TABLE  Target

The Target table contains the master target list of stars observed in the GES survey.

The Target table is the master target list of stars observed in the GES
survey. For each star, in addition to the identifier and celestial
coordinates, some summary parameters derived from analysis of the spectra
are included for convenience.

The target list was defined by the GES Consortium.

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (targetID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
targetIDbigint8 Unique ID for each target object-99999999 
objectvarchar32 Unique name of target object; used to name FITS file and generate thumbnail images {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.OBJECT}'NONE' 
cNamevarchar16 Object name formed from the coordinates of the object (can be used in place of object to give a unique name) {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.Cname}'NONE' 
rafloat8degreesmaster RA J2000 (decimal degrees) {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.RA}-9.999995e+08 
decfloat8degreesmaster Dec J2000 (decimal degrees) {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.DEC}-9.999995e+08 
htmIDbigint8 Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (20-deep) number, mainly useful internally for indexing on position-99999999pos.eq
cxfloat8 Cartesian x of unit (RA, Dec) vector on celestial sphere-9.999995e+08 
cyfloat8 Cartesian y of unit (RA, Dec) vector on celestial sphere-9.999995e+08 
czfloat8 Cartesian z of unit (RA, Dec) vector on celestial sphere-9.999995e+08 
glfloat8degreesGalactic longitude-9.999995e+08 
gbfloat8degreesGalactic latitude-9.999995e+08 
jMagreal4magVISTA Hemisphere Survey J magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.j_vhs}-9.999995e+08 
jMagErrreal4magVISTA Hemisphere Survey J magnitude error {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.j_vhs_err}-9.999995e+08 
hMagreal4magVISTA Hemisphere Survey H magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.h_vhs}-9.999995e+08 
hMagErrreal4magVISTA Hemisphere Survey H magnitude error {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.h_vhs_err}-9.999995e+08 
ksMagreal4magVISTA Hemisphere Survey Ks magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.k_vhs}-9.999995e+08 
ksMagErrreal4magVISTA Hemisphere Survey Ks magnitude error {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.k_vhs_err}-9.999995e+08 
distVHSreal4arcsecVISTA Hemisphere Survey dist {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.dist_vhs}-9.999995e+08 
jMag2massreal4mag2MASS J magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.j_2mass}-9.999995e+08 
jMag2massErrreal4mag2MASS J magnitude error {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.j_2mass_err}-9.999995e+08 
hMag2massreal4mag2MASS H magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.h_2mass}-9.999995e+08 
hMag2massErrreal4mag2MASS H magnitude error {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.h_2mass_err}-9.999995e+08 
kMag2massreal4mag2MASS K magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.k_2mass}-9.999995e+08 
kMag2massErrreal4mag2MASS K magnitude error {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.k_2mass_err}-9.999995e+08 
dist2massreal4arcsec2MASS dist {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.dist_2mass}-9.999995e+08 
uMagreal4magJohnson U magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.umag}-9.999995e+08 
bMagreal4magJohnson B magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.bmag}-9.999995e+08 
vMagreal4magJohnson V magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.vmag}-9.999995e+08 
rMagreal4magR magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.rmag}-9.999995e+08 
iMagreal4magI magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.imag}-9.999995e+08 
eBVreal4magThe galactic dust extinction value (Schlegel SFD98) {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.EB_V}-9.999995e+08 
pmRaPpmxlreal4marcsec/yrPPMXL proper motion in ra {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmra_ppmxl}-9.999995e+08 
pmRaErrPpmxlreal4marcsec/yrError on PPMXL proper motion in ra {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmra_ppmxl_err}-9.999995e+08 
pmDecPpmxlreal4marcsec/yrPPMXL proper motion in dec {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmdec_ppmxl}-9.999995e+08 
pmDecErrPpmxlreal4marcsec/yrError on PPMXL proper motion in dec {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmdec_ppmxl_err}-9.999995e+08 
distPpmxlreal4arcsecPPMXL dist {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.dist_ppmxl}-9.999995e+08 
pmRaUcacreal4marcsec/yrUCAC proper motion in ra {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmra_ucac}-9.999995e+08 
pmRaErrUcacreal4marcsec/yrError on UCAC proper motion in ra {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmra_ucac_err}-9.999995e+08 
pmDecUcacreal4marcsec/yrUCAC proper motion in dec {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmdec_ucac}-9.999995e+08 
pmDecErrUcacreal4marcsec/yrError on UCAC proper motion in dec {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.pmdec_ucac_err}-9.999995e+08 
distUcacreal4arcsecUCAC dist {catalogue TType keyword: PHOTOM.dist_ucac}-9.999995e+08 
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