Glossary of SSA attributes

This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the SSA database(s) held in the SSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the SSA Schema Browser.
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NameSchema TableDatabaseDescriptionTypeLengthUnitDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
a twomass_psc 2MASS Catalog identifier of an optical source from either the Tycho 2 or USNO-A2.0 catalog that falls within ~5" of the TWOMASS source position. varchar 1     ID_ALTERNATIVE
aI Detection PSSA Semi-major axis of intensity-weighted fitted ellip. real 4 microns   EXTENSION_RAD
aI Detection SSA Semi-major axis of intensity-weighted fitted ellip. real 4 microns   EXTENSION_RAD
air_temp twomass_scn 2MASS Air temperature at beginning of scan. real 4 degC   PHYS_TEMP_MISC
air_temp twomass_sixx2_scn 2MASS air temperature (deg C) at beginning of scan real 4 degC    
airm twomass_scn 2MASS Airmass at beginning of scan. real 4     PHOT_ATM_AIRMASS
airm twomass_sixx2_scn 2MASS beginning airmass of scan real 4      
anom twomass_scn 2MASS Special flag indicating whether or not an unusual problem was found in the Atlas Images for this scan. smallint 2     CODE_MISC
anom twomass_sixx2_scn 2MASS entry in coadd anomaly table (0:not found|1:found) smallint 2      
ap1 Detection PSSA Area above 1st areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap1 Detection SSA Area above 1st areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap2 Detection PSSA Area above 2nd areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap2 Detection SSA Area above 2nd areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap3 Detection PSSA Area above 3rd areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap3 Detection SSA Area above 3rd areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap4 Detection PSSA Area above 4th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap4 Detection SSA Area above 4th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap5 Detection PSSA Area above 5th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap5 Detection SSA Area above 5th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap6 Detection PSSA Area above 6th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap6 Detection SSA Area above 6th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap7 Detection PSSA Area above 7th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap7 Detection SSA Area above 7th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap8 Detection PSSA Area above 8th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
ap8 Detection SSA Area above 8th areal profile threshold int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
apParam Plate PSSA Areal profile parameter real 4     REDUCT_PARAM
apParam Plate SSA Areal profile parameter real 4     REDUCT_PARAM
area Detection PSSA Area within detection isophote int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
area Detection SSA Area within detection isophote int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
areaCut Plate PSSA Minimum area of detected object tinyint 1 pixels   NUMBER
areaCut Plate SSA Minimum area of detected object tinyint 1 pixels   NUMBER
areaMax Plate PSSA Maximum object area in IAM file int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
areaMax Plate SSA Maximum object area in IAM file int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
areaMin Plate PSSA Minimum object area in IAM file int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
areaMin Plate SSA Minimum object area in IAM file int 4 pixels   EXTENSION_AREA
astResidX Plate PSSA Residual of astrometric fit in X real 4 arcsec   FIT_RESIDUAL
astResidX Plate SSA Residual of astrometric fit in X real 4 arcsec   FIT_RESIDUAL
astResidY Plate PSSA Residual of astrometric fit in Y real 4 arcsec   FIT_RESIDUAL
astResidY Plate SSA Residual of astrometric fit in Y real 4 arcsec   FIT_RESIDUAL
aU Detection PSSA Semi-major axis of unweighted fitted ellipse real 4 microns   EXTENSION_RAD
aU Detection SSA Semi-major axis of unweighted fitted ellipse real 4 microns   EXTENSION_RAD
aXmax Plate PSSA SuperCOSMOS XMAX of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_X
aXmax Plate SSA SuperCOSMOS XMAX of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_X
aXmin Plate PSSA SuperCOSMOS XMIN of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_X
aXmin Plate SSA SuperCOSMOS XMIN of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_X
aYmax Plate PSSA SuperCOSMOS YMAX of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_Y
aYmax Plate SSA SuperCOSMOS YMAX of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_Y
aYmin Plate PSSA SuperCOSMOS YMIN of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_Y
aYmin Plate SSA SuperCOSMOS YMIN of measured area real 4 microns   POS_PLATE_Y



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