Table Description:
This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.
Resource Description:
The database of planetary images (BDIP) comes from the digitization of photographs collected and preserved by the Center for Photographic Documentation of the planets held by the IAU at the Meudon Observatory in 1961 under the the curation of J.H. Focas (IAUC, 12th General Assembly, Report 1964). A similar center was established at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, under the responsibility of W.A. Baum. The photographs were duplicated between the two centers.
Approximately 8400 photographs of Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, acquired between 1890 and 1977, are kept at LESIA. They remain available for research on justified request. The digitization of these planetary photographs was performed by scanning between 1998 and 2000 by the staff of the Documentation Center (R. Boyer, E. Neyvoz et al), in the framework of a project proposed to the Scientific Council of the Paris Observatory by P. Drossart. Care was taken to preserve the best possible definition and photometric linearity of photographs during the scanning procedure. Storage was done using different image formats (JPEG, GIF and TIFF ie, lossy, lossless and uncompressed). Improved techniques for mass storage and network distribution today allow us to provide access to the highest definition images, thereby facilitating research on the evolution of planets, at asecular time scale.
The scientific interest of the photographic database mainly concerns planetary atmospheric evolution of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. The evolution of the Martian storms, or the polar caps on Mars, the survey of storms observed on Saturn, or features like the Great Red Spot of Jupiter or oval white spots are among the subjects which triggered on photographs. Such studies can be refined today thanks to digital pictures (Sanchez-Lavega and Battaner, A and A Suppl. Ser., 64, 287, 1986). Some images of Mercury are also available.
For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'Planetary Images Database'
Resource Reference URL: http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/BDIP/bdip.php?PLACE=aff_presentation&LANG=en
To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:
@MISC{vo:BDIP, year=2017, title={Planetary Images Database}, author={Pierre Drossart}, url={http://voparis-tap-planeto.obspm.fr/tableinfo/bdip.epn_core}, howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {PADC} {TAP} Server on voparis-tap-planeto.obspm.fr} }
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Name | Table Head | Description | Unit | UCD |
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granule_uid | Granule_uid | Internal table row index, which must be unique within the table. Can be alphanumeric. | N/A | meta.id |
granule_gid | Granule_gid | Common to granules of same type (e.g. same map projection, or geometry data products). Can be alphanumeric. | N/A | meta.id |
obs_id | Obs_id | Associates granules derived from the same data (e.g. various representations/processing levels). Can be alphanumeric, may be the ID of original observation. | N/A | meta.id;obs |
dataproduct_type | Dataproduct_type | The high-level organization of the data product, from a controlled vocabulary (e.g., 'im' for image, sp for spectrum). Multiple terms may be used, separated by # characters. [Note et_prod] | N/A | meta.code.class |
target_name | Target_name | Standard IAU name of target (from a list related to target class), case sensitive | N/A | meta.id;src |
target_class | Target_class | Type of target, from a controlled vocabulary. | N/A | src.class |
time_min | Time_min | Acquisition start time (in JD), as UTC at time_refposition | d | time.start;obs |
time_max | Time_max | Acquisition stop time (in JD), as UTC at time_refposition | d | time.end;obs |
time_sampling_step_min | Time_sampling_step_min | Sampling time for measurements of dynamical phenomena, lower limit. | s | time.resolution;stat.min |
time_sampling_step_max | Time_sampling_step_max | Sampling time for measurements of dynamical phenomena, upper limit | s | time.resolution;stat.max |
time_exp_min | Time_exp_min | Integration time of the measurement, lower limit. | s | time.duration;obs.exposure;stat.min |
time_exp_max | Time_exp_max | Integration time of the measurement, upper limit | s | time.duration;obs.exposure;stat.max |
spectral_range_min | Spectral_range_min | Spectral range (frequency), lower limit. | Hz | em.freq;stat.min |
spectral_range_max | Spectral_range_max | Spectral range (frequency), upper limit | Hz | em.freq;stat.max |
spectral_sampling_step_min | Spectral_sampling_step_min | Spectral sampling step, lower limit. | Hz | em.freq;spect.binSize;stat.min |
spectral_sampling_step_max | Spectral_sampling_step_max | Spectral sampling step, upper limit | Hz | em.freq;spect.binSize;stat.max |
spectral_resolution_min | Spectral_resolution_min | Spectral resolution, lower limit. | N/A | spect.resolution;stat.min |
spectral_resolution_max | Spectral_resolution_max | Spectral resolution, upper limit | N/A | spect.resolution;stat.max |
c1min | C1min | Longitude on body, lower limit. | deg | pos.bodyrc.lon;stat.min |
c1max | C1max | Longitude on body, upper limit | deg | pos.bodyrc.lon;stat.max |
c2min | C2min | Latitude on body, lower limit. | deg | pos.bodyrc.lat;stat.min |
c2max | C2max | Latitude on body, upper limit | deg | pos.bodyrc.lat;stat.max |
c3min | C3min | Altitude from reference surface, lower limit. | km | pos.bodyrc.alt;stat.min |
c3max | C3max | Altitude from reference surface, upper limit | km | pos.bodyrc.alt;stat.max |
s_region | S_region | ObsCore-like footprint, valid for celestial, spherical, or body-fixed frames | N/A | pos.outline;obs.field |
c1_resol_min | C1_resol_min | Resolution in the first coordinate, lower limit. | deg | pos.angResolution;stat.min |
c1_resol_max | C1_resol_max | Resolution in the first coordinate, upper limit | deg | pos.angResolution;stat.max |
c2_resol_min | C2_resol_min | Resolution in the second coordinate, lower limit. | deg | pos.angResolution;stat.min |
c2_resol_max | C2_resol_max | Resolution in the second coordinate, upper limit | deg | pos.angResolution;stat.max |
c3_resol_min | C3_resol_min | Resolution in the third coordinate, lower limit. | km | pos.resolution;stat.min |
c3_resol_max | C3_resol_max | Resolution in the third coordinate, upper limit | km | pos.resolution;stat.max |
spatial_frame_type | Spatial_frame_type | Flavor of coordinate system, defines the nature of coordinates. From a controlled vocabulary, where 'none' means undefined. | N/A | meta.code.class;pos.frame |
incidence_min | Incidence_min | Incidence angle (solar zenithal angle) during data acquisition, lower limit. | deg | pos.incidenceAng;stat.min |
incidence_max | Incidence_max | Incidence angle (solar zenithal angle) during data acquisition, upper limit | deg | pos.incidenceAng;stat.max |
emergence_min | Emergence_min | Emergence angle during data acquisition, lower limit. | deg | pos.emergenceAng;stat.min |
emergence_max | Emergence_max | Emergence angle during data acquisition, upper limit | deg | pos.emergenceAng;stat.max |
phase_min | Phase_min | Phase angle during data acquisition, lower limit. | deg | pos.phaseAng;stat.min |
phase_max | Phase_max | Phase angle during data acquisition, upper limit | deg | pos.phaseAng;stat.max |
instrument_host_name | Instrument_host_name | Standard name of the observatory or spacecraft | N/A | meta.id;instr.obsty |
instrument_name | Instrument_name | Standard name of instrument | N/A | meta.id;instr |
measurement_type | Measurement_type | UCD(s) defining the data, with multiple entries separated by hash (#) characters. | N/A | meta.ucd |
processing_level | Processing_level | Dataset-related encoding, or simplified CODMAC calibration level [Note et_cal] | N/A | meta.calibLevel |
creation_date | Creation_date | Date of first entry of this granule | N/A | time.creation |
modification_date | Modification_date | Date of last modification (used to handle mirroring) | N/A | time.processing |
release_date | Release_date | Start of public access period | N/A | time.release |
service_title | Service_title | Title of resource (an acronym really, will be used to handle multiservice results) | N/A | meta.title |
access_url | Access_url | URL of the data file, case sensitive. If present, then access_format and access_estsize are mandatory. | N/A | meta.ref.url;meta.file |
access_format | Access_format | File format type (RFC 6838 Media Type a.k.a. MIME type) | N/A | meta.code.mime |
access_estsize | Access_estsize | Estimated file size in kbyte. | kbyte | phys.size;meta.file |
time_scale | Time_scale | Defaults to UTC in data services; takes values from http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/time_scale otherwise | N/A | time.scale |
file_name | File_name | Name of the data file only, case sensitive | N/A | meta.id;meta.file |
thumbnail_url | Thumbnail_url | URL of a thumbnail image with predefined size (png ~200 pix, for use in a client only) | N/A | meta.ref.url;meta.preview |
publisher | Publisher | A short string identifying the entity running the data service used | N/A | meta.curation |
bib_reference | Bib_reference | Bibcode or DOI preferred if available, or other bibliographic identifier or URL | N/A | meta.bib |
ra | Ra | Right ascension | deg | pos.eq.ra;meta.main |
dec | Dec | Declination | deg | pos.eq.dec;meta.main |
Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.
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