Archives of Photographic PLates for Astronomical USE

Astrometric solutions of plate scans (applause_dr2.solution)

The table has 41010 rows, 27 columns.

Description

The table contains astrometric solutions of plate scans. See also table astrom_sub. Unique Identifier solution_id

Attribution

If you have made substantial use of the data provided by APPLAUSE DR2, kindly include this acknowledgement

Funding for APPLAUSE has been provided by DFG (German Research Foundation, Grant), Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), Dr. Remeis Sternwarte Bamberg (University Nuernberg/Erlangen), the Hamburger Sternwarte (University of Hamburg) and Tartu Observatory.

Columns

Name Type UCD Unit Description
solution_id int meta.id
meta.main

Astrometric solution identification number

process_id int meta.id

Process identification number

scan_id int meta.id

Scan identification number

exposure_id int meta.id

Exposure identification number

plate_id int meta.id

Plate identification number

archive_id int meta.id

Archive identification number

raj2000 double pos.eq.ra deg

Right ascension of the source (equinox J2000)

dej2000 double pos.eq.dec deg

Declination of the source (equinox J2000)

raj2000_hms char pos.eq.ra

Right ascension of the plate center (equinox J2000) in sexagesimal format

dej2000_dms char pos.eq.dec

Declination of the image center (equinox J2000) in sexagesimal format

fov1 float pos.angDistance
instr.fov
deg

Field of view along axis 1

fov2 float pos.angDistance
instr.fov
deg

Field of view along axis 1

pixel_scale float pos.wcs.scale arcsec / pix

Mean pixel scale for the image

source_density float meta.number

Number of sources per square degree in the central 2/3 of the image

cd1_1 double pos.wcs.cdmatrix

Transformation matrix element

cd1_2 double pos.wcs.cdmatrix

Transformation matrix element

cd2_1 double pos.wcs.cdmatrix

Transformation matrix element

cd2_2 double pos.wcs.cdmatrix

Transformation matrix element

rotation_angle float pos.posAng

Image rotation angle

plate_mirrored short meta.code

1 if image is mirrored, 0 otherwise

ncp_on_plate short meta.code

1 if North Celestial Pole is in the image, 0 otherwise

scp_on_plate short meta.code

1 if South Celestial Pole is in the image, 0 otherwise

stc_box char meta.code

Space-Time Coordinate (STC) representation of the image footprint in the sky. Numbers denote plate center coordinates (RA, Dec) and box (width/height) in degrees.

stc_polygon char meta.code

Space-Time Coordinate (STC) representation of the image footprint in the sky. Numbers denote (RA,Dec) pairs (in degrees) of four plate corners.

wcs char pos.wcs

Part of FITS header that provides the World Coordinate System (WCS) of the astrometric solution

timestamp_insert char time.creation Time[yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss]

Timestamp of insert

timestamp_update char time.creation Time[yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss]

Timestamp of last update