RAVE observation field (ravedr6.dr6_fields)

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
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