TABLE  vmcRRLyraeVariables

Contains details of RRLyrae variables defined by the VMC team

The catalogue contains 25085 RR Lyrae stars published by the VMC team.
There are 22088 stars in the LMC published in Table 3 of
Cusano et al. 2021, MNRAS, 504, 1.
There are 2997 stars in the SMC published in Muraveva et al. 2018, MNRAS, 473, 3131

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

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
uniqueIDbigint8 UID of VMC Variables meta.id;meta.main
galaxyvarchar8 Galaxy that the variable is in LMC/SMC {catalogue TType keyword: Galaxy} meta.code
origVmcIDbigint8 UID: VMC source ID from release VMCv20181120 {catalogue TType keyword: ID_VMC} 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
rrLyrTypevarchar16 RR Lyrae type (ab,c,etc) {catalogue TType keyword: type}NONEmeta.code.class
periodreal4dayPeriod {catalogue TType keyword: P} time.period
vMeanMagreal4magMean V band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: V}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.K
ksMeanMagreal4magMean K_s band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: Ks}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.mean;em.IR.K
ksMeanMagErrreal4magError on mean K_s band magnitude {catalogue TType keyword: err_Ks}-0.9999995e9phot.mag;stat.error;em.IR.K
ksAmplreal4magPeak-to-Peak amplitude in Ks band {catalogue TType keyword: AmpKs}-0.9999995e9src.var.amplitude;em.IR.K
metallicityreal4dexMetallicity [Fe/H] {catalogue TType keyword: Fe/H}-0.9999995e9phys.abund.Fe
metalErrreal4dexError on metallicity [Fe/H] {catalogue TType keyword: err_Fe}-0.9999995e9star_error;phys.abund.Fe
evireal4magThe dust extinction value E(V-I) {catalogue TType keyword: E(V-I)}-0.9999995e9phys.absorption.gal
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record meta.id
Total length92