RAVE observation field (ravedr6.dr6_fields)
Description
Provides data about the observations and links to the resulting FITS files of spectra and previews
Attribution
Funding for Rave has been provided by:
- the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP);
- the Australian Astronomical Observatory;
- the Australian National University;
- the Australian Research Council;
- the French National Research Agency;
- the German Research Foundation (SPP 1177 and SFB 881);
- the European Research Council (ERC-StG 240271 Galactica);
- the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica at Padova;
- the Johns Hopkins University;
- the National Science Foundation of the USA (AST-0908326);
- the W. M. Keck foundation;
- the Macquarie University;
- the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy;
- the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada;
- the Slovenian Research Agency;
- the Swiss National Science Foundation;
- the Science & Technology FacilitiesCouncil of the UK;
- Opticon;
- Strasbourg Observatory;
- the Universities of Basel, Groningen, Heidelberg and Sydney.
This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the GaiaData Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.
Columns
Name | Type | UCD | Unit | Description |
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id | int | meta.id |
DB id |
|
field | char | meta.id |
Unique Identifier for RAVE objects, Observation Date, Fieldname |
|
doi | char | meta.id |
Digital ObjectIdentifier of the field |
|
obsdate | int |
time.obs time.epoch meta.code |
Integer representing the Observation Date as: YYYYMMDD |
|
fieldname | char |
meta.id meta.file |
Field name, derived from center of observed Field (RA/Dec) |
|
ut_start | char | time.start |
Universal time (UT) at begin of the observation. Represented as: hours:minutes:seconds |
|
ut_end | char | time.end |
Universal time (UT) at the end of the observation. Represented as: hours:minutes:seconds |
|
exposure_time | float | time.duration | s |
Exposure time. |
ra_plate | double |
pos.eq.ra meta.main |
deg |
Right ascension of the centre of the plate |
dec_plate | double |
pos.eq.dec meta.main |
deg |
Declination of the centre of the plate |
platenumber | int |
instr.plate meta.id |
Number of fieldplate on instrument. Can take values between 1 and 3. |
|
airmass | float | obs.airMass |
Air mass |
|
lunar_phase | float | time.phase |
Lunar phase |