TABLE  vmcCepheidVariables

Contains details of Cepheid variables defined by the VMC team

This table contains details about Cepheid variables, described in
Ripepi et al. 20172017MNRAS.472..808R, Ripepi et al. 2022MNRAS.512..563R,
Sicignano et al. 2024A&A...685A..41S

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

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
uniqueIDbigint8 UID of VMC variables meta.id;meta.main
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record meta.id
rafloat8degCelestial Right Ascension {catalogue TType keyword: RA} pos.eq.ra;meta.main
decfloat8degCelestial Declination {catalogue TType keyword: DEC} pos.eq.dec;meta.main
cephTypevarchar16 Type of Cepheid, e.g. DCEPNONEmeta.code.class
cephMode link to glossaryvarchar16 Mode of Cepheid e.g. F0 {catalogue TType keyword: MODE}NONEmeta.code.class
vMeanMagreal4magMean V band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: Vmag}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.mean;em.opt.V
periodreal4dayPeriod of first mode of oscillation {catalogue TType keyword: Period}-0.9999995e9time.period
yMeanMagreal4magIntensity-averaged Y band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: Ymag}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.NIR
yMagErrreal4magError in intensity-averaged Y band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: e_Ymag}-0.9999995e9stat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.NIR
yAmplreal4magPeak-to-Peak amplitude in Y band {catalogue TType keyword: A(Y)}-0.9999995e9src.var.amplitude;em.IR.NIR
yAmplErrreal4magError in Peak-to-Peak amplitude in Y band {catalogue TType keyword: e_A(Y)}-0.9999995e9stat.error;src.var.amplitude;em.IR.NIR
jMeanMagreal4magIntensity-averaged J band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: Jmag}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.J
jMagErrreal4magError in intensity-averaged J band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: e_Jmag}-0.9999995e9stat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.J
jAmplreal4magPeak-to-Peak amplitude in J band {catalogue TType keyword: A(J)}-0.9999995e9src.var.amplitude;em.IR.J
jAmplErrreal4magError in Peak-to-Peak amplitude in J band {catalogue TType keyword: e_A(J)}-0.9999995e9stat.error;src.var.amplitude;em.IR.J
ksMeanMagreal4magIntensity-averaged Ks band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: Ksmag}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.K
ksMagErrreal4magError in intensity-averaged Ks band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: e_Ksmag}-0.9999995e9stat.error;phot.mag;em.IR.K
ksAmplreal4magPeak-to-Peak amplitude in Ks band {catalogue TType keyword: A(Ks)}-0.9999995e9src.var.amplitude;em.IR.K
ksAmplErrreal4magError in Peak-to-Peak amplitude in Ks band {catalogue TType keyword: e_A(Ks)}-0.9999995e9stat.error;src.var.amplitude;em.IR.K
evireal4magThe dust extinction value E(V-I) {catalogue TType keyword: E(V-I)}-0.9999995e9phys.absorption.gal
externalIDvarchar32 EROS-2/OGLE III ID: Identification from the EROS-2 or OGLE III catalogues. {catalogue TType keyword: Star}'NONE'meta.id
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