| Contains details of the VISTA public survey programmes. |
| This table contains details of the public survey programmes undertaken with VISTA and for which observations are stored and curated in the VSA. Names of the tables that store information for each programme are recorded here. Required constraints:
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| Name | Type | Length | Unit | Description | Default Value | Unified Content Descriptor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| programmeID | int | 4 | UID of the archived programme coded as above | meta.id | ||
| title | varchar | 64 | a short title for the programme, eg. "VISTA Hemisphere Survey" | meta.note | ||
| description | varchar | 256 | a concise description of the programme | meta.note | ||
| reference | varchar | 256 | a web reference (URL) for the programme | meta.bib | ||
| propPeriod | int | 4 | months | the proprietory period for any data taken for this programme in months, e.g. 12 for open time. | time.period | |
| dfsIDString | varchar | 64 | The description used within the data flow system (i.e. the value of the appropriate FITS keyword) | ?? | ||
| catalogueSchema | varchar | 64 | Script file that describes the catalogue schema | ?? | ||
| detectionTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of detections | ?? | ||
| sourceTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of merged sources | ?? | ||
| listRemeasTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of individual passband list re-measurements | ?? | ||
| sourceRemeasTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of co-located list re-measurements | ?? | ||
| mergeLogTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of curation log for source merging | ?? | ||
| frameSetTolerance | real | 4 | Degrees | The match tolerance for different passband frames | ?? | |
| pairingCriterion | real | 4 | Degrees | The pairing criterion for associating detections into merged sources | ?? | |
| adjacentFrameTolerance | real | 4 | Degrees | The match tolerance for adjacent frames in the survey | ?? | |
| neighboursSchema | varchar | 64 | Script file that describes the neighbour tables schema for this programme | ?? | ||
| synopticSourceTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of merged variable sources | 'NONE' | ?? | |
| synopticBestMatchTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of merged variable sources | 'NONE' | ?? | |
| variabilityTable | varchar | 64 | Table name of merged variable sources | 'NONE' | ?? | |
| mosaicTool | varchar | 8 | Name of mosaicing tool to be used | NONE | ?? | |
| extractTool | varchar | 8 | Name of extraction tool to be used | NONE | ?? | |
| bandMergingCriterion | real | 4 | minutes | maximum timespan over which different filters are merged into sources in the synoptic source table. | -0.9999995e9 | |
| isLowGalacticLat | tinyint | 1 | Is this a low galactic latitude field (No=0/Yes=1) | 0 | ||
| sourceProdType | varchar | 16 | The product type to be used to create the source table. (stack, tile, mosaic) | NONE | ||
| epochFrameType | varchar | 16 | The frame type to be used for each epoch (stack, tile) | NONE | ||
| posAngleTolerance | real | 4 | Degrees | The position angle tolerance used when creating deep stacks and tiles | -0.9999995e9 | ?? |
| synopticSetUp | varchar | 64 | A string describing the synoptic setup for more complicated surveys | NONE | ?? | |
| extinctionMapList | varchar | 32 | A list of 3D extinction maps that should be matched to this survey | NONE | meta.id | |
| epochTolerance | real | 4 | days | Minimum separation of epochs for proper motion calculation | -0.9999995e9 | ?? |
| doNotUseOBinfo | tinyint | 1 | Don't use OB info in multi-epoch frame assignment. | 0 | ||
| Total length | 1458 |