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61. The MERLIN Archive
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/B/merlin
Title:
The MERLIN Archive
Short Name:
B/merlin
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This database contains a log of MERLIN archive data since 1992 which have been partially reduced and are electronically available. It is managed and updated by the MERLIN staff. All data are taken using a single IF and correlated using 2-bit digitisation.
62. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT)
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/104
Title:
The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT)
Short Name:
VI/104
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
UIT was one of three ultraviolet telescopes on the ASTRO-1 mission flown on the space shuttle Columbia during 2-10 December 1990. The same three instruments were later flown on the space shuttle Endeavour during 3-17 March 1995, as part of the ASTRO-2 mission. Exposures were obtained on 70-mm photographic film in the 1200-3300 Angstrom range using broadband filters and later digitized using a Perkin-Elmer microdensitometer. Image resolution was 3 arcseconds over a 40 minute field of view. Overall, UIT-1 obtained 821 exposures of 66 targets, and UIT-2 obtained 758 images of 193 targets.
63. Tubingen Ultraviolet Echelle Spectrometer
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/107
Title:
Tubingen Ultraviolet Echelle Spectrometer
Short Name:
VI/107
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Tubingen Echelle Spectrograph (TUES), designed and managed at the University of Tubingen, flew on the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph (ORFEUS)-SPAS II space shuttle mission in 1996, returning spectra in the 900 Angstrom to 1400 Angstrom wavelength range. The instrument was designed to achieve a spectral resolution of 10000 when used with an entrance aperture of 10" diameter. During the 17.7 day flight, TUES returned 239 spectra of 62 targets.
64. VizieR Solar system catalogues
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/B/planets
Title:
VizieR Solar system catalogues
Short Name:
B/planets
Date:
03 Dec 2021 00:36:23
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The VizieR planetary catalogue EPN-TAP service provides a selection of catalogues containing data related to the Solar System and exoplanets. VizieR (http://vizier.unistra.fr) is a larger service distributing astronomical catalogues related to reviewed papers. Catalogues can be downloaded in TOPCAT (sometimes as multiple tables), the external_link parameter provides access to associated files. This catalogue is the result of a common effort of CDS and ObsParis. The table is conform with EPNcore standard to be queriable throw Europlanet web site (http://www.europlanet-vespa.eu/).
65. Wide-Field Plate Database
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/90
Title:
Wide-Field Plate Database
Short Name:
VI/90
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Wide-Field Plate Database (WFPDB) contains the descriptive information for the astronomical wide-field (~>1deg.) photographic observations stored in numerous archives all over the world. When finished it will provide an on-line access to the information for about 2 million observations from nearly 300 archives, obtained since the end of last century. Presently the WFPDB includes data for about 330 000 observations from 57 plate catalogues. About 120 000 observations more from 32 plate catalogs are in preparation to be included in the database. The WFPDB provides for each observation information for the corresponding archive, the parameters of the observational instrument, the observation parameters (position on sky, observation time, object name, method, exposure time, emulsion type, filter type, spectral band, plate size), as well as data on the plate quality, comments, and observers. Data on the plate availability and digitization will be supplemented in the WFPDB in the future.
66. Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/VI/105
Title:
Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
Short Name:
VI/105
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment WUPPE was one of three ultraviolet telescopes on the ASTRO-1 mission flown on the space shuttle Columbia during 2-10 December, 1990. 98 observations of 75 targets were obtained. The same three instruments were later flown on the space shuttle Endeavour from 3-17 March, 1995, as part of the ASTRO-2 mission. During the longer ASTRO-2 mission, 369 observations of 254 targets were obtained.
67. XMM-Newton Observation Log
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/B/xmm
Title:
XMM-Newton Observation Log
Short Name:
B/xmm
Date:
07 Mar 2022 06:19:59
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The XMM-Newton observatory is a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) Horizon 2000 program. This spacecraft, the largest ever flown by ESA for a scientific program, was launched on December 10, 1999, carrying a payload funded by ESA member states and the USA (NASA). The scientific payload comprises three CCD imaging cameras (European Photon Imaging Cameras, EPIC), sensitive in the 0.1-15 keV band, and two Reflecting Grating Spectrometers (RGS), sensitive in the 0.3-2.1 keV band, and characterized by a resolving power E/{Delta}E = 100 to 800. The X-ray instruments are complemented by an Optical Monitor, sensitive in the 150-650nm band, which allows simultaneous multiwavelength monitoring of celestial sources. The XMM-Newton observational program is determined on the bases of the proposals sent in response to Announcement of Opportunities, and selected by peer review panels. The XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA) contains all the science data of all the performed observations. Its user interface (http:xmm.vilspa.esa.es/xsa) allows a user to retrieve them after the 1-year proprietary period has expired. Calibration observations are normally not covered by proprietary rights; their data being therefore public. Target of Opportunity and Discretionary Time observations have a 6-months proprietary period. For each archived observation, the XSA stores Observation Data Files (ODF) and Pipeline Processing System (PPS) products, if available, as well as the XMM-Newton EPIC serendipitous catalogue, the OM source catalogue and the Slew Survey Source Catalogue (see the catalogues documentation at http://xmm.esac.esa.int/xsa). The ODF comprises raw telemetry files, reformatted in FITS format, and contains uncalibrated information. The PPS products are a collection of top-level, validated scientific and cross-correlation products, routinely generated by the Science Survey Center, University of Leicester, UK (http://xmmssc-www.star.le.ac.uk). The content of the XSA is updated daily. The latest version of all the scientific data is made available through its interface. Systematic reprocessing of all the XMM-Newton telemetry is periodically carried on during the mission. The last bulk reprocessing was performed in 2007. The XMM-Newton observation log lists all the science observations included in the XSA. This log gives observation details and provides links to quick-look scientific products, to documents describing XMM-Newton science and calibration data, and to the SAS (Science Analysis System), a specific software package designed to reduce and analyze XMM-Newton data. Additional links in the log allows a user to start a retrieval session for the data of an observation, whenever not protected by proprietary rights. XMM-Newton HelpDesk: http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_user_support/helpdesk.shtml
68. XXL Survey: First results
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/IX/49
Title:
XXL Survey: First results
Short Name:
IX/49
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The quest for the cosmological parameters that describe our universe continues to motivate the scientific community to undertake very large survey initiatives across the electromagnetic spectrum. Over the past two decades, the Chandra and XMM-Newton observatories have sup- ported numerous studies of X-ray-selected clusters of galaxies, active galactic nuclei (AGNs), and the X-ray background. The present paper is the first in a series reporting results of the XXL-XMM survey; it comes at a time when the Planck mission results are being finalised. We present the XXL Survey, the largest XMM programme totaling some 6.9Ms to date and involving an international consortium of roughly 100 members. The XXL Survey covers two extragalactic areas of 25deg^2^ each at a point-source sensitivity of ~5x10^-15^erg/s/cm^2^ in the [0.5-2]keV band (completeness limit). The survey's main goals are to provide constraints on the dark energy equation of state from the space-time distribution of clusters of galaxies and to serve as a pathfinder for future, wide-area X-ray missions. We review science objectives, including cluster studies, AGN evolution, and large-scale structure, that are being conducted with the support of approximately 30 follow-up programmes. List of XXL papers: I. Scientific motivations - XMM-Newton observing plan - Follow-up observations and simulation programme. II. The bright cluster sample: catalogue and luminosity function. III. Luminosity-temperature relation of the bright cluster sample. IV. Mass-temperature relation of the bright cluster sample. VI. The 1000 brightest X-ray point sources. VII. A supercluster of galaxies at z = 0.43. VIII. MUSE characterisation of intracluster light in a z~0.53 cluster of galaxies. IX. Optical overdensity and radio continuum analysis of a supercluster at z=0.43. X. K-band luminosity - weak-lensing mass relation for groups and clusters of galaxies. XI. ATCA 2.1 GHz continuum observations. XII. Optical spectroscopy of X-ray-selected clusters and the frequency of AGN in superclusters. XIII. Baryon content of the bright cluster sample. XIV. AAOmega redshifts for the southern XXL field.