- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/vela5b
- Title:
- Vela 5B All-Sky Monitor Lightcurves
- Short Name:
- VELA5B
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- Data for these sources were obtained from the Vela 5B all-sky XC detector. The Vela 5B nuclear test detection satellite was part of a program run jointly by the Advanced Research Projects of the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S.Atomic Energy Commission, managed by the U.S. Air Force. It was placed in a nearly circular orbit at a geocentric distance of ~118,000 km on 23 May 1969; the orbital period was ~112 hours. The satellite rotated about its spin axis with a ~64-sec period. The X-ray detector was located ~90 degrees from the spin axis, and so covered the celestial sphere twice per satellite orbit. Data were telemetered in 1-sec count accumulations. Vela 5B operated until 19 June 1979, although telemetry tracking was poor after mid-1976. The scintillation X-ray detector (XC) aboard Vela 5B consisted of two 1-mm-thick NaI(Tl) crystals mounted on photomultiplier tubes and covered by a 5-mil-thick beryllium window. Electronic thresholds provided two energy channels, 3-12 keV and 6-12 keV. In front of each crystal was a slat collimator providing a FWHM aperture of ~6.1x6.1 degrees. The effective detector area was ~26 sq-cm. Sensitivity to celestial sources was severely limited by the intrinsic detector background of ~36 cts/sec. The Vela 5B X-ray detector yielded ~40 cts/sec for the Crab, so 1 Vela ct/sec ~25 UFU~4.5E-10 ergs/sq-cm/sec in the 3-12 keV response band. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
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- ID:
- ivo://archive.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc2
- Title:
- Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
- Short Name:
- HST.WFPC2
- Date:
- 23 Jul 2020 19:52:01
- Publisher:
- Space Telescope Science Institute Archive
- Description:
- The WFPC2 is used to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects over a relatively wide field of view and a broad range of wavelengths (1150 to 11,000 Å).
- ID:
- ivo://archive.stsci.edu/hst/wfpc1
- Title:
- Wide Field Planetary Camera 1
- Short Name:
- HST.WFPC1
- Date:
- 23 Jul 2020 19:51:30
- Publisher:
- Space Telescope Science Institute Archive
- Description:
- The WF/PC-1 was used from April 1990 to November 1993, to obtain high resolution images of astronomical objects over a relatively wide field of view and a broad range of wavelengths (1150 to 11,000 Angstroms).
- ID:
- ivo://archive.stsci.edu/wuppe
- Title:
- Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
- Short Name:
- WUPPE
- Date:
- 22 Jul 2020 21:33:04
- Publisher:
- Space Telescope Science Institute Archive
- Description:
- The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) was the spectropolarimetry component of the three ASTRO instruments that flew on Space Shuttle missions in December 1990 and March 1995. A halfwave spectropolarimeter provided medium resolution spectropolarimetry for research into the interstellar medium, hot stars, stars with circumstellar material, interacting binary stars, novae, solar system objects, and active galaxies. A Lyot analyzer obtained low resolution observations of faint targets, but due to calibration problems did not produce scientifically useful data. The WUPPE instrument provides a unique data set, one of the few providing polarimetric data in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum.
- ID:
- ivo://arches/3xmme/cs
- Title:
- 3XMM Enhanced Catalogue
- Short Name:
- 3XMMe-CONESEARCH
- Date:
- 03 Feb 2025 08:21:34
- Publisher:
- ARCHES - Astronomical Resource Cross-matching for High Energy Studies
- Description:
- The enhanced 3XMM catalogue (designated 3XMMe) is one of the core elements of the Arches project, representing the X-ray source basis for the cross-correlations with other multi-wavelength catalogues. The 3XMMe catalogue is a derivative of the latest increment of the 3XMM catalogue, i.e. 3XMM-DR5, that was publicly released in April 2015 (Rosen et al., 2015 (submitted to A&A)), tailored for the purposes of the Arches project. The 3XMM-DR5 catalogue, available from the XMM-Newton Science Archive, the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (SSC) and other sites listed on the SSC site, contains 565962 detections arising from 396910 unique sources drawn from 7781 XMM observations. These numbers include detections from 356 sub-pointings made in mosaic
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/xmmao
- Title:
- XMM-Newton Accepted Targets
- Short Name:
- XMMAO
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This database table contains the current target list of the X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton (XMM-Newton) mission including those in (i) the routine calibration plan, (ii) the Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) program, (iii) the triggered target candidates or ToOs accepted for the First through the Twentieth-Fourth Announcements of Opportunity (AO-1 through AO-24) programs, (iv) the AO-1 through AO-24 Guest Observer (GO) program targets with priority A or B, (v) the AO-1 through AO-19 GO program targets with priority C which have been observed, (vi) the AO-20 through AO-24 GO program targets with priority C, and (vii) the targets granted by agreement of the ESA Director of Science and the National Space Agency of Japan, following the loss of the original Astro-E spacecraft. For complete and authoritative information on the XMM-Newton mission, policies, and data archive, refer to the web pages of the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton Science Operations Center at <a href="http://xmm.esac.esa.int/">http://xmm.esac.esa.int/</a> and of NASA's XMM-Newton Guest Observer Facility at <a href="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xmm/xmmgof.html">http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xmm/xmmgof.html</a> Notice that all priority C targets from AOs 1 through 19 which were never observed by XMM-Newton (and hence have expired) have been removed from this table. To check which targets have either already been observed by XMM-Newton or are on the short-term schedule to be observed in the next few weeks, users should examine the <a href="/db-perl/W3Browse/w3table.pl?tablehead=name%3Dxmmmaster&Action=More+Options">XMMMASTER</a> table which is also contained in Browse. To find out which targets are currently scheduled to be observed in the next three months, the user should check the XMM-Newton Advanced Plan at <a href="http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sched/advance_plan.shtml">http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_sched/advance_plan.shtml</a> While abstracts are available for most proposals, there are a number of targets for which the HEASARC lacks the corresponding abstracts: e.g., the abstracts for AO-2 Guest Observer targets which have non-US PIs are not available. This database table was last updated by the HEASARC in December 2024, when AO-24's accepted targets were added. <p> AO-23's accepted targets were added in November 2023. <p> AO-22's accepted targets were added in November 2022. <p> AO-21's accepted targets were added and AO-19's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2021. <p> AO-20's accepted targets were added and AO-18's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2020. <p> AO-19's accepted targets were added and AO-17's unobserved priority C targets were removed in April 2020. <p> In June 2019, many duplicate entries were removed. <p> AO-18's accepted targets were added and AO-16's unobserved priority C targets were removed in November 2018. <p> AO-17's accepted targets were added and AO-15's unobserved priority C targets were removed in November 2017. <p> AO-16's accepted targets were added and AO-14's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2016. <p> AO-15's accepted targets were added and AO-13's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2015. <p> In August 2015, proposal titles were added. <p> AO-14's accepted targets were added and AO-12's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2014. <p> AO-13's accepted targets were added and AO-11's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2013. <p> AO-12's accepted targets were added and AO-10's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2012. <p> AO-11's accepted targets were added and AO-9's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2011. <p> AO-10's accepted targets were added and AO-8's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2010. <p> AO-9's accepted targets were added and AO-7's unobserved priority C targets were removed in January 2010. <p> AO-8's accepted targets were added and AO-6's unobserved priority C targets were removed in December 2008. <p> AO-7's accepted targets were added and AO-5's unobserved priority C targets were removed in January 2008. <p> AO-6's accepted targets were added in January 2007, and, in November 2006, an effort was made to remove most of the unobserved priority C targets from previous AOs. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/xmmmaster
- Title:
- XMM-NewtonMasterLog&PublicArchive
- Short Name:
- XMM
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This is the XMM-Newton Master Catalog and Public Archive table which has been created from information supplied to the HEASARC by the XMM-Newton Project. It is periodically updated as necessary. This database table contains the list of observations which have already been made by the XMM-Newton observatory, as well as those which are scheduled to be made in the near future (usually a a few weeks to a month ahead of the present). It does not contain observations which are scheduled to be performed further in the future, nor does it contain accepted observations which have not yet been scheduled. The list of all accepted XMM-Newton observations, including a number of ones which are unlikely to ever be carried out, such as accepted priority C targets, is available in the XMMAO Browse table. This table includes entries for both pointed data and for data obtained during spacecraft slews. The slew observations all have obsid values beginning with the digit 9 and, because they were not made at a fixed position, lack any positional information such as RA and Declination. Some XMM-Newton observations for which the archived data has become publicly available as indicated by the public_date parameter value, i.e., the proprietary period has expired, are not currently available at the HEASARC: such cases will have values of 'N' for the data_in_heasarc parameter. These datasets in most cases are available at the ESA XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA) at <a href="http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-web/">http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-web/</a>. For much more detailed information on the XMM-Newton instruments and their operation, please refer to the XMM-Newton Users Handbook at <a href="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xmm/uhb/">http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xmm/uhb/</a>. This database table was created by the HEASARC based on information supplied by the XMM-Newton Project at the following URLs: <pre> <a href="http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/ftp_public/heasarc_obslog/xsaobslog.txt">http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/ftp_public/heasarc_obslog/xsaobslog.txt</a> <a href="http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/ftp_public/heasarc_obslog/xsaslewlog.txt">http://nxsa.esac.esa.int/ftp_public/heasarc_obslog/xsaslewlog.txt</a> <a href="https://xmm-tools.cosmos.esa.int/external/xmm_mission_plan/odf_pps/catstrip.shtml">https://xmm-tools.cosmos.esa.int/external/xmm_mission_plan/odf_pps/catstrip.shtml</a> </pre> It is periodically updated within a few days of whenever these XMM-Newton Project's URLs are modified. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/xmmomsuob
- Title:
- XMM-Newton Optical Monitor SUSS Catalog, v6.1: Observation IDs
- Short Name:
- XMMOMSUOB
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- The 2023 release of the XMM OM Serendipitous Ultraviolet Source Survey (XMM-SUSS6.1) Catalog, a catalog of optical/UV sources detected by the Optical Monitor (OM) on-board the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton observatory, spans the period of observations from 2000 to November 2022. The data processing was performed at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC, Madrid, Spain) using the XMM Science Analysis Software system (SAS) versions 18 and 19. In addition to covering a larger observation period, this sixth release reflects a change in philosophy with regard to the origin of the incorporated data. In previous releases, the data were generated via a bespoke processing of the OM Observation Data Files (ODFs) while in this new release, the catalog has been guided by the XMM user community and the authors have sought to harmonize the contents of the catalog with those of the OM data in the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA), which derive from the standard XMM-Newton pipeline processing system. While the bespoke processing and pipeline systems are fundamentally very similar, they are not identical and the differences lead to some differences in the output. The number of observations (OBSIDs) included in the catalog is 12,057. This table (XMMOMSUOB) contains the list of these observations and their characteristics, giving for each observation the filters used, the exposure time for each filter, the number of sources detected in each filter and the detection magnitude limit for each filter. The total number of entries in this release is 9,920,390. They correspond to 6,659,554 unique sources, of which 1,225,117 have multiple entries in the source table, corresponding to different observations. This list of sources is available at the HEASARC as the <a href="/W3Browse/xmm-newton/xmmomsuss.html">XMMOMSUSS table</a>. The documentation on the first release of this catalog is available at <a href="http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/XMM-OM-SUSS/Summary.shtml">http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/XMM-OM-SUSS/Summary.shtml</a>. This HEASARC database table contains the sixth release of the XMM-OM SUSS catalog, XMM-SUSS6.1, released by ESA in October 2023, obtained from the XMM-Newton Science Archive (<a href="http://xmm.esac.esa.int/xsa">http://xmm.esac.esa.int/xsa</a>), and ingested into the HEASARC database in October 2023. It is also available at the HEASARC as the gzipped FITS file <a href="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/xmm/data/catalogues/XMM-OM-SUSS6-1.1.fits.gz">https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/xmm/data/catalogues/XMM-OM-SUSS6-1.1.fits.gz</a>. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/xmmstackob
- Title:
- XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalog from Stacked Observations: Obs. Data
- Short Name:
- XMMSTACKOB
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- The stacked catalog 4XMM-DR14s (<a href="/W3Browse/xmm-newton/xmmstack.html">XMMSTACK</a>) has been compiled from 1,751 groups, comprising 10,336 overlapping XMM-Newton observations. They were selected from the public observations taken between 2000 February 1 and 2023 November 16 which overlap by at least one arcminute in radius. It contains 427,524 unique sources, 329,972 of them multiply observed, with positions and source parameters like fluxes in the XMM-Newton standard energy bands, hardness ratios, quality estimate, and information on inter-observation variability. The parameters are directly derived from the simultaneous fit, and, wherever applicable, additionally calculated for each contributing observation. Exposures that do not qualify for source detection, for example because of a high background level, are used for subsequent PSF photometry: source fluxes and flux-related parameters are derived for them at the source position and extent found during source detection. 4XMM-DR14s lists 1,807,316 individual flux measurements of the 427,524 unique sources. Stacked source detection aims at exploring the multiply observed sky regions and exploit their survey potential, in particular to study the long-term behavior of X-ray emitting sources. It thus makes use of the long(er) effective exposure time per sky area and offers the opportunity to investigate flux variability directly through the source detection process. The main catalog properties are summarized in the table below, the data processing and the stacked source detection are described in the processing summary. To ensure detection quality, background levels are assessed, and event-based astrometric corrections are applied before running source detection. After source detections, problematic detections and detection parameters are flagged by an automated algorithm. All detections are screened visually, and obviously spurious sources are flagged manually. This table contains the source parameters from the individual observations in the stacked catalog, <a href="/W3Browse/xmm-newton/xmmstack.html">4XMM-DR14s</a>. The parameters are derived from the simultaneous source-detection fit to all stacked observations at the common source position for each observation that covers a source, amounting to 1,807,316 measurements. The mean source parameters from stacked source detection are provided in the associated main table <a href="/W3Browse/xmm-newton/xmmstack.html">4XMM-DR14s</a>, referred to as XMMSTACK. The authors referred to the EPIC instruments with the following designations: PN, M1 (MOS1), and M2 (MOS2). The energy bands used in the 4XMM processing were the same as for the 3XMM catalog. The following are the basic energy bands: <pre> 1: 0.2-0.5 keV 2: 0.5-1.0 keV 3: 1.0-2.0 keV 4: 2.0-4.5 keV 5: 4.5-12.0 keV </pre> All-EPIC values cover the energy range 0.2-12.0 keV. The full catalog documentation can be found at <a href="https://xmmssc.aip.de/">https://xmmssc.aip.de/</a>. The following table gives an overview of the statistics of this catalog in comparison with the previous stacked catalogs, 4XMM-DR14s through 3XMM-DR7s: <pre> 4XMM-DR14s 4XMM-DR13s 4XMM-DR12s 4XMM-DR11s 4XMM-DR10s 4XMM-DR9s 3XMM-DR7s Number of stacks 1,751 1,688 1,620 1,475 1,396 1,329 434 Number of observations 10,336 9,796 9,355 8,292 7,803 6,604 789 Time span first to last observation Feb 01, 2000 Feb 01, 2000 Feb 01, 2000 Feb 03, 2000 Feb 03, 2000 Feb 03, 2000 Feb 20, 2000 -- Nov 16,2023 -- Nov 29, 2022 -- Dec 04, 2021 -- Dec 17, 2020 -- Dec 14, 2019 -- Nov 13, 2018 -- Apr 02, 2016 Approximate sky coverage (sq. deg.) 685 650 625 560 540 485 150 Approximate multiply observed sky area(sq. deg) 440 420 400 350 335 300 100 Total number of sources 427,524 401,596 386,043 358,809 335,812 288,191 71,951 Sources with several contributing observations 329,972 310,478 298,626 275,440 256,213 218,283 57,665 Multiply observed sources with flag 0 or 1 276,058 262,842 252,445 233,542 216,999 191,497 55,450 Multiply observed with a total detection 266,129 251,555 241,880 224,178 208,921 181,132 49,935 likelihood of at least six Multiply observed with a total detection 226,219 213,812 205,394 189,556 176,680 153,487 42,077 likelihood of at least ten Total measurements 1,807,316 1,683,264 1,592,263 1,421,966 1,322,299 1,033,264 216,393 Maximum exposures per source 173 170 155 140 140 103 69 Maximum observations per source 77 77 70 65 65 40 23 Maximum on-time per source 2.8 Ms 2.8 Ms 2.8 Ms 2.8 Ms 2.8 Ms 1.9 Ms 1.3 Ms </pre> This database table was last updated by the HEASARC in July 2024. It contains the 4XMM-DR14s observations catalog, released by ESA on 2024-07-09 and obtained from the XMM-Newton Survey Science Center Consortium at <a href="https://xmmssc.aip.de/cms/catalogues/4xmm-dr14s/">https://xmmssc.aip.de/cms/catalogues/4xmm-dr14s/</a>. It is <a href="https://xmmssc.aip.de/data/xmmstack_v3.2_4xmmdr14s.fits.gz">also available as a gzipped FITS file</a>. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://astronet.ru/cas/xmm2p
- Title:
- XMM Serendipitous Source Catalogue: 2XMM
- Short Name:
- xmm2p
- Date:
- 17 Jun 2006 18:44:05
- Publisher:
- Sternberg Astronomical Institute Virtual Observatory Project
- Description:
