<?xml version='1.0'?><?xml-stylesheet href='/static/xsl/oai.xsl' type='text/xsl'?><ri:Resource created="2026-01-19T00:00:00Z" status="active" updated="2026-02-24T04:54:18Z" xmlns:g-colstat="http://dc.g-vo.org/ColStats-1" xmlns:ri="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/RegistryInterface/v1.0" xmlns:vr="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0" xmlns:vs="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://dc.g-vo.org/ColStats-1 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/Colstats.xsd http://www.ivoa.net/xml/RegistryInterface/v1.0 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/RegistryInterface.xsd http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v1.0 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/VOResource.xsd http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1 http://vo.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/docs/schemata/VODataService.xsd" xsi:type="vs:CatalogResource"><title>ZTF Reference Images</title><shortName>alerce_tap.ztf_r</shortName><identifier>ivo://x-unregistred/alerce_tap/multisurvey_lowercase/ztf_reference</identifier><curation><publisher>ALeRCE (Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events)</publisher><creator><name>ALeRCE Team</name><logo>https://tap.alerce.online/favicon.png</logo></creator><date role="Updated">2026-04-11T22:13:50Z</date><contact><name>ALeRCE Team</name><address>Beauchef 851, Edificio Norte, piso 6. Santiago, Chile.</address><email>alerce.broker@gmail.com</email></contact></curation><content><subject>astronomy, objects</subject><subject>surveys</subject><subject>transients</subject><subject>time-series</subject><description>
Information about ZTF reference (template) images used for difference imaging,
including properties of the nearest catalog source, temporal coverage of the
reference image stack, and field/CCD identifiers.</description><referenceURL>http://tap.alerce.online/tableinfo/alerce_tap.ztf_reference</referenceURL></content><tableset><schema><name>alerce_tap</name><title>ALeRCE Multi-Survey Object Catalog</title><description>
Multi-survey astronomical object catalog containing astrometric and
statistical information from multiple surveys. This table provides
aggregated properties for astronomical objects including position,
detection statistics, and temporal coverage.</description><table><name>alerce_tap.ztf_reference</name><title>ZTF Reference Images</title><description>
Information about ZTF reference (template) images used for difference imaging,
including properties of the nearest catalog source, temporal coverage of the
reference image stack, and field/CCD identifiers.</description><column><name>oid</name><description>Unique identifier for this object</description><ucd>meta.id;src</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">long</dataType><flag>indexed</flag><flag>primary</flag></column><column><name>rfid</name><description>Processing ID for reference image to facilitate archive retrieval</description><ucd>meta.id</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">long</dataType><flag>indexed</flag><flag>primary</flag></column><column><name>measurement_id</name><description>Unique identifier for the first detection associated with this reference image</description><ucd>meta.id</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">long</dataType></column><column><name>band</name><description>Filter ID: 1=g, 2=r, 3=i</description><ucd>instr.bandpass</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">int</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>rcid</name><description>Readout channel ID [00 .. 63]</description><ucd>instr.det</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">int</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>field</name><description>ZTF field ID</description><ucd>obs.field</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">int</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>magnr</name><description>Magnitude of nearest source in reference image PSF-catalog within 30 arcsec</description><unit>mag</unit><ucd>phot.mag</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">float</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>sigmagnr</name><description>1-sigma uncertainty in magnr within 30 arcsec</description><unit>mag</unit><ucd>stat.error;phot.mag</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">float</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>chinr</name><description>DAOPhot chi parameter of nearest source in reference image PSF-catalog within 30 arcsec</description><ucd>stat.fit.chi2</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">float</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>sharpnr</name><description>DAOPhot sharp parameter of nearest source in reference image PSF-catalog within 30 arcsec (values between -0.13 and 0.1 indicate unresolved sources)</description><ucd>stat.value</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">float</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>ranr</name><description>Right ascension of nearest source in reference image PSF-catalog, J2000</description><unit>deg</unit><ucd>pos.eq.ra;meta.main</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">double</dataType><flag>indexed</flag><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>decnr</name><description>Declination of nearest source in reference image PSF-catalog, J2000</description><unit>deg</unit><ucd>pos.eq.dec;meta.main</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">double</dataType><flag>indexed</flag><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>mjdstartref</name><description>Observation Modified Julian Date of earliest exposure used to generate reference image</description><unit>d</unit><ucd>time.start</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">double</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>mjdendref</name><description>Observation Modified Julian Date of latest exposure used to generate reference image</description><unit>d</unit><ucd>time.end</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">double</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>nframesref</name><description>Number of frames (epochal images) used to generate reference image</description><ucd>meta.number</ucd><dataType xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">int</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column><column><name>created_date</name><description>Date record was created</description><ucd>time.creation</ucd><dataType arraysize="*" xsi:type="vs:VOTableType">char</dataType><flag>nullable</flag></column></table></schema></tableset></ri:Resource>