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    Identification Database Construction    

Here describes how to construct the identification database used for identification by the PIXY system with -identify option. Please read Identification for how to execute the identification. Please read Reference Catalogs for catalogs supported by the identification.

o Obtain a catalog

Then obtain a catalog to be added into the database. Following public catalogs are supported. For details of each catalog, please read Reference Catalogs.

CatalogAvailable at
Variable stars
GCVS2000http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/gcvs/gcvs2000.all
NSVftp://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/pub/NASAADC/catalogs/2/2214/nsv.dat.gz
NSV Supplementhttp://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/nsvsup/nsvs.dat
MisVhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/MisV
TmzVhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/TmzV.lst
HadVhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/HadV.lst
YmoVhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/YmoV.lst
KnkVhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/KnkV.lst
BnVhttp://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/obs21000/msg00989.html
nova.lst since 1995http://www.aerith.net/misao/public/nova.lst
supernova.lst since 1996http://www.aerith.net/misao/public/supernova.lst
LDhttp://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/3801/3855.txt
http://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/4301/4329.tex
http://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/4401/4458.tex
http://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/4601/4642.tex
http://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/4701/4734.tex
OGLE-LTftp://sirius.astrouw.edu.pl/ogle/long_term/long_term.txt
OGLE-BULhttp://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~ftp/ogle/ogle2/ews/ews.html
FASTT-1ftp://ftp.nofs.navy.mil/pub/outgoing/aah/fastt1/henden.tab2.tex
TASShttp://home.fuse.net/deepsky/TASS_Variables.htm
HassfortherVhttp://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/obs23000/msg00434.html
ROTSE-Ihttp://umaxp1.physics.lsa.umich.edu/~mckay/rsv1/rsv1_table1_ascii.txt
BeVhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/BeV.lst
ROSAT CVshttp://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/msg01972.html
GCVS_REVftp://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/others/GCVS_REV/pat.srt
GCVS_REV (iii.dat)ftp://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/tkato/gcvs/iii.lzh
GCVS_REV by Williamsftp://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/others/GCVS_REV/williams
MisaoRevhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/MisaoRev
MisaoConfirmhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/MisaoConfirm
Suspicious variable objects
IRAS PSCftp://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/pub/NASAADC/catalogs/2/2125/main.dat.gz
IRAS FSCftp://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/pub/NASAADC/catalogs/2/2156A/main.dat.gz
Veron (*1)ftp://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/pub/NASAADC/catalogs/7/7207/
Markarianftp://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/pub/NASAADC/catalogs/7/7061A/catalog.gz
Catalog errors
STMhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/STM.TXT
MisE.GSChttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/MisE.GSC
MisE.UA1http://www.aerith.net/misao/public/MisE.UA1
Nebulae and clusters
NGC2000Using a non public file
MCGftp://adac.mtk.nao.ac.jp/pub/NASAADC/catalogs/7/7062A/mcg.dat.gz
MisFhttp://www.aerith.net/misao/public/MisF

*1 Obtain four files from table1.dat.gz to table4.dat.gz.

o Register into database

Identification database will be constructed in the reference directory under the MISAO home directory. Here let's see the MISAO home directory is C:\misao for example. The database will be constructed in the C:\misao\reference directory.

misao.ref.Installer is a software to register the obtained catalog in the identification database. Run the misao.ref.Installer as follows. Now you must set the property misao.home as the MISAO home directory's path, using -D option of java command.

java   -Dmisao.home=C:\misao   misao.ref.Installer

After running the software, the list of supported catalogs is output (letters with underline are examples).

Catalog:                     type  err(")
[Variable stars]
1   GCVS2000                    V   5.0
2   NSV                         V   5.0
3   NSV Supplement              V   5.0
4   MisV                        V   5.0
5   TmzV                        V   5.0
6   HadV                        V   5.0
7   YmoV                        V   5.0
8   KnkV                        V   5.0
9   BnV                         V   5.0
10  nova.lst since 1995         V   5.0
11  supernova.lst since 1996    V   5.0
12  LD                          V   5.0(15.0)
13  OGLE-LT                     V   5.0
14  OGLE-BUL                    V   1.5
15  FASTT-1                     V   5.0
16  TASS                        V   5.0
17  HassfortherV                V   5.0
18  ROTSE-I                     V   5.0
19  BeV                         V   5.0
20  ROSAT CVs                   V   5.0
[Revision of variable stars]
51  GCVS_REV                    V   5.0
52  GCVS_REV (iii.dat)          V   5.0
53  GCVS_REV by Williams        V   5.0
54  MisaoRev                    V   5.0
55  MisaoConfirm                V   5.0
[Suspicious variable objects]
101 IRAS PSC                    S  30.0
102 IRAS FSC                    S  30.0
103 Veron                       S   5.0
104 Markarian                   S  90.0
[Catalog errors]
201 STM                         E   1.5
202 MisE.GSC                    E   1.5
203 MisE.UA1                    E   1.5
[Nebulae and clusters]
301 NGC2000                     N  90.0
302 MCG                         N  90.0
303 MisF                        N   1.5
Input a number: 5
Filename of catalog: TmzV.lst
Type: 
V: Variable stars
S: Suspicious variable stars
E: Catalog errors
N: Nebulae or clusters
O: Other objects
Type: V
Positional error (arcsec): 5.0
Replace old data? [y/N]: Y

Select a number of the obtained catalog. Then input the filename of the catalog file.

Then input the type of the catalog. The type is expressed as one character of alphabets. The list of valid types is output, so select one type. In principle, input the character described in the catalog list output at first. For details of types, please read Object types in identification database.

Then input the accuracy of position in the catalog. In principle, input the position error described in the catalog list output at first.

Finally, the software asks if update the old data or not. When obtaining the catalog for the first time, input N. Otherwise, input Y.

After these configurations are done, the software starts to add the catalog into the database. It will take much time. It also requires much memory, so set -mx, -oss option of java command properly to avoid "out of memory".

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