Planck Catalog of Compact Sources (PCCS)
About PCCS
The Planck Catalogue of Compact Sources (PCCS) is a sample of reliable
sources, both Galactic and extragalactic, extracted directly from the
Planck nominal maps. The first public version of the PCCS, a component of
Planck Data Release 1, is derived
from the data acquired by Planck between August 13 2009 and November 26 2010.
The PCCS consists of nine lists of sources, extracted independently from each
of Planck's nine frequency channels. The source lists contain 24 columns
per source at the LFI and HFI bands.
The 857 GHz source list
has six additional columns which give the flux densities and flux density
uncertainties at the three adjacent lower frequencies:
217, 353, and 545 GHz.
Planck PCCS 30GHz-545GHz Data Column Descriptions
| Name |
Intype |
Units |
Description |
| NAME |
char |
None |
Source Name |
| GLON |
double |
degrees |
Galactic longitude based on extraction algorithm |
| GLAT |
double |
degrees |
Galactic latitude based on extraction algorithm |
| RA |
double |
degrees |
Right ascension (J2000) transformed from (GLON,GLAT) |
| DEC |
double |
degrees |
Declination(J2000) transformed from (GLON,GLAT) |
| DETFLUX |
double |
mJy |
Flux density of source as determined by detection method |
| DETFLUX_ERR |
double |
mJy |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in derived flux density from detection method |
| APERFLUX |
double |
mJy |
Flux density of source as determined from the aperture photometry |
| APERFLUX_ERR |
double |
mJy |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in derived flux density from the aperture photometry |
| PSFFLUX |
double |
mJy |
Flux density of source as determined from PSF fitting |
| PSFFLUX_ERR |
double |
mJy |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in derived flux density from PSF fitting |
| GAUFLUX |
double |
mJy |
Flux density of source as determined from 2-D Gaussian fitting |
| GAUFLUX_ERR |
double |
mJy |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in derived flux density from 2-D Gaussian fitting |
| GAU_SEMI1 |
double |
arcmin |
Gaussian fit along axis 1 |
| GAU_SEMI1_ERR |
double |
arcmin |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in Gaussian fit along axis 1 |
| GAU_SEMI2 |
double |
arcmin |
Gaussian fit along axis 2 |
| GAU_SEMI2_ERR |
double |
arcmin |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in Gaussian fit along axis 2 |
| GAU_THETA |
double |
degrees |
Gaussian fit orientation angle counting anti-clockwise from the x-axis |
| GAU_THETA_ERR |
double |
degrees |
Uncertainty (1 sigma) in derived Gaussian fit orientation angle |
| GAU_FWHM_EFF |
double |
arcmin |
Gaussian fit effective FWHM |
| EXTENDED |
int |
0/1 |
Flag indicating that source is extended |
| CIRRUS_N |
int |
None |
Number of sources detected down to SNR of 5 at 857 GHz within 1 degree |
| EXT_VAL |
int |
0/1/2 |
Flag indicating external validation |
| ERCSC |
char |
None |
Name of ERCSC counterpart if any |