing warning/error bitwise flags in H int 4   -99999999 meta.code&MagUCD&
Apparently not actually an error bit flag, but a count of the number of zero confidence pixels in the default (2 arcsec diameter) aperture.
hEta allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Offset of H detection from master position (+north/-south) real 4 arcsec -0.9999995e9 pos.eq.dec;arith.diff&MagUCD&
When associating individual passband detections into merged sources, a generous (in terms of the positional uncertainties) pairing radius of 2.0 (UKIDSS LAS and GPS; UHS; also non-survey programmes) or 1.0 (UKIDSS GPS, DXS and UDS) arcseconds is used, the higher value enabling pairing of moving sources when epoch separations may be several years. Such a large association criterion can of course lead to spurious pairings in the merged sources lists (although note that between passband pairs, handshake pairing is done: both passbands must agree that the candidate pair is their nearest neighbour for the pair to propagate through into the merged source table). In order to help filter spurious pairings out, and assuming that large positional offsets between the different passband detections are not expected (e.g. because of source motion, or larger than usual positional uncertainties) then the attributes Xi and Eta can be used to filter any pairings with suspiciously large offsets in one or more bands. For example, for a clean sample of QSOs from the LAS, you might wish to insist that the offsets in the selected sample are all below 1 arcsecond: simply add WHERE clauses into the SQL sample selection script to exclude all Xi and Eta values larger than the threshold you want. NB: the master position is the position of the detection in the shortest passband in the set, rather than the ra/dec of the source as stored in source attributes of the same name. The former is used in the pairing process, while the latter is generally the optimally weighted mean position from an astrometric solution or other combinatorial process of all individual detection positions across the available passbands.
hGausig allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR RMS of axes of ellipse fit in H real 4 pixels -0.9999995e9 src.morph.param&MagUCD&
hgl twomass_scn TWOMASS Special flag indicating whether or not this scan has a single-frame H-band electronic glitch. smallint 2     meta.code
hgl twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS single-frame H-band glitch flag (0:not found|1:found) smallint 2      
hHlCorSMjRadAs allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Seeing corrected half-light, semi-major axis in H band real 4 arcsec -0.9999995e9 phys.angSize;em.opt.I
hmfID allSkyNIRFrameSetInfo VULCANiDR the UID of the relevant H multiframe bigint 8     meta.id;obs.field;em.IR.K
hMjd allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Modified Julian Day in H band float 8 days -0.9999995e9 time.epoch&MagUCD&
hmkAllExt allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source colour H-K/Ks (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) for All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.color&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkAllExtErr allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error on extended source colour H-K/Ks for All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkAllPnt allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Point source colour H-K/Ks (using aperMag3) for All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.color&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkAllPntErr allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error on point source colour H-K/Ks for All Sky calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkTelExt allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source colour H-K/Ks (using aperMagNoAperCorr3) for original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.color&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkTelExtErr allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error on extended source colour H-K/Ks for original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkTelPnt allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Point source colour H-K/Ks (using aperMag3) for original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.color&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hmkTelPntErr allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error on point source colour H-K/Ks for original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error&ColorUCD&
Default colours from pairs of adjacent passbands within a given set (e.g. Y-J, J-H and H-K for YJHK) are recorded in the merged source table for ease of querying and speedy querying via indexing of these attributes. Presently, the point-source colours and extended source colours are computed from the aperture corrected AperMag3 fixed 2 arcsec aperture diameter measures (for consistent measurement across all passbands) and generally good signal-to-noise. At some point in the future, this may be changed such that point-source colours will be computed from the PSF-fitted measures and extended source colours computed from the 2-d Sersic model profile fits.
hNEpochs allSkyNIRFrameSetInfo VULCANiDR Number of epochs in H band (0 if no measurements) int 4      
hObs allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR There are pixels at this position in the H-band tinyint 1   0 meta.flag
homJKSource allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Subset of All Sky catalogue that contains sources with J & K/Ks measurements to typical depth tinyint 1   0 meta.flag
hPA allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR ellipse fit celestial orientation in H real 4 Degrees -0.9999995e9 pos.posAng&MagUCD&
hppErrBits allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR additional WFAU post-processing error bits in H int 4   0 meta.code&MagUCD&
Post-processing error quality bit flags assigned (NB: from UKIDSS DR2 release onwards) in the WSA curation procedure for survey data. From least to most significant byte in the 4-byte integer attribute byte 0 (bits 0 to 7) corresponds to information on generally innocuous conditions that are nonetheless potentially significant as regards the integrity of that detection; byte 1 (bits 8 to 15) corresponds to warnings; byte 2 (bits 16 to 23) corresponds to important warnings; and finally byte 3 (bits 24 to 31) corresponds to severe warnings:
ByteBitDetection quality issue Threshold or bit mask Applies to
DecimalHexadecimal
0 4 Deblended 16 0x00000010 All VDFS catalogues
0 6 Bad pixel(s) in default aperture 64 0x00000040 All VDFS catalogues
1 15 Source in poor flat field region 32768 0x00008000 All but mosaics
2 16 Close to saturated 65536 0x00010000 All VDFS catalogues (though deeps excluded prior to DR8)
2 17 Photometric calibration probably subject to systematic error 131072 0x00020000 GPS only
2 19 Possible crosstalk artefact/contamination 524288 0x00080000 All but GPS
2 22 Lies within a dither offset of the stacked frame boundary 4194304 0x00400000 All but mosaics

In this way, the higher the error quality bit flag value, the more likely it is that the detection is spurious. The decimal threshold (column 4) gives the minimum value of the quality flag for a detection having the given condition (since other bits in the flag may be set also; the corresponding hexadecimal value, where each digit corresponds to 4 bits in the flag, can be easier to compute when writing SQL queries to test for a given condition). For example, to exclude all K band sources in the LAS having any error quality condition other than informational ones, include a predicate ... AND kppErrBits ≤ 255. See the SQL Cookbook and other online pages for further information.
hry twomass_scn TWOMASS Flag indicating the H-band array configuration for the camera. smallint 2     meta.code
hry twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS H-band detector array switched, north only (0=old, 1=new) smallint 2      
hSeeing allSkyNIRFrameSetInfo VULCANiDR J band seeing float 8 arcsec    
hSeqNum allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR the running number of the H detection int 4   -99999999 meta.number&MagUCD&
hTelAperMag3 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Default point source H aperture corrected mag (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration
If in doubt use this flux estimator
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMag3Err allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in default point/extended source H mag (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMag4 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Point source H aperture corrected mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMag4Err allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in point/extended source H mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMag6 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Point source H aperture corrected mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMag6Err allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in point/extended source H mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMagNoAperCorr3 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Default extended source H aperture mag (2.0 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration
If in doubt use this flux estimator
real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMagNoAperCorr4 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source H aperture mag (2.8 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelAperMagNoAperCorr6 allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source H aperture mag (5.7 arcsec aperture diameter) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelPetroMag allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Extended source H mag (Petrosian) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 phot.mag&MagUCD&
hTelPetroMagErr allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Error in extended source H mag (Petrosian) using original calibration real 4 mag -0.9999995e9 stat.error;phot.mag&MagUCD&
htm20 allwise_sc WISE Level 20 HTM spatial index key bigint 8      
htmID ObjectThin PS1DR2 Hierarchical triangular mesh (Szalay 2007) index. bigint 8     pos.HTM
htmID allSkyNIRFrameSetInfo, allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) index, 20 deep, for equatorial co-ordinates bigint 8     pos.HTM
htmID catwise_2020, catwise_prelim WISE Level 20 Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) index for equatorial co-ordinates bigint 8     pos.eq
htmID gaia_source GAIADR3 Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) index, 20 deep, for equatorial co-ordinates bigint 8     pos.eq
htmID twomass_psc, twomass_scn, twomass_sixx2_psc, twomass_sixx2_scn, twomass_sixx2_xsc, twomass_xsc TWOMASS Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) index, 20 deep, for equatorial co-ordinates bigint 8     pos.eq
htmID wise_allskysc, wise_prelimsc WISE Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) index for equatorial co-ordinates (similar to spt_ind in IPAC IRSA schema, but recomputed to level 20) bigint 8     pos.eq
hXi allSkyNIRSource VULCANiDR Offset of H detection from master position (+east/-west) real 4 arcsec -0.9999995e9 pos.eq.ra;arith.diff&MagUCD&
When associating individual passband detections into merged sources, a generous (in terms of the positional uncertainties) pairing radius of 2.0 (UKIDSS LAS and GPS; UHS; also non-survey programmes) or 1.0 (UKIDSS GPS, DXS and UDS) arcseconds is used, the higher value enabling pairing of moving sources when epoch separations may be several years. Such a large association criterion can of course lead to spurious pairings in the merged sources lists (although note that between passband pairs, handshake pairing is done: both passbands must agree that the candidate pair is their nearest neighbour for the pair to propagate through into the merged source table). In order to help filter spurious pairings out, and assuming that large positional offsets between the different passband detections are not expected (e.g. because of source motion, or larger than usual positional uncertainties) then the attributes Xi and Eta can be used to filter any pairings with suspiciously large offsets in one or more bands. For example, for a clean sample of QSOs from the LAS, you might wish to insist that the offsets in the selected sample are all below 1 arcsecond: simply add WHERE clauses into the SQL sample selection script to exclude all Xi and Eta values larger than the threshold you want. NB: the master position is the position of the detection in the shortest passband in the set, rather than the ra/dec of the source as stored in source attributes of the same name. The former is used in the pairing process, while the latter is generally the optimally weighted mean position from an astrometric solution or other combinatorial process of all individual detection positions across the available passbands.



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