Visit

Metadata about the pointings of the telescope, largely associated with the boresight of the LSSTComCam focal plane as a whole.

Columns

name datatype description unit nullable ivoa:ucd tap:column_index tap:principal votable:arraysize votable:xtype length precision
visit primary key indexed long Unique identifier. true meta.id;obs.image 1
physical_filter char ID of physical filter, the filter associated with a particular instrument. true 0 * 32
band char Name of the band used to take the visit where this source was measured. Abstract filter that is not associated with a particular instrument. true 1 * 1
ra double Right Ascension of focal plane center. deg true 1
dec double Declination of focal plane center deg true 1
skyRotation double Sky rotation angle. deg true 1
azimuth double Azimuth of focal plane center at the middle of the visit. deg true 0
altitude double Altitude of focal plane center at the middle of the visit. deg true 0
zenithDistance double Zenith distance at the middle of the visit. deg true 0
airmass double Airmass of the observed line of sight. true 1
expTime double Spatially-averaged duration of visit, accurate to 10ms. s true 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 visit at the fiducial center of the focal plane array, TAI, accurate to 10ms. true 0 * timestamp 6
obsStartMJD double Start of the exposure in MJD, TAI, accurate to 10ms. d true time.start;obs.exposure 7 0

Indexes

Index Definition Description
idx_Visit_visit visit Unique index on the visit column