gaiadr2.panstarrs1_best_neighbour
Description
Pan-STARRS1 BestNeighbour table lists each matched Gaia object with its best neighbour in the external catalogue.\ There are 1 327 157 objects in the filtered version of Pan-STARRS1 used to compute this cross-match that have too early {epochMean}.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| source_id | long |
meta.id meta.main |
Unique Gaia source identifier | |
| original_ext_source_id | long | meta.id.cross | Original External Catalogue source identifier | |
| angular_distance | double | pos.angDistance | arcsec | Angular Distance between the two sources |
| number_of_neighbours | int | meta.number | Number of neighbours in External Catalogue | |
| number_of_mates | short | meta.number | Number of mates in Gaia Catalogue | |
| best_neighbour_multiplicity | short | meta.number | Number of neighbours with same probability as best neighbour | |
| gaia_astrometric_params | short | meta.code.status | Number of Gaia astrometric params used |
