Details - VISTA Magellanic Survey: Long Period Variables
| Title | VISTA Magellanic Survey: Long Period Variables |
| Version | 1 |
| Data Provider/P.I. | Maria-Rosa L. Cioni |
| Data Collection | VMC |
| Data Release | DR7 |
| Submission Date | 2025-12-09 |
| Publication Date | 2025-12-19 |
| Description |
Catalog including the long period
variables stars detected in the VMC survey area
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 (2009-11-04T19:02:34) |
| End of Observations | 59,964.226 (2023-01-20T17:26:05) |
| Filter Set/bands | Y J Ks |
| Sky Solid Angle | 103.555 |
| Number of Records | 582 |
| Number of Columns | 9 |
| Reference | 2020A&A...636A..48G |
| 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 as assigned by merge algorithm | INT64 | 1 | meta.id | |
| 3 | UNIQUEID | UID of star in the LPV catalogue | INT64 | 1 | meta.id;meta.main | |
| 4 | CATALOGUEID | CatalogueID 1=Gullieuszik et al. 2012; 2=Groenewegen et al. 2020; | INT8 | 1 | meta.code | |
| 5 | RA2000 | RA in degrees (J2000) from the VMC catalogue | DOUBLE | 1 | pos.eq.ra;meta.main | deg |
| 6 | DEC2000 | DEC in degrees (J2000) from the VMC catalogue | DOUBLE | 1 | pos.eq.dec;meta.main | deg |
| 7 | MASSLOSSRATE | log10 Mass-loss rate calculated | FLOAT | 1 | phys.mass.loss;arith.rate | msol/yr |
| 8 | LUMINOSITY | Luminosity | FLOAT | 1 | phys.luminosity | lsol |
| 9 | CUEVENTID | UID of curation event giving rise to this record | INT32 | 1 | meta.id |