Variable Sources: Short-timescale sources (gaiadr3.vari_short_timescale)
The table has 471679 rows, 9 columns.
Description
This table describes the short-timescale sources.
Attribution
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Columns
| Name | Type | UCD | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| solution_id | long | meta.version |
Solution Identifier |
|
| source_id | long |
meta.id meta.main meta.ref |
Unique source identifier |
|
| amplitude_estimate | float |
src.var.amplitude phot.mag em.opt |
mag |
Amplitude estimate of all per-CCD G-band photometry (95th quantile - 5th quantile) |
| number_of_fov_transits | short | meta.number |
Number of FoV transits with more than 7 CCD measurements after time series cleaning |
|
| mean_of_fov_abbe_values | float | stat.value |
Mean of per-FoV Abbe values derived from per-CCD G-band photometry |
|
| variogram_num_points | short | meta.number |
Number of selected timescale(s) derived from the variogram |
|
| variogram_char_timescales | float[] | time | d |
Characteristic timescale(s) of variability |
| variogram_values | double[] | stat.value | mag**2 |
Variogram values associated with the variogramCharTimescales |
| frequency | double |
src.var time.period |
d**-1 |
Frequency search result for either G CCD, G FoV, BP or RP photometry |