Photometric Passband Codes for AAVSO Variable Star Data

Name: Photometric Passband Codes for AAVSO Variable Star Data
Creator: AAVSO Variable Star Observations
License: AAVSO VSX copyright terms / AAVSO Data Usage Guidelines

One row per AAVSO photometric passband code used to label observation bands in variable-star photometry. The table is a 41-row codebook with each code's description, short name, display color components, picklist flag, and ordering weight. It is reference metadata for interpreting band-coded observations, not a count or time series of observations by band.

aavso-photometric-bands·8 columns·4 KB·AAVSO VSX copyright terms / AAVSO Data Usage Guidelines·updated 1mo ago

Source: AAVSO Variable Star Observations · connector code

Schema

code	BIGINT
description	VARCHAR
short_name	VARCHAR
red	BIGINT
green	BIGINT
blue	BIGINT
picklist	BIGINT
weight	BIGINT

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subsets sync --bundle medium clones the mid-size tiers as queryable local tables — use --bundle large for the widest tier

pip install subsetsio
subsets sync --bundle small   # or medium, or large
subsets serve   # search + SQL at http://localhost:8080

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Bash

subsets serve   # local API on http://localhost:8080
curl -s -X POST "http://localhost:8080/query" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sql": "SELECT * FROM \"aavso-photometric-bands\" LIMIT 5"}'

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