TABLE  vmcRRLyraeVariables

Contains details of RRLyrae variables defined by the VMC team

The catalogue contains RR Lyrae stars from Table 3 of
Cusano et al. 2021, MNRAS, 504, 1. There are 22088 stars.
List of LMC RRLs analysed in the paper ...

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (varID)
  • (varID) references vmcVariablesType(varID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
varIDbigint8 UID of VMC Variables meta.id;meta.main
extIDbigint8 UID: External OGLE IV if 5 digits or Gaia DR2 >9 digits {catalogue TType keyword: ext_id} meta.id
vmcIDbigint8 UID: VMC source ID from release VMCv20181120 {catalogue TType keyword: rel_id} meta.id
rafloat8degCelestial Right Ascension from VMC {catalogue TType keyword: RA} pos.eq.ra;meta.main
decfloat8degCelestial Declination from VMC {catalogue TType keyword: DEC} pos.eq.dec;meta.main
rrLyrModevarchar16 Mode, F0-fundamental mode {catalogue TType keyword: MODE}NONEmeta.code.class
periodreal4dayPeriod {catalogue TType keyword: PERIOD} time.period
epochMaxreal4dayEpoch of maximum light; EROS, (HJD-2,456,000 for sources, HJD-2455197.5 for Gaia DR2 sources). {catalogue TType keyword: EPOCH_MAX} time.epoch
metallicityreal4dexMetallicity [Fe/H] {catalogue TType keyword: FeH}99.0phys.abund.Fe
aksreal4magThe dust absorption in the Ks-band {catalogue TType keyword: AKs}99.0phys.absorption.gal
nKsEpochsint4 Number of epochs in the Ks-band {catalogue TType keyword: NKs} meta.number
nYEpochsint4 Number of epochs in the Y-band {catalogue TType keyword: NY} meta.number
nJEpochsint4 Number of epochs in the J-band {catalogue TType keyword: NJ} meta.number
ksMeanreal4magMean K_s band magnitude derived with GRATIS {catalogue TType keyword: KS_MEAN} phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.K
yMeanreal4magMean Y band magnitude derived with GRATIS {catalogue TType keyword: Y_MEAN} phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.NIR
jMeanreal4magMean J band magnitude derived with GRATIS {catalogue TType keyword: J_MEAN} phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.J
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record meta.id
Total length100