The TARGET table represents the master target list used to configure 6dFGS observations. This list was formed by merging all the survey input tables/catalogues. TARGET is the hub of the database.

The record with targetid=0 and targetname='blank____record' is there for objects that appear in other tables that for some reason are no longer in the master TARGET configuration file.

TARGET

Parameter	Type	Description
TARGETID	bigint	unique ID no., used to link tables
TARGETNAME	varchar(15)	name in config file, used to name FITS file and generate thumbnail images
HTMID	bigint	Hierarchical Triangular Mesh (20-deep) number, mainly useful internally for indexing on position
RA	float	master RA J2000 (decimal degrees)
DEC	float	master Dec J2000 (decimal degrees)
CX	float	Cartesian x of unit (ra,dec) vector on celestial sphere
CY	float	Cartesian y of unit (ra,dec) vector on celestial sphere
CZ	float	Cartesian z of unit (ra,dec) vector on celestial sphere
GL	float	galactic longitude
GB	float	galactic latitude
A_V	real	Schlegel V extinction
PROGID	smallint	highest priority programme ID
BMAG	real	Bj galaxy magnitude from recalibrated SuperCOSMOS data (0.00 is null)
RMAG	real	Rf galaxy magnitude from recalibrated SuperCOSMOS data (0.00 is null)
SG	smallint	SSS star/galaxy flag 1=galaxy 2=star 3=unclass 4=noise
ZCATVEL	int	velocity in ZCAT
ZCATERR	int	error on velocity in ZCAT
ZCATREF	smallint	ZCAT reference
BMAGSEL	real	Bj magnitude from online SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys (99.99 and 23.0 are nulls), appeared as BMAG in the EDR and DR1
RMAGSEL	real	Rf magnitude from online SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys (99.99 and 22.0 are nulls), appeared as BMAG in the EDR and DR1
TEMPLATECODE	varchar(2)	code for x-correlation template
FRAMENAME	varchar(22)	name of SDF frame