| Contains details of the VISTA infrared camera filters. |
| The unique ID number (assigned internally within the VSA) identifying all the filters available in the VISTA infrared camera. Required constraints:
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| Name | Type | Length | Unit | Description | Default Value | Unified Content Descriptor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| filterID | tinyint | 1 | UID of combined filter (assigned in VSA: 1=Z,2=Y,3=J,4=H,5=Ks) | meta.code;instr.filter | ||
| shortName | varchar | 10 | Short identification name for the filter | ?? | ||
| name | varchar | 16 | The name of the filter, eg. "MKO J", "K short" etc. | meta.note | ||
| description | varchar | 256 | a concise description of the filter | meta.note | ||
| cutOn | real | 4 | microns | The 50% cut-on wavelength of the filter | ?? | |
| cutOff | real | 4 | microns | The 50% cut-off wavelength of the filter | ?? | |
| aebv | real | 4 | The constant to multiply the Schlegel map E(B-V) by to get the total galactic extinction. | -0.9999995e9 | ||
| vegaToAB | real | 4 | mag | The constant to convert Vega magnitudes to AB magnitudes. | -0.9999995e9 | |
| oneSecMLVg | real | 4 | mag | The Vega magnitude limit of a 1s exposure in this filter | -0.9999995e9 | |
| isSectioned | tinyint | 1 | Is the focal plane sectioned into different filters, 0 No, 1 Yes. If so, data for each section in FilterSections and SectionDetectors | 0 | ||
| Total length | 304 |