Photographic plates as physical objects (applause_dr4.plate)
The table has 94090 rows, 44 columns.
Description
The table contains data on photographic plates or films as physical objects. An entry in this table does not guarantee that a scan of the plate is available. It lists all photographic plates and films, which were digitzed and ingested into the APPLAUSE archive. See also the scan table. Unique Identifier plate_id
Attribution
If you have made substantial use of the data provided by APPLAUSE DR4, 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, and from the archives of the Vatican Observatory.
Columns
| Name | Type | UCD | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plate_id | int |
meta.id meta.main |
Plate identification number |
|
| archive_id | int | meta.id |
Archive identification number |
|
| plate_num | char |
meta.record instr.plate |
Plate number in archive |
|
| plate_num_orig | char |
meta.record instr.plate |
Original plate number in archive |
|
| wfpdb_id | char | meta.id |
Plate identification in the Wide-Field Plate Database |
|
| series | char | meta.id |
Plate series |
|
| plate_format | char |
meta.code phys.size instr.plate |
Plate format (cm x cm) |
|
| plate_size1 | float |
phys.size instr.plate |
cm |
Plate size along axis 1 |
| plate_size2 | float |
phys.size instr.plate |
cm |
Plate size along axis 2 |
| emulsion | char | instr.plate.emulsion |
Name of the photographic emulsion |
|
| filter | char |
instr.param instr.filter |
Filter type used during the observation |
|
| development | char | meta.note |
Plate development information (developer, time) |
|
| plate_quality | char | meta.code.qual |
Quality of the plate |
|
| plate_notes | char |
meta.note instr.plate |
Notes about the plate |
|
| date_orig | char |
time.epoch obs.exposure |
Original recorded date |
|
| numexp | short |
meta.number obs.sequence |
Number of exposures |
|
| observatory | char |
meta.id instr.obsty |
Observatory name |
|
| site_name | char |
meta.id instr.obsty |
Observatory site name |
|
| site_longitude | double |
pos.earth.lon instr.obsty |
deg |
East longitude of the observing site, in decimal degrees |
| site_latitude | double |
pos.earth.lat instr.obsty |
deg |
Latitude of the observing site, in decimal degrees |
| site_elevation | float |
pos.earth.altitude instr.obsty |
m |
Elevation of the observatory site |
| telescope | char |
meta.id instr.tel |
Telescope name |
|
| ota_name | char |
meta.id instr.tel |
Name of the telescope optical tube assembly (OTA) that was used to expose the plate |
|
| ota_diameter | float |
stat.value instr.tel |
m |
Diameter of the telescope optical tube assembly (OTA) |
| ota_aperture | float |
stat.value instr.tel |
m |
Clear aperture of the telescope optical tube assembly (OTA) |
| ota_foclen | float | instr.tel.focalLength | m |
Focal length of the telescope optical tube assembly (OTA) |
| ota_scale | float | instr.scale | arcsec/mm |
Plate scale of the telescope optical tube assembly (OTA) |
| instrument | char |
meta.id instr |
Instrument name |
|
| method_code | short | meta.code.qual |
method_code follows the WFPDB coding:
see Vizier ( |
|
| prism | char |
meta.note instr |
Information about the objective prism used |
|
| prism_angle | char | stat.value |
Angle of the objective prism (deg |
|
| dispersion | float | instr.dispersion | 0.1nm/mm |
Dispersion (Angstrom / mm) |
| grating | char |
meta.note instr |
Information about the grating used |
|
| air_temperature | float |
phys.temperature obs.atmos |
Celsius |
Air temperature (from logbook) |
| sky_calmness | char |
obs.param obs.atmos |
Sky calmness (seeing conditions), scale 1-5 (German: Ruhe) |
|
| sky_sharpness | char |
obs.param obs.atmos |
Sharpness (seeing conditions), scale 1-5 (German: Schärfe) |
|
| sky_transparency | char |
obs.param obs.atmos |
Sky transparency (seeing conditions), scale 1-5 (German: Durchsicht, Klarheit) |
|
| sky_conditions | char |
meta.note obs.atmos |
Notes on sky conditions (from logbook) |
|
| observer | char | obs.observer |
Observer name |
|
| observer_notes | char | meta.note |
Observer notes (from logbook) |
|
| notes | char | meta.note |
Miscellaneous notes |
|
| bibcode | char | meta.bib.bibcode |
Bibcode of related paper |
|
| 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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