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Is there any information which explains the jargon used in the photometry of objects in NED?

April 26, 2017explains Jargon NED objects photometry Used

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Is there any information which explains the jargon used in the photometry of objects in NED?

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A.: As with the redshifts, we encourage you to go back to the original paper to fully understand the magnitudes adopted by NED. Here are a few examples of magnitudes currently found in NED’s detailed photometric data: • u, g, r, i, or z usually refers to the five-band SDSS photometric system • B is a B-band magnitude on the Johnson system • BT is a total magnitude in the B-band • BT0 is a total magnitude in the B-band corrected to “face-on” (i.e.