Einstein2E: Resource Record Summary

Resource Record Summary

Catalog Service:
Einstein Observatory 2E Catalog of IPC X-Ray Sources

Short name: Einstein2E IVOA Identifier: ivo://nasa.heasarc/einstein2ePublisher: NASA/GSFC HEASARCivo://nasa.heasarc/ASD[Pub. ID] More Info: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/einstein2e.html VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.	Status: active Registered: 2025 Mar 07 00:00:00Z
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Description

This is the Einstein Observatory 2E Catalog of Imaging Proportional Counter (IPC) X-Ray Sources which was created by the HEASARC from the CDS Catalog IX/13. This latter catalog was prepared by the CDS in October 1996 based on the Einline version. It is similar to the HEASARC's IPC source catalog which the HEASARC created in the early 1990s directly based on Einstein Observatory Source Catalog tables obtained from the then-extant Astrophysics Data System distributed data archive. The IPC Catalog contains 6816 entries compared to 5948 entries in this catalog, notice. This catalog contains sources with signal-to-noise values of 3.5 and greater from Einstein IPC observations. Note that a single source may have more than one entry in this catalog. This catalog was created by the HEASARC in November 2000 based on the <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/IX/13">CDS Catalog IX/13</a> file 2e.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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About the Resource Providers

This section describes who is responsible for this resource

Publisher: NASA/GSFC HEASARCivo://nasa.heasarc/ASD[Pub. ID]

Creator: Harris et al. Contributor:

Contact Information:

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Status of This Resource

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Version: n/a
Availability: This is an active resource.

This service apparently provides only public data

Relevant dates for this Resource:

Representative: 2025 Mar 07

This resource was registered on: 2025 Mar 07 00:00:00Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2025 Mar 07 00:00:00Z

What This Resource is About

This section describes what the resource is, what it contains, and how it might be relevant.

Resource Class: CatalogService: This resource is a service that provides access to catalog data. You can extract data from the catalog by issuing a query, and the matching data is returned as a table.

Resource type keywords: Catalog	Subject keywords: Survey Source This service provides data from: facility: EINSTEIN
Intended audience or use: Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/einstein2e.html	Literature Reference:
Related Resources: Services that provide access to data in this resource: HEASARC TAP ivo://nasa.heasarc/services/xamin [Res. ID]

	Data Coverage Information
	This section describes the data's coverage over the sky, frequency, and time. Reference Coordinate System: UTC-ICRS-TOPOXXivo://STClib/CoordSys#UTC-ICRS-TOPO[Res. ID] Sky Coverage: Regions covered: All-sky: The data from this resource is distributed over the entire sky. Typical Size Scale (Region of Regard): , 0.0333333333333333 deg Wavebands covered: X-ray

Available Service Interfaces

Simple Cone SearchXXSearch Me

This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input a position in the sky and a radius and returns catalog records with positions within that radius.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for the standard interface:

https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xamin/vo/cone?showoffsets&table=einstein2e&

Maximum search radius accepted: 180 degrees
Maximum number of matching records returned: 99999

This service supports the VERB input parameter:: Use VERB=1 to minimize the returned columns or VERB=3 to maximize.

	Table Access Protocol - Auxiliary ServiceXX
	This is a standard IVOA service that takes as input an ADQL or PQL query and returns tabular data. VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource. Available endpoints for the standard interface: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xamin/vo/tap

	Custom Service
	This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource. VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource. Available endpoints for this service interface: URL-based interface: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/W3Browse/getvotable.pl?name=einstein2e

Custom Service

This is service that does not comply with any IVOA standard but instead provides access to special capabilities specific to this resource.

VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.
Available endpoints for this service interface:

Interactive web page: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/W3Browse/w3query.pl?tablehead=name=heasarc_einstein2e&Action=More+Options&Action=Parameter+Search&ConeAdd=1