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Passbands Used in VSX
Visual magnitude
*
Non-standard passband
B
Johnson B
b
Strömgren b
B*
Geneva passband
BT
Tycho B
CCD
CCD clear filter
clear
unfiltered
CoRoT
CoRoT passband
CR
wide band R mag
CV
wide band V mag
G
Geneva passband
g
Sloan g
g'
Sloan g'
H
2MASS H
HI-1A
Helios 1A passband
Hp
Hipparcos passband
I
Johnson I
i
Sloan i
i'
Sloan i'
Ic
Cousins Ic
i_P1
Pan-STARRS i
J
Infrared passband 1.24 µm
j
SRC-J plates
K
Infrared passband 2.19 µm
K'
Broadband 1.9-2.3 µm
Kp
Kepler magnitude
Ks
2MASS Ks
L
Infrared passband
L'
Infrared passband 3.79 µm
M
Infrared passband 4.64 µm
mp
Photographic magnitude
mpg
Photographic
mv
Visual
NUV
GALEX near-UV
p
Photographic
P
Photographic
pg
Photographic
PH
Photographic
pv
Photovisual
R
Johnson
r
Sloan r
r'
Sloan r'
R1
ROTSE-I
Rc
Cousins
RF
Red filter
s
Sloan passband (unspecified)
st
Visual steps
U
Johnson U
u
Sloan u passband
u'
Sloan
V
Johnson V
v
Strömgren v
VT
Tycho V
W1
WISE passband 3.368 µm
Y
Geneva passband
y
Strömgren y
z'
Sloan z'
[3.6]
IRAC 3.6 µm
References
WISE passbands
Differences between Sloan ugriz and u'g'r'i'z' passbands
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