|
Description
The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Ultraviolet Point Source Catalog contains 47,283 point sources from a set of 201 observations that surveyed approximately half the sky and from a set of 32 pointed observations toward specific targets. For each source, we provide position, UV magnitude and uncertainty in at least one of six filters and where possible an identification of a nearby source from the SIMBAD database. If a nearby source is identified, we include its proximity to the MSX source, and if known, the spectral type and the B and V magnitudes of the SIMBAD object. There were 11,565 matches between MSX and SIMBAD objects, and we estimate false identification to be about 3%. The limiting fluxes differ from filter to filter, and range from 10^-16^erg/s/cm2/{AA} for IUN4 to 7.8*10^-12^erg/s/cm2/{AA} for IUW3. Because of variations among the observation sets, the catalog is not complete to the limiting magnitudes for the filters. The UV instrument on MSX was named UVISI (Mill et al., 1994, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 31, 900 (1994JSpRo..31..900M in ADS); Carbary et al., 1994, Applied Optics, 33, 4201 (1994ApOpt..33.4201C in ADS)). The fields-of-view for the narrow-field and wide-field UV imagers were 1.46x1.19deg (detector pixels of 20.6"x17.5") and 13.4x9.2deg (detector pixels of 3.12'x2.27'), respectively. Four filters were used with the narrow-field imager (IUN) with effective wavelengths centered at 2480{AA} (IUN3), 2310{AA} (IUN4), 2230{AA} (IUN5), and 2930{AA} (IUN6). Two filters were used with the wide-field imager (IUW) and centered at 1320{AA} (IUW3) and 1560{AA} (IUW6). Two data files are available for the MSX UV Point Source Catalog: the calibration data file and the catalog data file.
|
