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Table A.4.

Definition of the fields in the cross-match catalogue. The fields in plural may contain multiple values separated by the semicolon and are therefore regarded as strings.

Field name type units Definition
gaia_dr3_source_id Long Gaia DR3 source id
non_gaia_ids String Identifications from literature catalogues.
non_gaia_coordinates String Coordinates from literature catalogues.
primary_ra Double degrees Right Ascension from the higher ranked catalogue.
primary_dec Double degrees Declination from the higher ranked catalogue.
non_gaia_mags String Magnitude(s) from literature
synthetic_distances Double Synthetic astrometric-photometric distance (see Eq. 1).
primary_superclass String Generic superclass label corresponding to primary_var_type.
primary_var_type String Variability type from the highest ranked catalogue for a given source.
var_types String Variability type(s) from literature, sorted by catalogue rank.
original_var_types String Original variability (sub)type(s) from literature.
original_alt_var_types String Alternative variable type(s) from literature.
primary_period Double days Variability period from the highest ranked catalogue for a given source.
periods String Variability period(s) from the literature.
other_periods String Other period(s) from the literature.
ref_epochs String Approximate reference epochs (J2000) of the literature.
primary_catalogue_label String Label of the highest ranked catalogue for a given source.
catalogue_labels String Label(s) of the literature catalogue(s).
references String Reference(s) of the literature.
selection Boolean Selection of the most reliable catalogues or classes.

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