| Contains the parameters provided for each source in the ROSAT Bright Source Catalogue. |
| This table contains brief descriptions of the parameters provided for each source in the ROSAT BSC. Required constraints:
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| Name | Type | Length | Unit | Description | Default Value | Unified Content Descriptor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| srcName | varchar | 16 | ROSAT All-Sky Survey Catalogue source name | meta.id;meta.main | ||
| seqNo | int | 4 | sequential object number in the BSC | meta.id | ||
| cx | float | 8 | unit vector of spherical co-ordinates | pos.distance;pos.cartesian.x | ||
| cy | float | 8 | unit vector of spherical co-ordinates | pos.distance;pos.cartesian.y | ||
| cz | float | 8 | unit vector of spherical co-ordinates | pos.distance;pos.cartesian.z | ||
| htmID | bigint | 8 | Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (HTM) index, 20 deep, for equatorial co-ordinates | pos.eq | ||
| ra | float | 8 | degrees | Right Ascension (decimal degrees; J2000) | pos.eq.ra;meta.main | |
| dec | float | 8 | degrees | Declination (decimal degrees; J2000) | pos.eq.dec;meta.main | |
| errP | tinyint | 1 | arcsec | total positional error (1-sigma-radius; including 6" systematic error) | stat.error | |
| nFlag | varchar | 1 | nearby sources affecting SASS flux determination | meta.code | ||
| pFlag | varchar | 1 | possible problem with position determination | meta.code | ||
| eFlag | varchar | 1 | source extended beyond SASS extraction radius | meta.code | ||
| dFlag | varchar | 1 | complex diffuse emission pattern | meta.code | ||
| mFlag | varchar | 1 | source missed by SASS | meta.code | ||
| rFlag | varchar | 1 | source counts and extraction radius recalculated | meta.code | ||
| iFlag | varchar | 1 | broad band image available | meta.code | ||
| vFlag | varchar | 1 | variability flag | meta.code | ||
| dum | varchar | 1 | dummy flag | meta.code | ||
| srcCps | real | 4 | counts/sec | source countrate in the broad energy band, vignetting corrected | phot.count;em.X-ray | |
| errSrcCps | real | 4 | counts/s | error of source countrate, vignetting corrected | stat.error | |
| bgrCpsa | real | 4 | counts/sec/arcmin**2 | background countrate, vignetting corrected | instr.background | |
| expTime | smallint | 2 | sec | exposure time | time.duration;obs.exposure | |
| hr1 | float | 8 | hardness ratio 1 | phot.flux;arith.ratio | ||
| errHr1 | float | 8 | error of hardness ratio 1 | stat.error | ||
| hr2 | float | 8 | hardness ratio 2 | phot.flux;arith.ratio | ||
| errHr2 | float | 8 | error of hardness ratio 2 | stat.error | ||
| ext | smallint | 2 | arcsec | source extent | phys.angSize | |
| extl | smallint | 2 | likelihood of source extent | stat.likelihood | ||
| srcl | smallint | 2 | likelihood of source detection | stat.likelihood | ||
| extr | smallint | 2 | arcsec | extraction radius | stat.fit.param | |
| priFlgMb | tinyint | 1 | priority flag M-broad | meta.code | ||
| priFlgLb | tinyint | 1 | priority flag L-broad | meta.code | ||
| priFlgMh | tinyint | 1 | priority flag M-hard | meta.code | ||
| priFlgLh | tinyint | 1 | priority flag L-hard | meta.code | ||
| priFlgMs | tinyint | 1 | priority flag M-soft | meta.code | ||
| priFlgLs | tinyint | 1 | priority flag L-soft | meta.code | ||
| phaRange | varchar | 1 | PHA range with highest detection likelihood | meta.code | ||
| vigf | float | 8 | vignetting factor | instr.param | ||
| orgDate | datetime | 8 | mm-dd-yyyy | date when source was included (MM-DD-YYYY) | time.epoch | |
| modDate | datetime | 8 | mm-dd-yyyy | date when source properties were changed (MM-DD-YYYY) | time.epoch | |
| idCand | smallint | 2 | number of identification candidates in the correlation catalogue | meta.number | ||
| fieldID | varchar | 8 | identification number of SASS field | obs.field | ||
| srcID | varchar | 4 | SASS source number (MASOL number) in SASS field | meta.id | ||
| Total length | 177 |