AllWISE Source Catalog (catalogs.allwise)

The table has 747634048 rows, 32 columns.

Description

The AllWISE Source Catalog contains astrometry and photometry for 747,634,026 objects detected on the deep AllWISE Atlas Intensity Images. A more detail description of the columns can be found here.

This table is cross-matched with Gaia DR2 gaia_source table through gaiadr2.allwise_best_neighbour reference table.

Columns

Name Type UCD Unit Description
allwise_oid int meta.id

Incremental integer identifier added for the purpose of cross referencing
designation char meta.id

Sexagesimal, equatorial position-based source name
ra double pos.eq.ra Angle[deg]

J2000 right ascension with respect to the 2MASS PSC reference frame from the non-moving source extraction
dec double pos.eq.dec Angle[deg]

J2000 declination with respect to the 2MASS PSC reference frame from the non-moving source extraction
ra_error double stat.error
pos.eq.ra 		Angle[arcsec]

One-sigma uncertainty in right ascension coordinate from the non-moving source extraction
dec_error double stat.error
pos.eq.dec 		Angle[arcsec]

One-sigma uncertainty in declination coordinate from the non-moving source extraction
radec_error double stat.error Angle[arcsec]

The co-sigma of the equatorial position uncertainties, ra_error and dec_error
w1mpro float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W1 magnitude measured with profile-fitting photometry, or the magnitude of the 95% confidence brightness upper limit if the W1 flux measurement has SNR<2
w1sigmpro float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

W1 profile-fit photometric measurement uncertainty in mag units
w2mpro float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W2 magnitude measured with profile-fitting photometry, or the magnitude of the 95% confidence brightness upper limit if the W2 flux measurement has SNR<2
w2sigmpro float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

W2 profile-fit photometric measurement uncertainty in mag units
w3mpro float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W3 magnitude measured with profile-fitting photometry, or the magnitude of the 95% confidence brightness upper limit if the W3 flux measurement has SNR<2
w3sigmpro float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

W3 profile-fit photometric measurement uncertainty in mag units
w4mpro float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W4 magnitude measured with profile-fitting photometry, or the magnitude of the 95% confidence brightness upper limit if the W4 flux measurement has SNR<2
w4sigmpro float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

W4 profile-fit photometric measurement uncertainty in mag units
cc_flags char meta.code

Contamination and confusion flag
ext_flg int meta.code

Extended source flag
var_flg char meta.code

Variability flag
ph_qual char meta.code.qual

Photometric quality flag
w1mjdmean double stat.mean Time[Julian Date (day)]

The earliest modified Julian Date (mJD) of the W1 single-exposures covering the source
w2mjdmean double stat.mean Time[Julian Date (day)]

The earliest modified Julian Date (mJD) of the W2 single-exposures covering the source
w3mjdmean double stat.mean Time[Julian Date (day)]

The earliest modified Julian Date (mJD) of the W3 single-exposures covering the source
w4mjdmean double stat.mean Time[Julian Date (day)]

The earliest modified Julian Date (mJD) of the W4 single-exposures covering the source
w1gmag float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W1 magnitude of source measured in the elliptical aperture
w1gerr float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

Uncertainty in the W1 magnitude of source measured in elliptical aperture
w2gmag float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W2 magnitude of source measured in the elliptical aperture
w2gerr float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

Uncertainty in the W2 magnitude of source measured in elliptical aperture
w3gmag float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W3 magnitude of source measured in the elliptical aperture
w3gerr float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

Uncertainty in the W3 magnitude of source measured in elliptical aperture
w4gmag float phot.mag Magnitude[mag]

W4 magnitude of source measured in the elliptical aperture
w4gerr float stat.error
phot.mag 		Magnitude[mag]

Uncertainty in the W4 magnitude of source measured in elliptical aperture
pos char