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Glossary of WSA attributes
This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the SSA database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the SSA Schema Browser (other Browser versions).

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Name	Schema Table	Database	Description	Type	Length	Unit	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
pa	Detection	SSA	Celestial position angle (E of N)	smallint	2	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
parentID	Detection	SSA	objID of parent object, = objID for parent/undeblended (ie. not child) object	bigint	8			ID_PARENT
pCut	Plate	SSA	Threshold "percentage cut" for pixel analysis	real	4	percent		STAT_%REJECT
ph_qual	twomass_psc	2MASS	Photometric quality flag.	varchar	3			CODE_QUALITY
phi_opt	twomass_psc	2MASS	Position angle on the sky of the vector from the the associated optical source to the TWOMASS source position, in degrees East of North.	smallint	2	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
plateID	Detection	SSA	Plate ID of the plate that this detection came from	int	4			ID_PLATE
plateID	Plate	SSA	Unique identifier of the plate: surveyID plus field number combo	int	4			ID_PLATE
plateNum	Plate	SSA	Plate number assigned by observatory	smallint	2			ID_PLATE
plateScale	Survey	SSA	Nominal plate scale	real	4	arcsec/mm		INST_SCALE
plxCol	Plate	SSA	Name of parallax column in reference catalogue	varchar	16			REMARKS
postProb	JunkDetection	SSA	Posterior probability of detection being junk	real	4			STAT_PROBABILITY
prfMag	Detection	SSA	Profile magnitude	real	4	instrumental units		PHOT_PHG_MAG
prfStat	Detection	SSA	Profile statistic	real	4	N(0,1)		CLASS_STAR/GALAXY
prfStatB	Source	SSA	Profile statistic from B band detection	real	4	N(0,1)	-0.99999995e9	CLASS_STAR/GALAXY
prfStatI	Source	SSA	Profile statistic from I band detection	real	4	N(0,1)	-0.99999995e9	CLASS_STAR/GALAXY
prfStatR1	Source	SSA	Profile statistic from R1 band detection	real	4	N(0,1)	-0.99999995e9	CLASS_STAR/GALAXY
prfStatR2	Source	SSA	Profile statistic from R2 band detection	real	4	N(0,1)	-0.99999995e9	CLASS_STAR/GALAXY
prox	twomass_psc, twomass_xsc	2MASS	Proximity.	real	4	arcsec		POS_ANG_DIST_GENERAL
pscID	CrossNeighbours2MASSPSC	SSA	The object identifier (pts_key) from TWOMASS.twomass_psc	int	4			ID_CATALOG
pts_key	twomass_psc	2MASS	A unique identification number for the PSC source.	int	4			ID_NUMBER
pts_key	twomass_xsc	2MASS	key to point source data DB record.	int	4			ID_NUMBER
pxcntr	twomass_psc	2MASS	The pts_key value of the nearest source in the PSC.	int	4			NUMBER
pxcntr	twomass_xsc	2MASS	ext_key value of nearest XSC source.	int	4			NUMBER
pxpa	twomass_psc, twomass_xsc	2MASS	The position angle on the sky of the vector from the source to the nearest neighbor in the PSC, in degrees East of North.	smallint	2	degrees		POS_POS-ANG