Visit

Metadata about the pointings of the DC2 simulated survey, largely associated with the boresight of the entire focal plane.

Columns

name datatype description unit nullable ivoa:ucd tap:column_index tap:principal votable:arraysize votable:xtype length precision
visit primary key long Unique identifier. true meta.id;obs;meta.main 1 1
physical_filter char ID of physical filter, the filter associated with a particular instrument. true meta.id;instr.filter 11 0 * 32
band char Name of the band used to take the exposure where this source was measured. Abstract filter that is not associated with a particular instrument. true meta.id;instr.bandpass 10 1 * 1
ra double RA of focal plane center. deg true pos.eq.ra;meta.main 2 1
decl double Declination of focal plane center deg true pos.eq.dec;meta.main 3 1
skyRotation double Sky rotation angle. deg true pos.posAng 4 1
azimuth double Azimuth of focal plane center at the middle of the exposure. deg true pos.az.azi 14 0
altitude double Altitude of focal plane center at the middle of the exposure. deg true pos.az.alt 13 0
zenithDistance double Zenith distance at the middle of the exposure. deg true pos.az.zd 15 0
airmass double Airmass of the observed line of sight. true obs.airMass 12 1
expTime double Spatially-averaged duration of exposure, accurate to 10ms. s true time.duration;obs.exposure 9 1
expMidpt timestamp Midpoint time for exposure at the fiducial center of the focal plane array. TAI, accurate to 10ms. true 6 0 * timestamp 6
expMidptMJD double Midpoint time for exposure at the fiducial center of the focal plane array in MJD. TAI, accurate to 10ms. d true time.epoch;obs.exposure 5 1
obsStart timestamp Start time of the exposure at the fiducial center of the focal plane array, TAI, accurate to 10ms. true time.start;obs.exposure 8 0 * timestamp 6
obsStartMJD double Start of the exposure in MJD, TAI, accurate to 10ms. d true time.start;obs.exposure 7 0