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<Resource xsi:type="voe:VOEventStream" created="2008-09-23T00:00:00Z" updated="2008-09-23T00:00:00Z" status="active" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOEventService/v0.1 VOEventService.xsd" xmlns:vr="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0" xmlns:voe="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOEventService/v0.1" xmlns:stc="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/STC/stc-v1.30.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
				<validationLevel validatedBy="ivo://nvo.caltech/registry">1</validationLevel>
				<title>Catalina Real-time Transients Survey VOEvent Stream</title>
				<shortName>catot</shortName>
				<identifier>ivo://nvo.caltech.voeventnet/catot</identifier>
				<curation>
								<publisher ivo-id="ivo://nvo.caltech/voeventnet">VOEventNet</publisher>
								<creator>
												<name>Andrew Drake</name>
								</creator>
								<date role="creation">2007-11-01</date>
								<contact>
												<name>Andrew Drake</name>
												<email>ajd@cacr.caltech.edu</email>
								</contact>
				</curation>
				<content>
								<subject>optical</subject>
								<subject>transient</subject>
								<description>The Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) uses data obtained by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) to search 
								for optical transients. CSS observations are usually taken 21 nights per lunation.</description>
								<referenceURL>http://www.voeventnet.org</referenceURL>
								<type>Other</type>
								<contentLevel>Research</contentLevel>
								<contentLevel>Amateur</contentLevel>
				</content>
				<facility>CSS Schmidt Telescope, Mt Bigelow, AZ</facility>
				<coverage>
								<stc:STCResourceProfile>
												<stc:AstroCoordSystem xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="ivo://STClib/CoordSys#UTC-ICRS-TOPO" id="VOEvent_UTC_ICRS_TOPO"/>
												<stc:AstroCoordArea coord_system_id="VOEvent_UTC_ICRS_TOPO">
																<stc:AllSky/>
												</stc:AstroCoordArea>
								</stc:STCResourceProfile>
								<waveband>Optical</waveband>
				</coverage>
				<dictionary>
								<name>CRTS</name>
								<description>The data dictionary used in CRTS VOEvents</description>
								<group name="Asteroid params">
												<description>...</description>
												<param unit="deg" ucd="pos.posAng" name="Opposition angle" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="arcsec/min" ucd="pos.pm" name="Inner motion" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="arcsec/min"  ucd="pos.pm" name="Outer motion" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="deg"  ucd="pos.ecliptic.lon" name="Ecliptic Longitude" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="deg"  ucd="pos.ecliptic.lat" name="Ecliptic Latitude" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="arcsec"  ucd="pos.pm" name="Apparent motion" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="min"  ucd="time.interval" name="Timespan" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="deg"  ucd="pos.posAng" name="Ecliptic Inclination" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="arcsec/min"  ucd="stat.error.sys" name="Motion uncertainty RA" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="arcsec/min"  ucd="stat.error.sys" name="Motion uncertainty Dec" dataType="float"/>
								</group>
								<group name="First Detection params">
												<param unit="mag" ucd="phot.mag;em.opt.R4" name="magnitude" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="mag" ucd="phot.mag;stat.error" name="mag_error" dataType="float"/>
												<param ucd="meta.id" name="ID" dataType="long" />
												<param unit="pixels"  ucd="instr.det.psf" name="average seeing" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="cts"  ucd="instr.background" name="average background" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="days"  ucd="time.epoch" name="JD" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="deg" ucd="pos.eq.ra" name="RA" dataType="float"/>
												<param unit="deg"  ucd="pos.eq.dec" name="Dec" dataType="float"/>
								</group>
				</dictionary>
</Resource>

