gaiadr2.epoch_photometry

Description

This is the calibrated FoV transit photometry from CU5, consolidated and provided by CU7 for variable stars in Gaia DR2.

Please note: this table makes extensive use of array types and will provide very large volumes of data in later Gaia data releases. It is therefore NOT queryable via ADQL/TAP but the data for specific sources is presented via an alternative interface described in Part~V of the release documentation.

Attribution

If you have used Gaia data in your research, please use the following acknowledgement:

This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (http://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, http://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.

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Columns

Name Type UCD Unit Description
solution_id long meta.version Solution Identifier
source_id long meta.id
meta.main
Source Identifier
n_transits short meta.number Number of Gaia transits
transit_id array meta.id Transit Identifier
g_transit_time array time.epoch Time[Barycentric JD in TCB - 2455197.5 (day)] transit averaged G band observation time
g_transit_flux array em.opt
phot.flux
stat.mean
'electron'.s**-1 transit averaged G band flux
g_transit_flux_error array em.opt
phot.flux
stat.error
'electron'.s**-1 Error on the transit averaged G band flux
g_transit_flux_over_error array arith.ratio transit averaged G band flux divided by its error
g_transit_mag array phot.mag
em.opt
mag transit averaged G band magnitude (converted from transit averaged G band flux)
bp_obs_time array time.epoch Time[Barycentric JD in TCB - 2455197.5 (day)] BP CCD transit observation time
bp_flux array em.opt.B
phot.flux
stat.mean
'electron'.s**-1 BP band flux
bp_flux_error array em.opt.B
phot.flux
stat.error
'electron'.s**-1 Error on the BP band flux
bp_flux_over_error array arith.ratio BP band flux divided by its error
bp_mag array em.opt.B
phot.mag
mag BP band magnitude (converted from BP band flux)
rp_obs_time array time.epoch Time[Barycentric JD in TCB - 2455197.5 (day)] RP CCD transit observation time
rp_flux array em.opt.R
phot.flux
stat.mean
'electron'.s**-1 RP band flux
rp_flux_error array em.opt.R
phot.flux
stat.error
'electron'.s**-1 Error on the RP band flux
rp_flux_over_error array arith.ratio RP band flux divided by its error
rp_mag array phot.mag
em.opt.R
mag RP band magnitude (converted from RP band flux)
photometry_flag_noisy_data array meta.code.status G band flux scatter larger than expected by photometry processing (all CCDs considered)
photometry_flag_sm_unavailable array meta.code.status SM transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af1_unavailable array meta.code.status AF1 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af2_unavailable array meta.code.status AF2 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af3_unavailable array meta.code.status AF3 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af4_unavailable array meta.code.status AF4 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af5_unavailable array meta.code.status AF5 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af6_unavailable array meta.code.status AF6 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af7_unavailable array meta.code.status AF7 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af8_unavailable array meta.code.status AF8 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af9_unavailable array meta.code.status AF9 transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_bp_unavailable array meta.code.status BP transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_rp_unavailable array meta.code.status RP transit unavailable by photometry processing
photometry_flag_sm_reject array meta.code.status SM transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af1_reject array meta.code.status AF1 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af2_reject array meta.code.status AF2 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af3_reject array meta.code.status AF3 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af4_reject array meta.code.status AF4 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af5_reject array meta.code.status AF5 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af6_reject array meta.code.status AF6 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af7_reject array meta.code.status AF7 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af8_reject array meta.code.status AF8 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_af9_reject array meta.code.status AF9 transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_bp_reject array meta.code.status BP transit rejected by photometry processing
photometry_flag_rp_reject array meta.code.status RP transit rejected by photometry processing
variability_flag_g_reject array meta.code.status Average G transit photometry rejected by variability processing
variability_flag_bp_reject array meta.code.status BP transit photometry rejected by variability processing
variability_flag_rp_reject array meta.code.status RP transit photometry rejected by variability processing