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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
x allwise_sc WISE Unit sphere position x value float 8      
x_coadd twomass_xsc TWOMASS x (cross-scan) position (coadd coord.). real 4 arcsec   pos.cartesian;instr.det
x_scan twomass_psc TWOMASS Mean cross-scan focal plane position of the source in the Universal scan (U-scan) coordinate system. real 4 arcsec   pos.cartesian;instr.det
xph twomass_scn TWOMASS Special flag indicating whether or not another photometric problem, not obviously cloud related, was found in the scan after comparing its photometry to that of overlapping scans. smallint 2     meta.code
xph twomass_sixx2_scn TWOMASS downgrade from DB photom. overlap compar. (non-cloud) (0|1) smallint 2      
xPixSize CurrentAstrometry VULCANiDR Angular size of pixels in X real 4 Arcseconds -0.9999995e9 pos.angDistance
xPos Detection PS1DR2 PSF x center location. real 4 raw pixels -999  
xPosErr Detection PS1DR2 Error in PSF x center location. real 4 raw pixels -999  
xscprox allwise_sc WISE 2MASS Extended Source Catalog (XSC) proximity. This column gives the distance between the WISE source position and the position of a nearby 2MASS XSC source, if the separation is less than 1.1 times the Ks isophotal radius size of the XSC source. This identifies WISE sources that are identically the 2MASS XSC source as well as WISE sources that are fragments of large galaxies. This column is "null" if there is no 2MASS XSC source in proximity to the WISE source. If xscprox<2" and is not "null", the WISE source is assumed to be the galaxy detected by 2MASS. The WISE source is measured using an elliptical aperture with a size, shape and orientation that is scaled from that of the 2MASS XSC source. The elliptical aperture parameters and photometry are given in the w?rsemi, w?pa, w?ba, w?gmag and w?gerr columns. float 8 arcsec    
xscprox wise_allskysc WISE 2MASS Extended Source Catalog (XSC) proximity.
This column gives the distance between the WISE source position and the position of a nearby 2MASS XSC source, if the separation is less than 1.1 times the Ks isophotal radius size of the XSC source. This identifies WISE sources that are identically the 2MASS XSC source as well as WISE sources that are fragments of large galaxies. This column is default if there is no 2MASS XSC source in proximity to the WISE source.
real 4 arcsec -0.9999995e9  
xscprox wise_prelimsc WISE Distance between the WISE source position and the position of a nearby 2MASS XSC source, if the separation is less than 1.1 times the Ks isophotal radius size of the XSC source
This column is default if there is no 2MASS XSC source in proximity to the WISE source
real 4 arcsec -0.9999995e9  



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