RAVE observation field (ravedr6.dr6_fields)
The table has 6508 rows, 13 columns.
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 |