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Other photometric observations (detections)

Due to overlaps in imaging stripes, the SDSS sometimes observes the same object more than once. In such cases, we select one observation as PRIMARY (mode=1). Each astronomical object is assigned a thingID, and each time that "thing" is observed (detected in SDSS imaging), it assigned a separate objID.

Information about each astronomical "thing" is stored in the thingIndex table; thingIndex is a thin coupling table designed only to connect repeat observations. Information about each individual observation (detection) is in the photoObjAll table. (Note that photoObj contains only the primary [mode=1] and secondary [mode=2] observations of each "thing.") The detectionIndex table connects each objID to the thingID it corresponds with.

This detected object and its associated "Thing" (Primary observation)

IAU nameobjidthingidmode description
SDSS J002748.98-002000.0123766378366356714287882030PRIMARY

Other Observations of this "Thing"

objidthingidmodemode description
1237663783663567142878820301PRIMARY
1237667172392305261878820302SECONDARY
1237646011086209208878820302SECONDARY
1237653011902693571878820302SECONDARY
1237659754983719130878820302SECONDARY
1237659905324220740878820302SECONDARY
1237660025580552628878820302SECONDARY
1237660223151210721878820302SECONDARY
1237660356287332553878820302SECONDARY
1237663276857032990878820302SECONDARY
1237663478736617978878820302SECONDARY
1237663525984469552878820302SECONDARY
1237663714943631643878820302SECONDARY