EXOFOT: Resource Record Summary

Resource Record Summary

Catalog Service:
EXOSAT Final Observation Tapes

Short name: EXOFOT IVOA Identifier: ivo://nasa.heasarc/exofotPublisher: NASA/GSFC HEASARCivo://nasa.heasarc/ASD[Pub. ID] More Info: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/exofot.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

The EXOFOT database table contains the log of the EXOSAT final observation tapes (FOTs). It is meant to help locate the desired EXOSAT data file within the HEASARC data archive. The table itself contains a minimal number of parameters regarding the observation. This information corresponds to the first 255 bytes which label the FOT. Those parameters are target name, experiment, and start and stop time. The other parameters in the table are more related to the organization of the archive. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

More About this Resource

About the Resource Providers

This section describes who is responsible for this resource

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

Creator: HEASARC Contributor:

Contact Information:

X NASA/GSFC HEASARC help desk
Email:

Status of This Resource

This section provides some status information: the resource version, availability, and relevant dates.

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: Archive	Subject keywords: Observation This service provides data from: facility: EXOSAT
Intended audience or use: Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/exofot.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): , 0.0166666666666667 deg Wavebands covered: X-ray

Available Service Interfaces

	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=exofot

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_exofot&Action=More+Options&Action=Parameter+Search&ConeAdd=1