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You may now search on any column in the mission database. Select the field you wish to search on and type in the qualification. NOTE that if you choose a field in BOTH the form and in the User Option field, then you may not get results or the result you expect.

In the table below is a list of all the column names available for search. Where reasonable a range or set of valid values is listed. Additional useful notes are included. If you click on the field name, a more detailed description of the data will be found. The column label is used in the search forms and search results. The column name needs to be specified for GET requests.


Column Name Column Label Data Type Valid Values Notes UCDs
ga_dataid Data ID char ugc12250,ic0842,kug0232-079 Uniquely identifies a dataset.; ID_MAIN
ga_target Target Name char Examples: UGC 12250, IC 0842, KUG0232-079 Target name: Name of the system as it was entered in the MAST database when the original observations were carried out. For most of the systems it is the name defined for the variable as given in the Ritter and Kolb Catalog of CVs. For less common objects, it is the name given in the Downes et al. Catalog of CVs. ID_TARGET
ga_ra_d RA (J2000) double Range: 0 to 360 deg Right Ascension (J2000) POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
ga_dec_d Dec (J2000) double Range: -90 to +90 deg Declination (J2000) POS_EQ_DEC_MAIN
ga_majaxis MajAxis float Range: .20 to 190.00 Major-axis diameter of the D25 ellipse
ga_majaxis MinAxis float Range: 0.10 to 60.00 Minor-axis diameter of the D25 ellipse
ga_pa PA long Range: 1 to 179 Position angle of the D25 ellipse. In those cases were the D25 ellipse is approximately circular the PA is undefined.
ga_dis Distance float Range: 0.40 to 354.00 Distance to the galaxy
ga_dm DM float Range: 23.01 to 37.74 Distance modulus
ga_ebv E(B-V) float Range: 0.01 to 0.70 Galactic color excess (From Schlegel et al. (1998) PHOT_COLOR_EXCESS
ga_morph_type Morphological Type char Examples: Sm, SB(s)b pec?, (R'-1:)SB(r)bc NED morphological type
ga_t RC3 T type float Range: -6.0 to 99.0 Morphological Type T (From RC3 catalog when available)
ga_e_t e_T float Range: 0.30 to 1.90 Uncertainty in T
ga_sptype SpType char Examples: HII, Sy2, NLAGN, Liner Spectral type from NED
ga_obsdat Obsdate char Range: June 7 2003 to April 29 2005 Date of Observation TIME_DATE
ga_texp Exposure Time long Range: 37 to 55433 Length of exposure TIME_EXPTIME
ga_tile Tile char Examples: NGA-WLM, MIS2DFSGP-41894-0507 Tile name assigned by the GALEX mission. It includes the name of the survey as part of which the galaxy was observed and the name of the targetted field.
ga_fuv FUV float Range: 0.000142 to 0.002230 FUV image mean sky background
ga_sigfuv sigFUV float Range: 0.000099 to 0.001934 Mean standard deviation of the FUV sky. Measured by averaging the standard deviation within several regions around the position of the object.
ga_sigfuv e_FUV float Range: 0.0000 to 0.001005 Mean standard deviation of the mean FUV sky.
ga_nuv NUV float Range: 0.000278 to 0.006437 NUV image mean sky background
ga_signuv sigNUV float Range: 0.000278 to 0.006437 Mean standard deviation of the NUV sky. Measured by averaging the standard deviation within several regions around the position of the object.
ga_signuv e_NUV float Range: 0.000 to 0.002474 Mean standard deviation of the mean NUV sky.
ga_obs_asyfuv Obs AsyFUV float Range: 8.32 to 21.61 Observed Asymptotic FUV band AB magnitude
ga_obs_e_asyfuv Obs e_AsyFUV float Range: 0.01 to 1.78 Uncertainty in AsyFUV. Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_obs_asynuv Obs AsyNUV float Range: 8.00 to 20.55 Observed Asymptotic NUV band AB magnitude
ga_obs_e_asynuv Obs e_AsyNUV float Range: 0.01 to 0.42 Uncertainty in AsyNUV. Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_obs_asyfn Obs Asy(F-N) float Range: -0.21 to 2.95 Observed Asymptotic (FUV-NUV) color
ga_obs_e_asyfn Obs e_Asy(F-N) float Range: 0.01 to 1.78 Uncertainty in Asy(F-N)
ga_obs_d25fuv Obs D25FUV float Range: 8.31 to 21.51 Observed D25 ellipse FUV band AB magnitude
ga_obs_e_d25fuv Obs e_D25FUV float Range: 0.01 to 0.47 Uncertainty in D25FUV
ga_obs_d25nuv Obs D25NUV float Range: 9.90 to 20.24 Observed D25 ellipse NUV band AB magnitude
ga_obs_e_d25nuv Obs e_D25NUV float Range: 0.01 to 0.70 Uncertainty in D25NUV
ga_obs_d25fn Obs D25(F-N) float Range: -0.9 to 2.51 Observed D25 ellipse (FUV-NUV) color
ga_obs_e_d25fn Obs e_D25(F-N) float Range: 0.01 to 0.70 Uncertainty in D25(F-N)
ga_obs_afuv Obs AFUV float Range: 0.06 to 5.53 Foreground FUV extinction
ga_obs_anuv Obs ANUV float Range: 0.06 to 5.60 Foreground NUV extinction
ga_ec_asyfuv AsyFUV float Range: 7.99 to 21.48 symptotic FUV band magnitude. In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_e_asyfuv e_AsyFUV float Range: 0.01 to 1.78 Uncertainty in AsyFUV. Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_ec_asynuv AsyNUV float Range: 7.50 to 20.48 symptotic NUV band magnitude. In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_e_asynuv e_AsyNUV float Range: 0.01 to 0.42 Uncertainty in AsyNUV. Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_ec_asyfn Asy(F-N) float Range: -0.19 to 2.95 Asymptotic (FUV-NUV) color In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_e_asyfn e_Asy(F-N) float Range: 0.01 to 1.78 Uncertainty in Asy(F-N). Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_ec_d25fuv D25FUV float Range: 7.98 to 21.38 D25 ellipse FUV band magnitude. In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_e_d25fuv e_D25FUV float Range: 0.01 to 0.47 Uncertainty in D25FUV. Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_ec_d25nuv D25NUV float Range: 9.28 to 20.05 D25 ellipse NUV band magnitude. In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_e_d25nuv e_D25NUV float Range: 0.01 to 0.70 Uncertainty in D25NUV. Corresponds to the error in the fit to the growth curve alone. The error in the FUV and NUV zero-point calibration is estimated to be ~0.15 mag in each band.
ga_ec_d25fn D25(F-N) float Range: -0.09 to 2.51 D25 ellipse (FUV-NUV) color. In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_e_d25fn e_D25(F-N) float Range: 0.01 to 0.70 D25 ellipse (FUV-NUV) color. In AB scale corrected for Galactic extinction.
ga_ec_logfuv logFUV float Range: 31.65 to 37.16 Log of the FUV luminosity
ga_ec_lognuv logNUV float Range: 31.79 to 37.07 Log of the NUV luminosity
ga_ec_radnuv RadFUV float Range: 5.44 to 1462.00 Effective FUV radius. Of the ellipse including half of the total (asymptotic) light of the galaxy in the FUV/NUV band. We only computed the effective radius and concentration index C31 (C42) for those galaxies whose radii containing 50% and 25% (20%), respectively, of the light were larger than 6 arcsec.
ga_ec_radnuv RadNUV float Range: 6.48 to 1430.04 Effective NUV radius. Of the ellipse including half of the total (asymptotic) light of the galaxy in the FUV/NUV band. We only computed the effective radius and concentration index C31 (C42) for those galaxies whose radii containing 50% and 25% (20%), respectively, of the light were larger than 6 arcsec.
ga_ec_c31fuv C31FUV float Range: 1.26 to 9.59 C31 concentration index in the FUV. We only computed the effective radius and concentration index C31 (C42) for those galaxies whose radii containing 50% and 25% (20%), respectively, of the light were larger than 6 arcsec.
ga_ec_c31nuv C31NUV float Range: 1.31 to 8.98 C31 concentration index in the NUV. We only computed the effective radius and concentration index C31 (C42) for those galaxies whose radii containing 50% and 25% (20%), respectively, of the light were larger than 6 arcsec.
ga_ec_c42fuv C42FUV float Range: 0.62 to5.64 C42 concentration index in the FUV. We only computed the effective radius and concentration index C31 (C42) for those galaxies whose radii containing 50% and 25% (20%), respectively, of the light were larger than 6 arcsec.
ga_ec_c42nuv C42NUV float Range: 0.75 to 5.19 C42 concentration index in the NUV. We only computed the effective radius and concentration index C31 (C42) for those galaxies whose radii containing 50% and 25% (20%), respectively, of the light were larger than 6 arcsec.
ga_ec_profile Profile float Examples: EF; ?Fn,?Rn; ED,EFn Morphological class of the surface. A single profile type is given for most objects but in cases where the profile morphology differs between the FUV and NUV bands two types are given, separated by a comma with the FUV profile first.
ga_umag Umag float Range: 4.86 to 16.44 Johnson U band integrated magnitude. In the Vega scale. Published as part of the RC3 catalog.
ga_e_umag e_Umag float Range:0.03 to 0.40 Uncertainty in Umag
ga_bmag Bmag float Range: 4.36 to 16.6 Johnson B band integrated magnitude. In the Vega scale. Published as part of the RC3 catalog.
ga_e_bmag e_Bmag float Range: 0.02 to 0.50 Uncertainty in Bmag
ga_vmag Vmag float Range: 3.44 to 15.98 Johnson V band integrated magnitude. In the Vega scale. Published as part of the RC3 catalog.
ga_e_vmag e_Vmag float Range: 0.03 to 0.40 Uncertainty in Vmag
ga_jmag Jmag float Range: 2.09 to 15.89 2MASS J band total magnitude
ga_e_jmag e_Jmag float Range: 0.10 to 0.22 Uncertainty in Jmag
ga_hmag Hmag float Range: 1.28 to 15.27 2MASS H band total magnitude
ga_e_hmag e_Hmag float Range: 0.01 to 0.27 Uncertainty in Hmag
ga_kmag Kmag float Range: 0.98 to 15.35 2MASS K band total magnitude
ga_e_kmag e_Kmag float Range: 0.01 to 1.05 Uncertainty in Kmag
ga_l_f12 l_F12 char Examples: < > Upper limit flag on F12
ga_f12 F12 float Range: 0.02 to 163.00 IRAS 12 micro flux density
ga_e_f12 e_F12 float Range: 0.01 to 24.50 Uncertainty in F12
ga_l_f25 l_F25 char Examples: < > Upper limit flag on F25
ga_f25 F25 float Range: 0.01 to 285.0 IRAS 25 micron flux density
ga_e_f25 e_F25 float Examples: 0.01 to 42.8 Uncertainty in F25
ga_l_f60 l_F60 char Examples: < > Upper limit flag on F60
ga_f60 F60 float Range: 0.01 to 1270.00 IRAS 60 micron flux density
ga_e_f60 e_F60 float Range: 0.02 to 250.00 Uncertainty in F60
ga_l_f100 l_F100 char Examples: > < Upper limit flag on F100
ga_f100 F100 float Examples: 0.05 to 2930 IRAS 100 micron flux density
ga_e_f100 e_F100 float Examples: 0.05 to 465 Uncertainty in F100