The table has 64426 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 DR3, 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 Nürnberg/Erlangen), the Hamburger Sternwarte (University of Hamburg) and Tartu Observatory. Plate material also has been made available from Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg.
Columns
| Name | Type | UCD | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| solution_id | int |
meta.id meta.version |
Solution Identifier |
|
| 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 plate center (equinox J2000) |
| dej2000 | double | pos.eq.dec | deg |
Declination of the plate center (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 2 |
| 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.note |
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. |
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| stc_polygon | char | meta.note |
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 |
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