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Configuration Files
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This directory contains the SkyCat configuration files. Current files are:

 sss.cfg - SuperCOSMOS configuration for Astro::Catalog::Query::SuperCOSMOS,
           the returned SuperCOSMOS catalogue is in TST format with the columns
           returned being as follows,

                 Column  Content        Unit                   Type     
                 ------  -------        ----                   ----
                 0       id             none                   INTEGER         
                 1       ra             DEGREES{IHMS.3}        DOUBLE        
                 2       dec            DEGREES{+IDMS.2}       DOUBLE        
                 3       objepoch       year                   REAL         
                 4       MU_ACOSD       mas/yr                 REAL         
                 5       MU_D           mas/yr                 REAL         
                 6       SIGMU_A        mas/yr                 REAL         
                 7       SIGMU_D        mas/yr                 REAL         
                 8       B_J            magnitude              REAL         
                 9       R_1            magnitude              REAL         
                10       R_2            magnitude              REAL         
                11       I              magnitude              REAL         
                12       AREA           pixels                 INTEGER        
                13       A_I            0.01 um                INTEGER        
                14       B_I            0.01 um                INTEGER        
                15       PA             degrees                INTEGER        
                16       CLASS                                 INTEGER        
                17       N_0_1          sigma                  REAL       
                18       BLEND                                 INTEGER        
                19       QUALITY                               INTEGER        
                20       FLDNO                                 INTEGER        
          
           the Astro::Catalog::Query::SuperCOSMOS module is used to query the
           catalogue servers at ROE for this catalogue. The generic SkyCat
           module is unable to do so due to the rather odd URL's for the
           catalogue servers.

 skycat.cfg - Generic config file for Astronomical Catalogs