TABLE  vmcVariablesType

Contains type of variable as defined by the VMC team

This concatenates all the different types of variable stars.
More details for each are in the specific tables vmcXXXVariables
This table is used for neighbour tables.

Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (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
rafloat8DegreesCelestial Right Ascension pos.eq.ra;meta.main
decfloat8DegreesCelestial Declination pos.eq.dec;meta.main
variableTypevarchar32 Type of variable as defined by VMC team meta.code.class;src.var
Total length60