User Specified Search Field

You may now search on any column in the mission database. Select the field you wish to search on and typ e in the qualification. NOTE that if you choose a field in BOTH the form and in the User Option field, th en you may not get results or the result you expect.

In the table below is a list of all the column names available for search. Where reasonable a range or set of valid values is listed. Additional useful notes are included. If you click on the field name, a more detailed description of the data will be found. If you click on the field name, a more detailed description of the data will be found.

Column Name	Column Label	Data Type	Valid Values	Notes	UCDs
befs_alt_object_id	Alt Object ID	Character	Examples: HD 233622, V* V2027 Cyg	Simbad-derived target name (uppercase)	ID_IDENTIFIER
befs_comments	Comments	Character	Example: Warning: airglow spectrum	Comments regarding observation. 87% of observations have no comments	REMARKS
befs_data_id	Data ID	Character	BEFS + sequential ID	Data ID Examples BEFS2099, BEFS1038 Note that first number indicates ORFEUS Flight Number	ID_MAIN
ra	RA (J2000)	Float	Range 0 to 360 deg	Right Ascension (J2000)	POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
dec	Dec (J2000)	Float	Range -90 to +90 deg	Declination (J2000)	POS_EQ_DEC_MAIN
befs_elat	Ecliptic Latitude	Float	Range -90 to +90 deg	Ecliptic Latitude	POS_EC_LAT
befs_elong	Ecliptic Longitude	Float	Range 0 to 360 deg	Ecliptic Longitude	POS_EC_LON
befs_exp_time	Exp Time (s)	Float	Range 22.00 - 3896.00 sec	Exposure time	TIME_EXPTIME
befs_glat	Galactic Latitude	Float	Range -90 to +90 deg	Galactic Latitude	POS_GAL_LAT
befs_glong	Galactic Longitude	Float	Range 0 to 360 deg	Galactic Longitude	POS_GAL_LON
befs_gratings	Grating	Character	____, __cd, _bcd, ab__, abcd	Grating designation. 78% are __cd	INST_SETUP
befs_iueclass	IUE Class	Integer	Range 1 - 87	IUE Object class See translations	CLASS_CODE
befs_mission_num	Mission Number	Integer	1, 2	mission number	ID_SURVEY
befs_category	Object Category	Character	BINARIES, CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE, CORONAE/LATE STARS, EARLY TYPE STARS, EXTRAGALACTIC OBJECT, OTHER, PLANETARY NEBULAE, SOLAR SYSTEM, WHITE DWARF	Object category	CLASS_OBJECT
befs_obs_start_time	Obs Start Time	Date	Mission 1: Sep 14 1993 - Sep 18 1993 Mission 2: Nov 21 1996 - Dec 3 1996	GMT time of the start of the observation	TIME_DATE
befs_target_name	Target Name	Character	Examples: NGC 4151, HZ 43, NGC 6205 BARN 2	Target name (uppercase)	ID_TARGET
befs_spectype	Spectral Type	Character	Examples: K5IV-Vvar, BL LAC, Sy1	Spectral Type	SPECT_TYPE