SWIFTUVOT Field Descriptions

You may submit queries using any of the fields listed below. The "Column label" is the name displayed on the search forms and in search results. The "Column name" is the actual column name in the table and needs to be specified in GET requests. (See the MAST Services web page for information on submitting GET requests.) If the "Column name" is in italics, it means the table is indexed on that field and queries with that field will run faster. Clicking on "Data Type" entries will display information on search options.

When using the "user-specified field" form element on a MAST search form, simply select the column "label" in the forms pulldown menu and type in the qualification in the adjacent box. If you specify constraints on the same column in more than one form element, they will all be included in the query and you may not get results you expect. Note the entries in the table below may be sorted by clicking on the column headings.

Catalog Description of Swift UVOT Observations Table
Last Update: September 10, 2012

Column Name	Column Label	Description	Examples/Valid Values	Data Type
Column Name	Column Label	Description	Examples/Valid Values	Data Type
swo_obs_id	Obs ID	Observation ID: First 8 characters are the same as the target ID. The last three characters indicate the observation.	11 character name; e.g. 00035028075, 00041868001	string
swo_targ_id	Target ID	Target ID is the first 8 characters of the obs_id	e.g., 0036557	string
swo_object	Target Name	Target Name	e.g. PKS1830-211, GRB101213a, SN2010jr, Comet103P/Hartley2	string
swo_ra_pnt	RA (J2000)	Right Ascension (J2000)	range -90 to 360 deg	ra
swo_dec_pnt	Dec (J2000)	Declination (J2000)	range -90 to +90 deg	dec
swo_pa_pnt	Position Angle	Position Angle	range -90 to 360 deg	float
swo_date_obs	Start Time	Start Time for the first exposure of the observation/filter set for this observation	Dec 17 2004 23:09:57 to present	datetime
swo_date_end	Stop Time	Stop Time for the last exposure of the observation/filter set for this observation	Dec 17 2004 23:11:37 to present	datetime
swo_exptime	Exp Time	Exposure time (summed for all exposures in the observation/filter set)	range: 0.00 - 65,868.9 seconds	float
swo_num_exp	Number of Exp.	Number of exposures	range: currently 1 to 132	integer
swo_filter	Filter	Filter used	B, BLOCKED, MAGNIFIER, U, UGRISM, UNKNOWN, UVM2, UVW1, UVW2, V, VGRISM, WHITE	string