Details - VVV: Catalogue of Variables in the Via Lactea
| Title | VVV: Catalogue of Variables in the Via Lactea |
| Version | 2 |
| Data Provider/P.I. | Dante Minniti |
| Data Collection | VVV |
| Data Release | DR2 |
| Submission Date | 2015-06-16 |
| Publication Date | 2015-08-19 |
| Description |
Catalogue of variable sources of the near-infrared VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea Survey (VVV) containing mean magnitudes, amplitudes and probabilities for genuine variability in the Ks band.The catalogue lists about 13.2 million sources.
Please refer to the full data release description for further information. |
| Telescope | ESO-VISTA |
| Instrument | VIRCAM |
| Technique of Observation | IMAGE,JITTER |
| Start of Observations | 55,124 (2009-10-20T12:00:16) |
| End of Observations | 55,835.104 (2011-10-01T14:30:01) |
| Filter Set/bands | Ks |
| Sky Solid Angle | 525 |
| Number of Records | 13287537 |
| Number of Columns | 5 |
| Reference | 2012A&A...537A.107S |
| Acknowledgment Policy | Please include the following acknowledgment in any published material that makes use of this data products: Based on observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla or Paranal Observatories under programme ID(s) 179.B-2002(B), 179.B-2002(A), 179.B-2002(C) |
| 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 | KSMEANMAG | Mean Ks magnitude | FLOAT | 1 | phot.mag;em.IR.K;stat.mean;em.IR.K | mag |
| 4 | KSAMPL | Amplitude of variable in ks-band | FLOAT | 1 | src.var.amplitude;em.IR.K;em.IR.K | Mag |
| 5 | KSPROBVAR | Probability of variable from chi-square (and other data) | FLOAT | 1 | stat.probability;em.IR.K |