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Table 2

ERCSC catalogue columns.

Column Name Description

Identification
NAME Source name
FLUX Flux density (mJy)
FLUX_ERR Flux density error (mJy)
CMBSUBTRACT Flag indicating detection of source in CMB subtracted maps
EXTENDED Flag indicating that source is extended
DATESOBS UTC dates at which this source was observed
NUMOBS Number of days this source observed
CIRRUS Cirrus flag based on 857 GHz source counts

Source position
GLON Galactic longitude (deg) based on extraction algorithm
GLAT Galactic latitude (deg) based on extraction algorithm
POS_ERR Standard deviation of positional offsets for sources with this SNR (arcminute)
RA Right ascension (J2000) in degrees transformed from (GLON, GLAT)
DEC Declination (J2000) in degrees transformed from (GLON, GLAT)

Effective beam
BEAM_FWHMMAJ Elliptical Gaussian beam FWHM along major axis (arcmin)
BEAM_FWHMMIN Elliptical Gaussian beam FWHM along minor axis (arcmin)
BEAM_THETA Orientation of elliptical Gaussian major axis (measured east of Galactic north)

Morphology
ELONGATION Ratio of major to minor axis lengths

Source extraction results
FLUXDET Flux density of source as determined by detection method (mJy)
FLUXDET_ERR Uncertainty (1 sigma) of FLUXDET (mJy)
MX1 First moment in X (arcmin)
MY1 First moment in Y (arcmin)
MX2 Second moment in X (arcmin2)
MXY Cross moment in X and Y (arcmin2)
MY2 Second moment in Y (arcmin2)
PSFFLUX Flux density of source as determined from PSF fitting (mJy)
PSFFLUX_ERR Uncertainty (1 sigma) of PSFFLUX (mJy)
GAUFLUX Flux density of source as determined from 2D Gaussian fitting (mJy)
GAUFLUX_ERR Uncertainty (1 sigma) of GAUFLUX (mJy)
GAU_FWHMMAJ Gaussian fit FWHM along major axis (arcmin)
GAU_FWHMMIN Gaussian fit FWHM along minor axis (arcmin)
GAU_THETA Orientation of Gaussian fit major axis

Quality assurance
RELIABILITY Fraction of MC sources that are matched and have photometric errors < 30%
RELIABILITY_ERR Uncertainty (1 sigma) in reliabiliy based on Poisson statistics
MCQA_FLUX_ERR Standard deviation of photometric error for sources with this SNR
MCQA_FLUX_BIAS Median photometric error for sources with this SNR
BACKGROUND_RMS Background point source RMS obtained from threshold maps (mJy)

Bandfilling (857 GHz catalogue only)
BANDFILL217 217 GHz aperture photometry flux density at 857 GHz source position (mJy)
BANDFILL217_ERR Uncertainty in BANDFILL217
BANDFILL353 353 GHz aperture photometry flux density at 857 GHz source position (mJy)
BANDFILL353_ERR Uncertainty in BANDFILL353
BANDFILL545 545 GHz aperture photometry flux density at 857 GHz source position (mJy)
BANDFILL545_ERR Uncertainty in BANDFILL545

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