Table information for 'leda.objects'

General

Table Description: Main catalogue of astronomical objects in LEDA

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description: Astronomical object catalogues from LEDA.

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Citing this table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:leda_objects,
  year=2026,
  title={{LEDA} catalogues},
  author={{HyperLEDA}},
  url={http://tap.leda.sao.ru/tableinfo/leda.objects},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the Dachs-on-Docker}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
pgc PGC Principal Galaxy Catalog identifier N/A meta.id;meta.main
name Name Principal designation of the object N/A meta.id
objtype Type Object classification code N/A meta.code.class
ra RA Right Ascension in the ICRS reference frame deg pos.eq.ra;meta.main
dec Dec Declination in the ICRS reference frame deg pos.eq.dec;meta.main
e_ra e_RA One-sigma uncertainty in Right Ascension along RA axis (sigma_RA*cos(Dec)) deg stat.error;pos.eq.ra
e_dec e_Dec One-sigma uncertainty in Declination deg stat.error;pos.eq.dec
l l Galactic longitude in the IAU Galactic coordinate system deg pos.galactic.lon
b b Galactic latitude in the IAU Galactic coordinate system deg pos.galactic.lat
sgl sgl Supergalactic longitude in the de Vaucouleurs supergalactic coordinate system improved by Lahav et al. (2000MNRAS.312..166L) deg pos.supergalactic.lon
sgb sgb Supergalactic latitude in the de Vaucouleurs supergalactic coordinate system improved by Lahav et al. (2000MNRAS.312..166L) deg pos.supergalactic.lat
ebv E(B-V) Galactic foreground color excess E(B-V) from the Schlegel, Finkbeiner & Davis (1998ApJ...500..525S) map mag phot.color.excess

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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