1. WFAU Science Archives surveys.roe.ac.uk WFAU Demonstration Nick Cross, Rob Blake, Ross Collins, Mike Read, Eckhard Sutorius, Mark Holliman, Stellios Voutsinas, Dave Morris 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

2. Using the WFAU Archives 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS Coverage Maps Archive Listing GetImage / MultiGetImage Region Cross ID (now includes Synoptic Source) Freeform SQL (enhanced) ADQL

3. WFAU Archives - Information Data Overview Schema Browser + Glossary SQL cookbook Monitor page Release history Known Issues Publications – Hambly et al. (2008), Cross et al. (2009), Cross et al. (2012) 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

4. VSA – schema browser 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

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6. Coverage Maps 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

7. Archive Listing 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

8. Get Image 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

9. Cross ID 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS Survey table parameters Input file: Novae from Strobe et al. 2010 Suggested formats Use crossID match file in queries with vvvVariability to get variability stats for VVV light-curves of 16 sources 93 Novae, find 16 good matches to vvvSource.

10. Freeform SQL Examples Selecting transients Viewing light curves Using X-match tables Using user generated tables – MAR enhancements Use COUNT_BIG(*) – necessary for tables with > 2G rows – e.g. vvvDetection, vvvTilePawprints, vvvSourceXDetectionBestMatch – vhsDetection, gpsDetection 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

11. Provenance and data links. All the data is linked to its antecedants and to the curation processes Image Provenance: – Tile –> Stack –> Normal. – DeepTile –> DeepStack –> Stack –> Normal Catalogue Provenance – vvvSource –> vvvDetection –> MultiframeDetector -> Multiframe – vvvVariability –> vvvSourceXDetectionBestMatch –> vvvDetection … vvvDetection (tiles) -> vvvTilePawprints -> vvvDetection (pawprints) RequiredTile –> ProgrammeFrame -> Multiframe vvvSource -> vvvSourceXwise_allskysc -> WISE..wise_allskysc SchemaBrowser is useful – primary and foreign key constraints. – Papers discuss data model design, and show ERMs connecting different tables. 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

12. Selecting transients 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS Use variability stats to select sources with point sources with  mag>2 with >=6 epochs, 13<Ks<18 in cleaner pointings. Get mean, ampl, nEpochs, colours. Load results into TOPCAT (H-Ks) vs  Ks for ~20000 transients

13. Light curves 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS Light curve params Join tables Variability parameter selection as temporary table

14. X-matching Neighbour tables include all matches out to a joinCriterion (see RequiredNeighbours) Simple Options: – Nearest match only (out to a particular radius) – All matches in a radius SchemaBrowser lists available neighbour tables, e.g. vvvSourceXDR4gpsSource 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS

15. X-matching 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS wise_allskysc in separate DB, WISE, need prefix “WISE..”

16. Enhanced Queries 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS Use CrossID form Output to VO table/ FITS file Load up table of matches as #userTable – used as a standard table

17. 3D Extinction Maps 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS Function to get nearest pixel Fast CROSS APPLY SOON v.fast matched table Filter extinction coefficients Select extinction at 8.5kpc Select certain variables within 1<l<2.5, -0.5<b<1

18. 30th March 2015MW Astrophysics from WF Surveys18 Galactic Plane and Bulge from VISTA and WFCAM VVV + GPS mosaic ~ 1 billion stars http://djer.roe.ac.uk/vsa/vvv/iipmooviewer-2.0-beta/lb.html Useful for finding nebulae / clusters Produce team only ones for VMC. Not completely automated yet.

19. Suggestions Understand DB design – see main papers: – Hambly et al. (2008), Cross et al. (2009, 2012) – How the data are linked (ERM diagrams). Use the schema browser to understand attributes, and SQL cookbook if new. Freeform-SQL and TOPCAT is very powerful. Ask us at Range of technical and scientific support. vsa-support@roe.ac.uk 30/03/2015MWAWFS - RAS