RAVE first data release (ravedr3.rave_dr1)

Description

Spectroscopic radial velocities for 25,274 stars in the Milky-Way southern hemisphere using the 6dF instrument at AAO. Cross-identification with photometric and astrometric catalogs is also provided.

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
rave_obs_id char meta.id

Unique Identifier for RAVE objects, Observation Date, Fieldname, Fibernumber

objectid char meta.id

Object identifier from used input catalogs: Tycho, SuperCOSMOS, DENIS

radeg double pos.eq.ra deg

Right Ascension (J2000)

dedeg double pos.eq.dec deg

Declination (J2000)

glon double pos.galactic.lon deg

Longitude (J2000 GCS)

glat double pos.galactic.lat deg

Latitude (J2000 GCS)

hrv float spect.dopplerVeloc
pos.heliocentric
km/s

Heliocentric radial velocity

ehrv float stat.error
spect.dopplerVeloc
pos.heliocentric
km/s

Error of Heliocentric radial velocity stat.error

pmra float pos.pm mas/yr

Proper Motion (Right Ascension)

epmra float stat.error
pos.pm
mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Right Ascension)

pmde float pos.pm mas/yr

Proper Motion (Declination)

epmde float stat.error
pos.pm
mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Declination)

spm short meta.id.part [0,1,2,3,4]

source of proper motion (1)

imag float phot.mag
em.opt.I
mag

Input Catalog I magnitude

obsdate char time.obs YYYYMMDD

Observation Date (YYYYMMDD)

fieldname char meta.id
meta.file

HHMMsDD Name of RAVE field

platenumber short meta.id
instr.plate
[1,2,3]

Instrument Plate Number

fibernumber short meta.id.instr.part [1,150]

Instrument FiberNumber

correlationcoeff float stat.correlation

Tonry-Davis $R$ correlation coefficient

peakheight float stat.correlation
stat.value
[0,1]

Height of correlation peak

peakwidth float stat.correlation
stat.value
km/s

Width of correlation peak

correctionrv float spect.dopplerVeloc
arith.zp
km/s

Zero point correction applied Heliocentric Radial Velocity

skyrv float spect.dopplerVeloc km/s

Measured HRV of sky

skyerv float stat.error
spect.dopplerVeloc
km/s

error HRV of sky

skycorrelation float stat.correlation

Sky Tonry-Davis Correlation coefficient

snratio float stat.snr

Signal/Noise Ratio of Pipeline V 5.x

bt float phot.mag
em.opt.B
mag

Tycho-2 BT magnitude

ebt float stat.error
phot.mag
em.opt.B
mag

error BT

vt float phot.mag
em.opt.V
mag

Tycho-2 VT magnitude

evt float stat.error
phot.mag
em.opt.V
mag

error VT

usnoid char meta.id.cross

USNO-B designation

disusno float meta.id.cross
pos.angDistance
mas

Distance to USNO-B source

b1 float phot.mag
em.opt.B
mag

USNO-B B1 magnitude

r1 float phot.mag
em.opt.R
mag

USNO-B R1 magnitude

b2 float phot.mag
em.opt.B
mag

USNO-B B2 magnitude

r2 float phot.mag
em.opt.R
mag

USNO-B R2 magnitude

iusno float phot.mag
em.IR.I
mag

USNO-B I magnitude

xidqualityflagusno char meta.code.qual

CrossMatch Quality Flag (RAVE-Protocol)

denisid char meta.id.cross

DENIS designation

disdenis float meta.id.cross
pos.angDistance
mas

Distance to DENIS source

idenis float phot.mag
em.IR.I
mag

DENIS I magnitude

eidenis float stat.error
phot.mag
em.opt.I
mag

error DENIS I magnitude

jdenis float phot.mag
em.IR.J
mag

DENIS J magnitude

ejdenis float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.J
mag

error DENIS J magnitude

kdenis float phot.mag
em.IR.K
mag

DENIS K magnitude

ekdenis float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.K
mag

error DENIS K magnitude

xidqualityflagdenis char meta.code.qual

CrossMatch Quality Flag (RAVE-Protocol)

twomassid char meta.id.cross

2MASS designation

dis2mass float meta.id.cross
pos.angDistance
mas

Distance to 2MASS source

j2mass float phot.mag
em.IR.J
mag

2MASS J magnitude

ej2mass float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.J
mag

error 2MASS J magnitude

h2mass float phot.mag
em.IR.H
mag

2MASS H magnitude

eh2mass float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.H
mag

error 2MASS H magnitude

k2mass float phot.mag
em.IR.K
mag

2MASS K magnitude

ek2mass float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.K
mag

error 2MASS K magnitude

twomassphotflag char meta.code.qual

2MASS photometric flag

xidqualityflag2mass char meta.code.qual

CrossMatch Quality Flag (RAVE-Protocol)

zeropointqualityflag char meta.code.qual
varflag char
spectraflag char meta.code.qual

Quality Flag for Spectra (see DR3, Note 4)