Datatype definitions

A datatype has been associated to each kind of observations recorded in the database. A command name is associated to each datatype.

To make the access easier, the list of datatypes is grouped by general technical methods:

Photometric datatypes

beta
measurements in the Hbeta system
betam
mean Hbeta data
ccd
CCD measurements in the UBV system
ccdric
CCD measurements in Cousins's RI system
ccdy
CCD measurements in the uvby system
cmd
mean values UBV for plotting the HR diagram
cmt
measurements in the system of Washington
ddo
meaurements in the DDO system
egg
measurements uvby in Eggen's modified system
gen
mean values from the Geneva catalogue
jhk
measurements in the JHK photometric system
mpg
measurements in the mpv, mpg system
pgh
measurements UBV photographic
pghm
mean values UBV photographic
rgu
measurements in the RGU photographic system
ric
measurements in Cousins's RI system
rie
measurements by Eggen in Kron's RI system
rij
measurements in Johnson's RI system
rik
measurements in Kron's RI system
sit
measurements UBV from video (SIT) cameras
ubv
measurements UBV photoelectric
ubvm
mean values UBV photoelectric
uvby
measurements uvby
uvbym
mean uvby values
vic
VI measurements in Cousins's system
vie
VI measurements in Kron's system
vil
measurements in the Vilnius system
vsn
projected rotational velocities
wal
measurements in the Walraven system

Spectroscopic datatypes

gpo
objective prism radial velocities (GPO)
irv
individual radial velocities
mk
MK spectral types
mks
selected MK types
mrv
mean radial velocities from the literature
orb
orbital elements of spectroscopic binaries
spt
unidimensional spectral types (HD format)

Identification and proper motion datatypes

apm
absolute proper motion
coo
coordinates (1950) from astrometric sources
idm1
identifications (IDAM), first part
idm2
identifications (IDAM), second part
ids
identifications of double star components (IDS)
pos
rounded off coordinates (1950)
rpm
relative proper motion
tref
references for cross-reference tables
tab
cross-reference tables

Additional datatypes

baas
information on ongoing work
bdp
Budapest bibliography
gk
list of red giants in the cluster field
hpd
rectangular x,y positions
prm
Geneva parameters
prob
membership probabilities (proper motion)
probr
membership probabilities (radial velocity)
rem
remarks