Other photometric observations (detections)
Due to overlaps in imaging stripes, the SDSS sometimes observes the same
object more than once. In such cases, we select one observation as PRIMARY (mode=1). Each
astronomical object is assigned a thingID, and each time that "thing" is observed (detected
in SDSS imaging), it assigned a separate objID.
Information about each astronomical "thing" is stored in the
thingIndex
table; thingIndex is a thin coupling table designed only to connect repeat observations.
Information about each individual observation (detection) is in the
photoObjAll table. (Note that
photoObj contains only the primary [mode=1] and secondary [mode=2] observations of each "thing.")
The detectionIndex table connects each objID to the thingID it corresponds with.
This detected object and its associated "Thing" (Primary observation)
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IAU name | objid | thingid | mode description | SDSS J161657.46+203741.0 | 1237662696503246998 | 292098128 | PRIMARY |
Other Observations of this "Thing"
objid | thingid | mode | mode description | 1237662696503246998 | 292098128 | 1 | PRIMARY | 1237665103297380368 | 292098128 | 2 | SECONDARY | 1237665107577733198 | 292098128 | 2 | SECONDARY | 1237665356687343641 | 292098128 | 2 | SECONDARY |
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