Details - VISTA Magellanic Survey: Catalog of Variables
| Title | VISTA Magellanic Survey: Catalog of Variables |
| Version | 2 |
| Data Provider/P.I. | Maria-Rosa L. Cioni |
| Data Collection | VMC |
| Data Release | DR6 |
| Submission Date | 2022-07-29 |
| Publication Date | 2022-09-26 |
| Description |
Catalogue of variable sources of the near-infrared VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey (VMC) covering the full survey area: LMC, SMC, the Bridge and Stream, containing mean magnitudes, amplitudes and probabilities for genuine variability in Y, J and Ks bands.
Please refer to the full data release description for further information. |
| Telescope | ESO-VISTA |
| Instrument | VIRCAM |
| Technique of Observation | IMAGE,JITTER |
| Start of Observations | 55,139.293 (2009-11-04T20:02:01) |
| End of Observations | 58,408.263 (2018-10-17T20:18:49) |
| Filter Set/bands | Y J Ks |
| Sky Solid Angle | 168.09 |
| Number of Records | 244014 |
| Number of Columns | 11 |
| Reference | 2011A&A...527A.116C |
| Acknowledgment Policy | Please include the following acknowledgment in any published material that makes use of this data product: Based on data obtained from the ESO Science Archive Facility with DOI: https://doi.org/10.18727/archive/64 |
| Position | Name | Description | Data Type | Data Size | UCD | Physical Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IAUNAME | IAU Name (not unique) | STRING | 29 | meta.id | |
| 2 | SOURCEID | UID of this merged detection | INT64 | 1 | meta.id;meta.main | |
| 3 | YMEANMAG | Mean Y magnitude | FLOAT | 1 | phot.mag;em.IR.NIR;stat.mean;em.IR.NIR | mag |
| 4 | YAMPL | Amplitude of variable in y-band | FLOAT | 1 | src.var.amplitude;em.IR.NIR;em.IR.NIR | mag |
| 5 | YPROBVAR | Probability of variable from chi-square (and other data) | FLOAT | 1 | stat.probability;em.IR.NIR | |
| 6 | JMEANMAG | Mean J magnitude | FLOAT | 1 | phot.mag;em.IR.J;stat.mean;em.IR.J | mag |
| 7 | JAMPL | Amplitude of variable in j-band | FLOAT | 1 | src.var.amplitude;em.IR.J;em.IR.J | mag |
| 8 | JPROBVAR | Probability of variable from chi-square (and other data) | FLOAT | 1 | stat.probability;em.IR.J | |
| 9 | KSMEANMAG | Mean Ks magnitude | FLOAT | 1 | phot.mag;em.IR.K;stat.mean;em.IR.K | mag |
| 10 | KSAMPL | Amplitude of variable in ks-band | FLOAT | 1 | src.var.amplitude;em.IR.K;em.IR.K | mag |
| 11 | KSPROBVAR | Probability of variable from chi-square (and other data) | FLOAT | 1 | stat.probability;em.IR.K |