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Data to be collected in the 'master?' database




Just thought I through this out and then run for cover over the weekend :-)
Does this list contain everything we'd ever want (currently) from our main
database?  Too much?  Missing Lots?  Note that I plagiarized from Arne's
e-mail and Chris's database (they overlapped a lot)

For each telescope setup:
*	Frame orientation: 
*	X zero point 
*	0 -> lowest x is east 
*	1 -> lowest x is west 
*	Y zero point 
*	0 -> lowest y is north 
*	1 -> lowest y is south 
*	Orientation 
*	0 -> x is E/W, y is N/S 
*	1 -> x is N/S, y is E/W 
For each detector
*	Name of detector 
*	Size of detector - X, Y 
*	Bias overscan columns in original image 
*	Actual image area in original image 
*	Readnoise (e-) 
*	Gain (e-/ADU) 
*	Pixel size (microns) 
For each night: 
*	Extraction Software Version Number 
*	Astrometric Software Version Number 
*	Processing Comments 
*	For each filter 
*	Dark image files - file names which went into creation of the dark
frame 
*	Flat field image files - file names which went into creation of the
flat field 
For each image file processed
*	File name - original fits file name 
*	Object/field name - 'survey' for survey mode, otherwise specific
field name 
*	Universal Time - exposure start 
*	Exposure duration - in seconds 
*	Filter 
*	Central RA, Dec 
*	CCD Temp
*	Coordinate Epoch 
*	Aperture Radii 
*	Sky Annulus - inner and outer radii 
*	Median FWHM for the Frame 
*	Plate Constants for the Frame 
*	Pixel Scale - in arc seconds 
*	Catalog used for solution 
*	Number of reference stars in frame 
*	Number of reference stars used for astrometry solution 
*	RMS error (arcsec) per star used for astrometry solution 
*	Pate transformations a, b, c, d, e, f: X = a + bx + cy, Y = d + ex +
fy where a, d are offsets; b, c, e, f give scale and rotation 
*	PSF data 
*	FWHM 
*	Index numbers of stars used for profile generation 
*	Radius of profile for fit Radius of profile for magnitude
determination 
*	Apeture for zero point adjustment 
For each star - Note that, while the astrometry is final, the photometry is
instrumental only
*	RA, RA error 
*	Dec, Dec error 
*	CCD X, Y coordinates 
*	FWHM X, Y - instrumental in answering future question about source
(galaxy, star, satellite track) and quality of reduction 
*	Roundness - instrumental in answering future question about source
(galaxy, star, satellite track) and quality of reduction 
*	Peak Star Signal - for determining if saturation has been reached 
*	Background Sky Value - instrumental in answering future question
about source (galaxy, star, satellite track) and quality of reduction 
*	Magnitude, sigma - in 7 apertures of increasing size (or 1 for PSF),
adjusted to Tycho2 color 7 apertures so that a curve of growth may be
calculated and then determine what the optimal aperture for an evening based
on seeing or tracking considerations, and also calculate aperture
corrections to use smaller apertures for fainter objects or crowded objects