Table information for 'ogle.m54'

General

Table Description: The (almost) original table M54variables.dat with identification and parameters of stars from Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy and its M54 Globular Cluster

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description:

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) is a long-term photometric survey operated by the University of Warsaw at Las Campanas Observatory. Most of the observations are carried out in the Cousins I filter, with auxiliary measurements in the V filter.

High-cadence, long-term observations of crowded fields have led to the systematic discovery and classification of variable stars. The OGLE Collection of Variable Stars (OCVS) contains over one million objects. OCVS light curves span three survey phases: OGLE-II (1996-2000), OGLE-III (2001-2009), and OGLE-IV (2010-present).

The VO-compliant re-publication of the OCVS light curve collection allows bulk download for objects with a specific variability class and parameters, which can be very handy for ML-based light curve analysis and related applications.

The original data of the republished collection can be found at: https://www.astrouw.edu.pl/ogle/ogle4/OCVS/.

While republishing, we almost preserve the original data structure. That is, there are tables with variable star parameters split by variability type (Cepheids, Eclipsing and Ellipsoidal Binaries, RR Lyrae stars, etc.) and by sky field: Galactic Bulge (BLG), Magellanic Clouds (LMC, SMC), Galactic Disc (GD). A few tables are related only to a variability class (e.g., Cataclysmic Variables - CV, BLAPs, Anomalous Cepheids in the Milky Way - ACEP/GAL) or a specific field (M54 variables, which comprise diverse classes).

All observed objects with their main parameters are aggregated in the object_all table, which facilitates generic queries across all classes. This table is served by Cone Search.

The ts_ssa table is the main table for light-curve queries. It is served by TAP and SSA services. The time series themselves, as well as previews of folded and unfolded light curves, can be accessed via DataLink from the ts_ssa and ObsCore tables. Direct links to previews of folded curves are placed in the preview column of both the ts_ssa and ObsCore tables.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'Original OGLE ident tables outside the main fields'

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Citing this table

This table has an associated publication. If you use data from it, it may be appropriate to reference 2016AcA....66..197H (ADS BibTeX entry for the publication) either in addition to or instead of the service reference.

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:ogle_m54,
  year=2025,
  title={Original {OGLE} ident tables outside the main fields},
  author={Soszyński, I. and Udalski, A. and Szymański, M.K. and Szymański, G. and Poleski, R. and Pawlak, M. and Pietrukowicz, P. and Wrona, M. and Iwanek, P. and Mróz, M.},
  url={https://skvo.science.upjs.sk/tableinfo/ogle.m54},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the Pavol Josef Šafárik University Archive}
}

If you use or refer to the data obtained from this catalog in your scientific work, please cite the appropriate papers:
bibcode:2015AcA....65....1U (OGLE-IV photometry)
bibcode:2008AcA....58...69U (OGLE-III photometry)

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
object_id Star ID Star identifier N/A meta.id;meta.main
raj2000 RA Right ascension deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main
dej2000 Dec Declination deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main
ogle4_id OGLE-IV ID OGLE-IV Identifier N/A meta.id
vsx VSX VSX/GCVS/Macho or other designation N/A meta.id
ogle_vartype Variability type OGLE type of variable star N/A meta.code.class
ssa_targclass Ob. cls Object class (star, QSO,...; use Simbad object classification http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-display?data=otypes if at all possible) N/A src.class
ssa_collection Collection A short handle naming the collection this spectrum belongs to. N/A N/A
ssa_reference Ref. URL or bibcode of a publication describing this data. N/A meta.bib.bibcode
mean_I Mean I Intensity mean I-band magnitude mag phot.mag
mean_V Mean V Intensity mean V-band magnitude mag phot.mag
ampl_I Ampl I I-band amplitude of the primary period mag phot.mag
period Period Period of the variable star (primary/longest) d src.var;time.period
period_err Period err Uncertainty of period d src.var;time.period

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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