TABLE  vmcBackgroundSources

Contains a catalogue of background sources.

The catalogue contains background sources with redshifts and
matching templates from Bell et al. 2020MNRAS.499..993B (SMC, table 1) and
Bell et al. 2023MNRAS.516..824B (LMC, table 1: galaxies; table 2 AGN)

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (uniqueID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
uniqueIDbigint8 UID of background source catalogue meta.id;meta.main
tableIDvarchar32 Table name - paper, table no meta.id
tableRowbigint8 UID of background source catalogue {catalogue TType keyword: ID} meta.id
rafloat8degRA in degrees (J2000) from the VMC catalogue {catalogue TType keyword: RAJ2000} pos.eq.ra;meta.main
decfloat8degDEC in degrees (J2000) from the VMC catalogue {catalogue TType keyword: DEJ2000} pos.eq.dec;meta.main
zBestreal4 Best fitting photometric redshift {catalogue TType keyword: z_BEST}-999999500.0src.redshift.phot
zBestLowreal4 Lower error on zBEST (1 sigma) {catalogue TType keyword: z_BEST_low}-999999500.0stat.error
zBestHighreal4 Upper error on zBEST (1 sigma) {catalogue TType keyword: z_BEST_high}-999999500.0stat.error;stat.max
zMlreal4 Maximum likelihood photometric redshift {catalogue TType keyword: z_ML}-999999500.0src.redshift.phot
zMlLowreal4 Lower error on zML (1 sigma) {catalogue TType keyword: z_ML_low}-999999500.0stat.error
zMlHighreal4 Upper error on zML (1 sigma) {catalogue TType keyword: z_ML_high}-999999500.0stat.error;stat.max
Template_GQsmallint2 Best fitting galaxy/QSO template {catalogue TType keyword: Template_GQ}-9999meta.id;stat.fit
Chi2_GQfloat8 Chi-squared for the best fitting galaxy/QSO template {catalogue TType keyword: Chi2_GQ}-999999500.0stat.fit.chi2
EBVreal4 Best fitting reddening E(B-V) {catalogue TType keyword: E(B-V)}-999999500.0phot.color.excess
DistModreal4 Best fitting distance modulus {catalogue TType keyword: Dist_mod}-999999500.0phot.mag.distMod
NumberBandssmallint2 Number of photometric bands in the SED {catalogue TType keyword: No_bands}-9999meta.number
Contextsmallint2 Combination of phtometric bands in the SED {catalogue TType keyword: Context}-9999meta.code
Template_Ssmallint2 Best fitting stellar template {catalogue TType keyword: Template_S}-9999meta.id;stat.fit
Chi2_Sfloat8 Chi-squared for the best fitting stellar template {catalogue TType keyword: Chi2_S}-999999500.0stat.fit.chi2
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record meta.id
Total length124