Appendix A

Data points for portfolios

Name Description
obs_id Observatory name, which is one of MAXI, Fermi, INTEGRAL, SWIFT, MOA, KONUS, ATels, GCN Circulars
best_telescopes List of names of the 3 best ground based telescopes to view the event
categories List of categories of the events in this portfolio. See Appendix B for a list of categories
confirmed In the case of a GRB, the portfolio is confirmed when a GCN Circular is issued for the event
coordinates_from Description of the event where the RA and Dec of the portfolio are derived from
dec The Declination, in decimal degrees, of the events in the portfolio
description Description of the events in the portfolio
error The error circle, in decimal degrees, of the location of the events in the portfolio
multiple_events An event in the portfolio documents multiple transient events
name Portfolio name
portfolio_id Portfolio ID
ra The Right Ascension, in decimal degrees, of the events in the portfolio
redshift The redshift of the events in the portfolio
redshift_from Description of the event where the redshift of the portfolio are derived from
time_detected The UTC date and time that the latest event in the portfolio was detected

Data points for events

Name Description
algorithm The index value identifying which location_calculation algorithm was used for this event
amplifier The amplifier used during the readout
atel_body The body of the Astronomer’s Telegram (ATel) notice
atel_from The originator of the ATel
atel_number The number of the ATel
atel_object_name The name of the object that is the subject of the ATel
atel_queries The authors of the ATel
base_mag The baseline/quiescent magnitude of the lensed star
base_mag_uncert The error in the baseline/quiescent magnitude value
binning_index Pixel binning
bkg_dur The duration of the background interval
bkg_inten The total number of events in the time interval used for the background subtraction of the detector_rate_map
bkg_mean The mean value of the background level in the exposure
bkg_time The starting time of the background interval
categories List of categories of the event. See appendixb.rst for a list of categories
centroid_x X coordinate of the centroid position
centroid_y Y coordinate of the centroid position
circular_body The body of a Gamma-ray Coordinates Network (GCN) Circular notice
circular_from The author(s) of the GCN Circular
circular_number The number of the GCN Circular
counts The minimum number of events needed to calculate a proper centroid
cusp_width Einstein crossing time
data_interval The interval over which the data were accumulated
data_signif The significance level of the data in the on-going integrated data
data_time_scale Timesampling of the countrate lightcurve used during the iterative location calculation phase of the processing
delta_time The amount of time between the ra,dec pointing samples
description Description of the event
det_thresh The detection threshold used in this exposure
discovery_date The detection/declaration date of the event
discovery_time The detection/declaration time of the event
e_range_hi_chan_energy The energy range of the high energy channel
e_range_hi_chan_index The energy range of the high energy channel index
e_range_lo_chan_energy The energy range of the low energy channel
e_range_lo_chan_index The energy range of the low energy channel index
ecl_coords_lat Ecliptic latitude of the spacecraft at the time of the observation
ecl_coords_long Ecliptic longitude of the spacecraft at the time of the observation
error_code The value for why a position was not found. The values are: 1= no source found in image, 2= algorithm did not converge, 3= standard deviation too large, and 0xFFF= general error
event_date The date of the trigger
event_dec The J2000 declination coordinate of the event in degrees
event_eband The energy band for the successful trigger criteria: 0 - undefined/unavailable, 1= Low, 2-4 keV, 2= Medium, 4-10 keV, 3= High, 10-20 keV, 4= L+M, 2-10 keV
event_error The radius of the circle that contains most of the event locations
event_flux The flux (in mCrab units) of the event during the time duration of the successful trigger criterion
event_id The SkyWatch generated id of the event
event_id_num The numeric id of the event, assigned by the observatory
event_ra The J2000 right ascension coordinate of the event in degrees
event_time The time of the trigger
event_tscale The timescale index values are: 0= undefined/unavailable, 1= 1 sec, 2= 3 sec, 3= 10 sec, 4= 30 sec, 5= 1 scan, 6= 1 orbit, 7= 4 orbits, 8= 1 day
expo_time The nominal exposure time for the image for this event
exposure_id The exposure id in spacecraft seconds
filter The filter used for the image. Values: 0= Blocked, 1= UV_Grism, 2= UVW2, 3= V, 4= UVM2, 5= Vis_Grism, 6= UVW1, 7= U, 8= Magnifier, 9= B, 10= White, 11= unknown
flags Two flag bits related to the status of the given burst wrt the Automated Target (AT) and Slewing
gain The gain of the amplifier used during the readout of the CCD. The value will be 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16. If the gain is greater than 1, then the “object” in the image is likely due to a cosmic ray, and not due to a GRB afterglow
gal_coords_lat Galactic latitude of the spacecraft at the time of the observation
gal_coords_long Galactic longitude of the spacecraft at the time of the observation
grb_date The date of the event
grb_dec The Declination, in decimal degrees, of the event
grb_error The error circle, in decimal degrees, of the location of the event
grb_inten_burst_inten The number of events in the 50-300 keV band averaged over the two closed detectors and cosine-corrected
grb_inten_n_bright_pix The number of bright pixels in the image
grb_inten_sigma The intensity of the burst in sigma units
grb_mag The magnitude of the burst/afterglow
grb_name The name of the GRB
grb_phi The BAT instrument phi coordinate of the trigger (burst) as determined by the BAT flight software program
grb_pos_xrt_y The GRB x-ray afterglow Y position in XRT coordinates
grb_pos_xrt_z The GRB x-ray afterglow Z position in XRT coordinates
grb_ra The Right Ascension, in decimal degrees, of the event
grb_signif A measure of the significance of the afterglow detection
grb_theta The BAT instrument theta coordinate of the trigger (burst) as determined by the BAT flight software program
grb_time The time of the event
hard_ratio The hardness ratio
height The height of the image subarray
im_url The filename portion of the URL of the image. The leading path for the full URL is http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/notices_s/
image_signif  
image_url  
img_start_date  
img_start_time  
inst_modes_uvot  
inst_modes_xrt  
integ_time  
lc_live_time  
lc_start_date  
lc_start_time  
lc_stop_date  
lc_stop_time  
lc_url  
lead_time  
livetime  
loc_algorithm  
loc_url  
lrpd_bias  
mag_limit  
magnitude  
max_date  
max_mag  
max_time  
max_uncert  
merit  
merit_params  
mode  
moon_dist  
moon_illum  
moon_postn_dec  
moon_postn_ra  
most_likely_index  
most_likely_prob  
n_bins  
n_stars  
notice_date  
notice_type  
notice_type_description  
obs_id Observatory name - one of MAXI, Fermi, INTEGRAL, SWIFT, MOA, KONUS, ATels, GCN Circulars
obs_time  
ph2_iter  
photo_thresh  
point_dec  
point_ra  
point_roll  
portfolio_id Portfolio ID of the portfolio that contains this event
rate_signif  
record_num  
redshift The redshift of the event
region_dec  
region_error  
region_ra  
region_source  
roll  
sc_dec  
sc_ra  
second_most_likely_index  
second_most_likely_prob  
sl_url  
slew_query  
soln_status  
sourcexml The raw VOEvent XML of the event that SkyWatch received
spec_start_date  
spec_start_time  
spec_stop_date  
spec_stop_time  
spec_url  
src_dec  
src_id_num  
src_ra  
std_dev  
sun_angle  
sun_dist  
sun_postn_dec  
sun_postn_ra  
tam0_x_tam_1  
tam1_y_tam_1  
tam2_x_tam_2  
tam3_y_tam_2  
term_cond  
time_detected The UTC date and time that the event was detected.
tp_expo_time  
tp_start_date  
tp_start_time  
tp_url  
trigger_dur  
trigger_index  
trigger_num  
trigger_signif  
u0  
u0_uncert  
wait_time  
waveform The waveform number of the readout
width The width of the image subarray
x_grb_pos  
x_max  
x_offset  
xrt_thresholded_pixels  
y_grb_pos  
y_max  
y_offset