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The data of the first and last zone are also given in ASCII tables

(access/z001.asc, z900.asc)  to illustrate the format and allow

verification of binary file access by the user.  That table was generated

with the  access/u4dump.f  code.  Columns are separated by commas on

z001.asc, while the z900.asc shows the data of the last zone in ASCII

with blanks separating the columns.

 

The following shows sample code (Fortran 77) to illustrate the data format,

followed by a table describing each data item (column, same order also on

the ASCII sample output).  After extending some merged flag data there are

a total of 53 columns in the UCAC4 zone data files. 

 

* items to read from input files

      INTEGER*4 ra,spd, pts_key,rnm, mcf, rnz

      INTEGER*2 magm,maga, cepra,cepdc, pmra2,pmdc2

     .         ,j_m, h_m, k_m,  apasm(5), zn2

      INTEGER*1 sigmag, sigra,sigdc, sigpmr,sigpmd

      INTEGER*1 objt,cdf, na1,nu1,cu1, apase(5), gcflg

      INTEGER*1 icqflg(3), q2mflg(3), leda,x2m

 

      CHARACTER string*9

      INTEGER   icf(9)

 

      OPEN (20,FILE=fnu4,ACCESS='direct',RECL=78) ! 1 record per star

      i = 0

      DO

        i = i + 1

        READ (20,REC=i,ERR=99)                    ! numb. of bytes 78

     .     ra,spd, magm,maga, sigmag,objt,cdf     !  8 + 4 +  3  = 15

     .    ,sigra,sigdc, na1,nu1,cu1               !  2 + 3       =  5

     .    ,cepra,cepdc, pmra2,pmdc2,sigpmr,sigpmd !  4 + 4 +  2  = 10

     .    ,pts_key, j_m,h_m,k_m, icqflg, q2mflg   !  4 + 6 +  6  = 16

     .    ,apasm, apase, gcflg                    ! 10 + 5 +  1  = 16

     .    ,mcf, leda,x2m, rnm                     !  4 + 2 +  4  = 10

     .    ,zn2, rnz                               !  2 + 4       =  6

 

        WRITE (str,'(i9.9)') mcf    ! merged catalog flag from 4 byte Int to

        READ  (str,'(9i1)')  icf    ! 9 individual catalog flags

      ENDDO

 99   WRITE (*,'(a,i9)') 'last record number in file = ',i-1

 

 

col byte item   fmt unit       explanation                            notes

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 1  1- 3 ra     I*4 mas        right ascension at  epoch J2000.0 (ICRS) (1)

 2  5- 8 spd    I*4 mas        south pole distance epoch J2000.0 (ICRS) (1)

 3  9-10 magm   I*2 millimag   UCAC fit model magnitude                 (2)

 4 11-12 maga   I*2 millimag   UCAC aperture  magnitude                 (2)

 5 13    sigmag I*1 1/100 mag  error of UCAC magnitude                  (3)

 6 14    objt   I*1            object type                              (4)

 7 15    cdf    I*1            combined double star flag                (5)

         15 bytes

 8 16    sigra  I*1 mas        s.e. at central epoch in RA (*cos Dec)   (6)

 9 17    sigdc  I*1 mas        s.e. at central epoch in Dec             (6)

10 18    na1    I*1            total # of CCD images of this star

11 19    nu1    I*1            # of CCD images used for this star       (7)

12 20    cu1    I*1            # catalogs (epochs) used for proper motions

          5 bytes

13 21-22 cepra  I*2 0.01 yr    central epoch for mean RA, minus 1900

14 23-24 cepdc  I*2 0.01 yr    central epoch for mean Dec,minus 1900

15 25-26 pmrac  I*2 0.1 mas/yr proper motion in RA*cos(Dec)             (8)

16 27-28 pmdc   I*2 0.1 mas/yr proper motion in Dec

17 29    sigpmr I*1 0.1 mas/yr s.e. of pmRA * cos Dec                   (9)

18 30    sigpmd I*1 0.1 mas/yr s.e. of pmDec                            (9)

         10 bytes

19 31-34 pts_key I*4           2MASS unique star identifier            (10)

20 35-36 j_m    I*2 millimag   2MASS J  magnitude

21 37-38 h_m    I*2 millimag   2MASS H  magnitude

22 39-40 k_m    I*2 millimag   2MASS K_s magnitude

23 41    icqflg I*1            2MASS cc_flg*10 + ph_qual flag for J    (11)

24 42     (2)   I*1            2MASS cc_flg*10 + ph_qual flag for H    (11)

25 43     (3)   I*1            2MASS cc_flg*10 + ph_qual flag for K_s  (11)

26 44    e2mpho I*1 1/100 mag  error 2MASS J   magnitude               (12)

27 45     (2)   I*1 1/100 mag  error 2MASS H   magnitude               (12)

28 46     (3)   I*1 1/100 mag  error 2MASS K_s magnitude               (12)

         16 bytes

29 47-48 apasm  I*2 millimag   B magnitude from APASS                  (13)

30 49-50  (2)   I*2 millimag   V magnitude from APASS                  (13)

31 51-52  (3)   I*2 millimag   g magnitude from APASS                  (13)

32 53-54  (4)   I*2 millimag   r magnitude from APASS                  (13)

33 55-56  (5)   I*2 millimag   i magnitude from APASS                  (13)

34 57    apase  I*1 1/100 mag  error of B magnitude from APASS         (14)

35 58     (2)   I*1 1/100 mag  error of V magnitude from APASS         (14)

36 59     (3)   I*1 1/100 mag  error of g magnitude from APASS         (14)

37 60     (4)   I*1 1/100 mag  error of r magnitude from APASS         (14)

38 61     (5)   I*1 1/100 mag  error of i magnitude from APASS         (14)

39 62    gcflg  I*1            Yale SPM g-flag*10  c-flag              (15)

         16 bytes

40 63-66 icf(1) I*4            FK6-Hipparcos-Tycho source flag         (16)

41       icf(2) ..             AC2000       catalog match flag         (17)

42       icf(3) ..             AGK2 Bonn    catalog match flag         (17)

43       icf(4) ..             AKG2 Hamburg catalog match flag         (17)

44       icf(5) ..             Zone Astrog. catalog match flag         (17)

45       icf(6) ..             Black Birch  catalog match flag         (17)

46       icf(7) ..             Lick Astrog. catalog match flag         (17)

47       icf(8) ..             NPM  Lick    catalog match flag         (17)

48       icf(9) ..             SPM  YSJ1    catalog match flag         (17)

          4 bytes

49 67    leda   I*1            LEDA galaxy match flag                  (18)

50 68    x2m    I*1            2MASS extend.source flag                (19)

51 69-72 rnm    I*4            unique star identification number       (20)

52 73-74 zn2    I*2            zone number of UCAC2 (0 = no match)     (21)

53 75-78 rn2    I*4            running record number along UCAC2 zone  (21)

         12 bytes

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

         78 = total number of bytes per star record

 

Note  (1):  Positions are on the International Celestial Reference

    System (ICRS) as represented by the Hipparcos / Tycho-2  catalogs.

    The epoch for the positions of all stars is J2000.0; the weighted

    mean catalog position was updated using the provided proper

    motions.  The observational UCAC position is but one of several

    going into these values and is not given in the UCAC4; thus the

    original UCAC observation cannot be recovered from these data.

    The declination is given in south pole distance (spd) and can be

    converted back to a true declination by subtracting 324000000 mas.

 

Note  (2):  Unknown, or unrealistic photometric results are set to

    magnitude = 20 (20000 mmag entry in catalog).  Systematic errors

    are expected to be below 0.1 mag for magm,maga photometric results

    obtained from the UCAC CCD pixel data.  The aperture photometry

    is considered more robust, particularly for "odd" cases, while

    the model fit magnitude is expected to be more accurate for

    "well behaved" stars.

 

Note  (3):  A value of 99 for error in magnitude means "no data".

    For many stars a photometric error based on the scatter from

    individual observations of that star on different CCD frames

    could be obtained.  A model error was also attempted to be

    assigned, based on the S/N ratio.  The error quoted here is

    the larger of the 2.  If that error exceeds 0.9 mag the error

    was set to 0.9 mag (= value 90 in catalog data, unit = 10 mmag).

 

Note  (4):  The object type flag is used to identify possible problems

    with a star or the source of data.  Of the individual image flags

    the one with the largest value (worst problem case) is propagated

    into this object type flag, unless it is superseded by an overriding

    flag at the combined image stage.

    The object type flag has the following meaning:

 

    0 = good, clean star (from MPOS), no known problem

    1 = largest flag of any image = near overexposed star (from MPOS)

    2 = largest flag of any image = possible streak object (from MPOS)

    3 = high proper motion (HPM) star, match with external PM file (MPOS)

    4 = actually use external HPM data instead of UCAC4 observ.data

          (accuracy of positions varies between catalogs)

    5 = poor proper motion solution, report only CCD epoch position

    6 = substitute poor astrometric results by FK6/Hip/Tycho-2 data

    7 = added supplement star (no CCD data) from FK6/Hip/Tycho-2 data,

         and 2 stars added from high proper motion surveys

    8 = high proper motion solution in UCAC4, star not matched with PPMXL

    9 = high proper motion solution in UCAC4, discrepant PM to PPMXL

     (see discussion of flags 8,9 in redcution section 2e above)

 

    The number of stars with those flags is:

      0 103080317

      1   2785787

      2     15519

      3     97042

      4     35073

      5   5004704

      6     34473

      7      8925

      8   2028600

      9    689653

 

Note  (5):  The cdf flag is a combined double star flag used to indicate

    the type/quality of double star fit.  It is a combination of 2 flags,

    cdf = 10 * dsf + dst  with the following meaning:

 

    dsf = double star flag = overall classification

      0 = single star

      1 = component #1 of "good" double star

      2 = component #2 of "good" double star

      3 = blended image

 

    dst = double star type, from pixel data image profile fits,

           largest value of all images used for this star

      0 = no double star, not sufficient #pixels or elongation

           to even call double star fit subroutine

      1 = elongated image but no more than 1 peak detected

      2 = 2 separate peaks detected -> try double star fit

      3 = secondary peak found on each side of primary

      4 = case 1 after successful double fit (small separ. blended image)

      5 = case 2 after successful double fit (most likely real double)

      6 = case 3 after successful double fit (brighter secondary picked)

 

    A word of caution: often a dsf= 1 or 2 image is paired with a dsf= 3.

    If for a star any of the several images reveals a "blended image",

    that higher dsf=3 flag is carried into the output file.  This can

    happen for a regular double star with unique components 1 and 2.

    A flag dsf=3 means this could be component 1 or 2 but at least on

    one CCD frame a blended image was detected.  This blend could be

    with the other component, or a spurious image or artifact.

    The double star flags need to be interpreted with caution; anything

    but a zero means "likely some double star component or blended image".

 

    The following number of stars have cdf flag values:

     0 110299935

     1    262162  

     2    355769

     3     57103

     4      2408     14   19590     24  23967     34 1053229

     5      7884     15   78344     25 209822     35 1226761

     6     23787     16   13096     26  20945     36  125291

 

Note  (6):  The range of values here is 1 to 255 which is represented

    as a signed 1-byte integer (range -127 to 127); thus add 128 to the

    integer number found in the data file.  There is no 0 mas value;

    data less than 1 mas have been set to 1 mas.  Original data larger

    than 255 mas have been set to 255. 

    If the astrometric data for a star was substituted from an external

    catalog like Hipparcos, Tycho or high proper motion data, a mean

    error in position and proper motion depending on the catalog and

    magnitude of the star was adopted.

 

Note  (7):  A zero for the number of used images indicates that all images

    have some "problem" (such as overexposure). In that case an unweighted

    mean over all available images (na) is taken to derive the mean

    position, while normally a weighted mean was calculated based on

    the "good" images, excluding possible problem images (nu <= na).

 

Note  (8):  A value of 32767 for either proper motion component means

    the real PM of that star is larger and found in the extra table

    file  u4hpm.dat (32 stars, ASCII).  The cross reference is established

    by the unique, modified MPOS number (column 51 of main data file),

    which is also given on the HPM supplement stars file.

    For stars without valid proper motion the proper motion data are set

    to 0.  However, valid proper motions can also be 0.  The "no data"

    case is indicated by the sigma proper motion columns (see below).

 

Note  (9):  Values in the binary data files are represented as signed,

    1-byte integer (range -128 to 127).  Add 128 to bring those values

    to the range of 0 to 255, which is the error in proper motion in

    unit of 0.1 mas/yr, with the following exception.

    Data entries above 250 indicate larger errors as follows:

    251 --> 275 = 27.5 mas/yr

    252 --> 325 = 32.5 mas/yr

    253 --> 375 = 37.5 mas/yr

    254 --> 450 = 45.0 mas/yr

    255 --> "no data" = set to 500 for output tables

 

    For astrometric data copied from the FK6, Hipparcos and Tycho-2

    catalogs a mean error in positions was adopted depending on input

    catalog and the brightness of the star rather than giving the

    individual star's error quoted in those catalogs.

 

Note (10):  The 2MASS items copied into UCAC4 are described at

    pegasus.astro.umass.edu/ipac_wget/releases/allsky/doc/sec2_2a.html

 

Note (11):  For each 2MASS bandpass a combined flag was created

    (cc_flg*10 + ph_qual) consisting of the contamination flag (0 to 5)

    and the photometric quality flag (0 to 8). 

 

    0 =  cc_flg  2MASS 0, no artifacts or contamination

    1 =  cc_flg  2MASS p, source may be contaminated by a latent image

    2 =  cc_flg  2MASS c, photometric confusion

    3 =  cc_flg  2MASS d, diffraction spike confusion

    4 =  cc_flg  2MASS s, electronic stripe

    5 =  cc_flg  2MASS b, bandmerge confusion

 

    0 =  no ph_qual flag

    1 =  ph_qual 2MASS X, no valid brightness estimate

    2 =  ph_qual 2MASS U, upper limit on magnitude

    3 =  ph_qual 2MASS F, no reliable estimate of the photometric error

    4 =  ph_qual 2MASS E, goodness-of-fit quality of profile-fit poor

    5 =  ph_qual 2MASS A, valid measurement, [jhk]snr>10 AND [jhk]cmsig<0.10857

    6 =  ph_qual 2MASS B, valid measurement, [jhk]snr> 7 AND [jhk]cmsig<0.15510

    7 =  ph_qual 2MASS C, valid measurement, [jhk]snr> 5 AND [jhk]cmsig<0.21714

    8 =  ph_qual 2MASS D, valid measurement, no [jhk]snr OR [jhk]cmsig req.

 

    For example icqflg = 05 is decoded to be cc_flg=0, and ph_qual=5, meaning

    no artifacts or contamination from cc_flg and 2MASS qual flag = "A" .

 

Note (12):  The photometric errors from 2MASS were rounded by 1 digit

    here to fit into fewer bytes (1/100 mag instead of millimag).

    These data were taken from the j_msigcom, h_msigcom, and k_msigcom columns

    of the 2MASS point source catalog.  See note (10).

 

Note (13):  Data are from the AAVSO Photometric all-sky survey (APASS)

    DR6 plus single observation stars kindly provided by A.Henden.

    A magnitude entry of 20000 indicates "no data".  For bright stars

    the  apasm(1) = B mag and apasm(2) = V mag columns contain the

    Hipparcos/Tycho Bt and Vt mags respectively, whenever there is no

    APASS B or V available and valid Bt or Vt mags were found.

    For the bright supplement stars the same was done.  All thses cases

    are identified by apasm(1) < 20000 and apase(1) = 0  for B mags,

    and similarly for apasm(2) < 20000 and apase(2) = 0  for V mags.

    For over 10,000 stars no Vt mag was available and the V mag from Tycho

    was used instead. 

 

    The following number of stars have entries in the APASS photometry:

      51862350  some valid data in either of the columns

      51070044  B mag

      51861015  V mag

      45799843  g mag

      45615993  r mag

      41491953  i mag

 

Note (14):  Positive errors are from the official release data error

    estimates (at least 2 observations per star).  Formal, S/N estimated

    errors for single observations are multiplied by -1 for this column.

    The valid range for each APASS magnitude error is +-90 = +-0.90 mag.

    For "no data" (i.e. magnitude = 20000 = 20.0 mag) the error is set to 99.

 

Note (15):  The g-flag from the Yale San Juan first epoch Southern

    Proper Motion data (YSJ1, SPM) has the following meaning:

 

     0 = no info

     1 = matched with 2MASS extended source list

     2 = LEDA  galaxy

     3 = known QSO

 

    The c-flag from the Yale San Juan first epoch Southern

    Proper Motion data (YSJ1, SPM) indicates which input catalog

    has been used to identify stars for pipeline processing:

 

     1 = Hipparcos

     2 = Tycho2

     3 = UCAC2

     4 = 2MASS psc

     5 = 2MASS xsc (extended sources, largely (but not all!) galaxies)

     6 = LEDA  (confirmed galaxies, Paturel et al. 2005)

     7 = QSO   (Veron-Cetty & Veron 2006)

 

Note (16, 17) binary data:  a single 4-byte integer is used to store

    the 10 flags of "icf".  That 4-byte integer has the value:

       icf = icf(1)*10^8 + icf(2)*10^7 + ...  + icf(8)*10 + icf(9)

 

Note (16):  The FK6-Hipparcos-Tycho-source-flag has the following meaning:

            (= icf(1))

     0 = not a Hip. or Tycho star

     1 = Hipparcos 1997 version main catalog (not in UCAC4 data files)

     2 = Hipparcos double star annex

     3 = Tycho-2

     4 = Tycho annex 1

     5 = Tycho annex 2

     6 = FK6 position and proper motion (instead of Hipparcos data)

     7 = Hippparcos 2007 solution position and proper motion

     8 = FK6      only PM substit. (not in UCAC4 data)

     9 = Hipparcos 2007, only proper motion substituted

 

Note (17):  The catflg match flag is provided for major catalogs used

     in the computation of the proper motions.  Each match is analyzed

     for multiple matches of entries of the 1st catalog to 2nd catalog

     entries, and the other way around.  Matches are also classified

     by separation and difference in magnitude to arrive at a confidence

     level group.  The flag has the following meaning:

 

     0 = star not matched with this catalog

     1 = unique-unique match,  not involving a double star

     2 =  ... same, but involving a flagged double star

     3 = multiple match but unique in high confidence level group, no double

     4 =  ... same, but involving a flagged double star

     5 = closest match, not involving a double, likely o.k.

     6 =  ... same, but involving a flagged double star

     7 = maybe o.k. smallest sep. match in both directions, no double

     8 =  ... same, but involving a flagged double star

 

Note (18):  This flag is either 0 (no match) or contains the log10 of

    the apparent total diameter for I-band (object size) information

    (unit = 0.1 arcmin) copied from the LEDA catalog (galaxies). 

    A size value of less than 1 has been rounded up to 1.

 

Note (19):  This flag is either 0 (no match) or contains the length of

    the semi-major axis of the fiducial ellipse at the K-band

    (object size) information copied from the 2MASS extended source

    catalog.

 

Note (20):  This unique star identification number is between 200001

    and  321640 for Hipparcos stars, and between 1 and 9430 for non-

    Hipparcos stars supplemented to the UCAC4 catalog (no CCD observ.).

    For all other stars this unique star identification number is the

    internal mean-position-file (MPOS) number + 1 million.

    For both the Hipparcos and the supplement stars there is an entry

    on the u4supl.dat file providing more information, including the

    original Hipparcos star number.  Note, there are several thousand

    cases where different UCAC4 stars link to the same Hipparcos star

    number due to resolved binary stars with each component being a

    separate star entry in UCAC4.

 

Note (21):  This info provides a cross reference to UCAC2.  Both zn2

    and rn2 are 0 if the UCAC4 star could not be found in UCAC2.

 

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