rave_dr4 (ravedr4.rave_dr4)

Description

The page describes the columns and properties of the main table of RAVE DR4.

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
raveid char meta.id

(J2000 GCS), see Note in DR4
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
correlationcoeff float stat.correlation

Tonry-Davis $R$ correlation coefficient
peakheight float stat.correlation
stat.value

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
skyhrv float spect.dopplerVeloc km/s

Measured Sky Heliocentric Radial Velocity
eskyhrv float spect.dopplerVeloc km/s

Error of measured Sky Heliocentric Radial Velocity
skycorrelationcoeff float stat.correlation

Correlation Coefficient
zeropointflag char meta.code.qual

Quality Flag for ZeroPoint correction (see DR3, Note )
stn_sparv float stat.snr

Signal/Noise Ratio of SPARV Pipeline V 5.x
id_tycho2 char meta.id

TYCHO2 identifier
dist_tycho2 float pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [orig. period, approx. formula] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_tycho2 char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
pmra_tycho2 float pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion (Right Ascension)
epmra_tycho2 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Right Ascension)
pmde_tycho2 float pos.pm
pos.eq.dec 		mas/yr

Proper motion (Declination)
epmde_tycho2 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.dec 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Declination)
id_ucac2 char meta.id

UCAC2 identifier
dist_ucac2 double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_ucac2 char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
pmra_ucac2 float pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion (Right Ascension)
epmra_ucac2 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Right Ascension)
pmde_ucac2 float pos.pm mas/yr

Proper Motion (Declination)
epmde_ucac2 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.dec 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Declination)
id_ucac3 char meta.id

UCAC3 identifier
dist_ucac3 double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_ucac3 char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
pmra_ucac3 float pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion (Right Ascension)
epmra_ucac3 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Right Ascension)
pmde_ucac3 float pos.pm mas/yr

Proper Motion (Declination)
epmde_ucac3 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.dec 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Declination)
id_ucac4 char meta.id

UCAC4 identifier
dist_ucac4 double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_ucac4 char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
pmra_ucac4 float pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion (Right Ascension)
epmra_ucac4 float stat.error
pos.pm.pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Right Ascension)
pmde_ucac4 float pos.pm mas/yr

Proper Motion (Declination)
epmde_ucac4 float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.dec 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Declination)
id_ppmxl char meta.id

PPMXL identifier
dist_ppmxl double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_ppmxl char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
pmra_ppmxl float pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion (Right Ascension)
epmra_ppmxl float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.ra 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Right Ascension)
pmde_ppmxl float pos.pm mas/yr

Proper Motion (Declination)
epmde_ppmxl float stat.error
pos.pm
pos.eq.dec 		mas/yr

Proper Motion error (Declination)
obsdate char time.obs YYYYMMDD

Observation Date (YYYYMMDD)
fieldname char meta.id
meta.file

Center of Observed Field (RA/Dec)
platenumber short meta.id
instr.plate

Number of fieldplate on instrument
fibernumber short meta.id.instr.part [1..150]

Instrument fiber number (2df)
teff_k float phys.temperature.effective K

Effective temperature
eteff_k float stat.error
phys.temperature.effective 		K

Effective Temperature error
logg_k float phys.gravity

Log gravity (Note 2, DR5)
elogg_k float phys.gravity

Log gravity (Note 2, DR5)
met_k float phys.abund.Z

[m/H]
met_n_k float phys.abund.Z

Calibrated metallicity [m/H]
emet_k float phys.abund.Z

Error of [m/H]
snr_k float stat.snr

Signal/Noise Ratio of Kordopatis Pipeline
algo_conv_k short meta.code.qual

Quality Flag for Stellar Parameter pipeline,[0..4]
al float phys.abund.Z

[Al/H] abundance of Al
al_n short meta.number

Number of used spectral lines in calc. of [Al/H]
si float phys.abund.Z

[Si/H] abundance of Si
si_n short meta.number

Number of used spectral lines in calc. of [Si/H]
fe float phys.abund.Z

[Fe/H] abundance of Fe
fe_n short meta.number

Number of used spectral lines in calc. of [Fe/H]
ti float phys.abund.Z

[Ti/H] abundance of Ti
ti_n short meta.number

Number of used spectral lines in calc. of [Ti/H]
ni float phys.abund.Z

[Ni/H] abundance of Ni
ni_n short meta.number

Number of used spectral lines in calc. of [Ni/H]
mg float phys.abund.Z

[Mg/H] abundance of Mg
mg_n short meta.number

Number of used spectral lines in calc. of [Mg/H]
chisq_c float stat.fit.chi2

chi square [Chemical pipeline]
teff_sparv float phys.temperature.effective K

Effective Temperature
logg_sparv float phys.gravity

Gravity
alpha_sparv float
id_2mass char meta.id

2MASS identifier
dist_2mass double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_2mass char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
jmag_2mass float phot.mag
em.IR.J 		mag

J selected default magnitude from 2MASS
ejmag_2mass float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.J 		mag

error 2MASS J magnitude
hmag_2mass float phot.mag
em.IR.H 		mag

H selected default magnitude from 2MASS
ehmag_2mass float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.H 		mag

error 2MASS H magnitude
kmag_2mass float phot.mag
em.IR.K 		mag

K selected default magnitude from 2MASS
ekmag_2mass float stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.K 		mag

error 2MASS K magnitude
id_denis char meta.id

DENIS identifier
dist_denis double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_denis char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
imag_denis double phot.mag
em.opt.I 		mag

Catalog I magnitude
eimag_denis double stat.error
phot.mag
em.opt.I 		mag

error DENIS I magnitude
jmag_denis double phot.mag
em.IR.J 		mag

J selected default magnitude from DENIS
ejmag_denis double stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.J 		mag

error DENIS J magnitude
kmag_denis double phot.mag
em.IR.K 		mag

K selected default magnitude
ekmag_denis double stat.error
phot.mag
em.IR.K 		mag

error DENIS K magnitude
id_usnob1 char meta.id

USNOB-1 identifier
dist_usnob1 double pos.angDistance arcsec

Center Distance Target-Catalog [J2000] (see Note)
xidqualityflag_usnob1 char meta.code.qual

Cross-Identification Flag (see Note XQFL)
b1mag_usnob1 double phot.mag
em.opt.B 		mag

B mag from USNO-B
r1mag_usnob1 double phot.mag
em.opt.R 		mag

R mag from USNO-B
b2mag_usnob1 double phot.mag
em.opt.B 		mag

B mag from USNO-B
r2mag_usnob1 double phot.mag
em.opt.R 		mag

R mag from USNO-B
imag_usnob1 double phot.mag
em.opt.I 		mag

Input Catalog I magnitude
parallax float pos.parallax mas

Parallax
e_parallax float stat.error
pos.parallax 		mas
dist float pos.distance kpc

Distance (kpc)
e_dist float stat.error
pos.distance 		kpc

Error of Distance
distancemodulus_binney float phot.mag.distMod mag

Distance Modulus from Binney et al. 2014
edistancemodulus_binney float phot.mag.distMod mag

Error of distance Modulus from Binney et al. 2014
av float stat.error
phys.absorption

log_10(Av) optical extinction, see p4 ff, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 000, 1-8 (2012)
e_av float stat.error
phys.absorption

error log_10(Av) optical extinction, see p4 ff, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 000, 1-8 (2012)
age float arith
stat.error

Age estimation (log10(age))
e_age float stat.error
arith

error of age estimation e_(log10(age))
mass float phys.mass solMass

Mass
e_mass float stat.error
phys.mass 		solMass

Error of Mass
c1 char meta.code

1.st minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c2 char meta.code

2.nd minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c3 char meta.code

3.rd minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c4 char meta.code

4.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c5 char meta.code

5.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c6 char meta.code

6.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c7 char meta.code

7.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c8 char meta.code

8.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c9 char meta.code

9.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c10 char meta.code

10.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c11 char meta.code

11.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c12 char meta.code

12.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c13 char meta.code

13.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c14 char meta.code

14.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c15 char meta.code

15.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c16 char meta.code

16.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c17 char meta.code

17.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c18 char meta.code

18.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w] )
c19 char meta.code

19.th minimum distance to base spectrum given by one of the types (enumeration [a,b,c,d,e,g,h,n,o,p,t,u,w])
c20 char
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