- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/msxpsc
- Title:
- Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Point Source Catalog, V2.3
- Short Name:
- MSX
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This table contains the main catalog from Version 2.3 of the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Point Source Catalog (PSC), which supersedes the previous version (1.2) that was released in 1999, and contains 100,000 more sources than the latter. The MSX PSC main catalog used to create this Browse table contains all the sources found in the Galactic Plane survey, and the primary high-latitude regions (the IRAS gaps regions, and the Large Magellanic Cloud). Note that this HEASARC table does not contain the MSX PSC supplementary catalogs, viz. the singleton catalog, the low-reliability catalog, or the minicatalogs for 19 selected regions. The principal objective of the astronomy experiments onboard the MSX satellite was to complete the census of the mid-infrared (4.2-25 micron or um) sky: namely, the areas missed by the IRAS mission (about 4% of the sky was not surveyed by IRAS), and the Galactic Plane (where the sensitivity of IRAS was degraded by confusion noise in regions of high source densities or of structured extended emission). The photometry is based on co-added image plates, as opposed to single-scan data, which results in improved sensitivity and hence reliability in the fluxes. Comparison with Tycho-2 positions indicates that the astrometric accuracy of the new catalog is more than 1" better than that in Version 1.2. The infrared instrument on MSX was named SPIRIT III; it was a 35-cm clear aperture off-axis telescope with five line scanned infrared focal-plane arrays of 18.3 arcseconds square pixels, with a high sensitivity (0.1 Jy at 8.3 um). The filter characteristics of the 6 spectral bands B1, B2, A, C, D and E are summarized below, where all wavelengths are in micron (µm): <pre> Band Center FWHM Points ---------------------------- B1 4.29 um 4.22 - 4.36 um B2 4.35 4.24 - 4.45 A 8.28 6.8 - 10.8 C 12.13 11.1 - 13.2 D 14.65 13.5 - 15.9 E 21.34 18.2 - 25.1 </pre> The MSX catalog names of the sources have been defined according to International Astronomical Union (IAU) conventions with a unique identifier combined with the position of the source. In this case, the MSX PSC V2.3 sources are named using the convention MSX6C GLLL.llll+/-BB.bbbb, where MSX6C denotes that this is MSX data run using Version 6.0 of the CONVERT software, and GLLL.llll+/-BB.bbbb gives the Galactic coordinates of the source. This database table was first created by the HEASARC in November 2002 and then updated in April 2005, based on the 11-Dec-2003 version of the <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/V/114">CDS Catalog V/114</a> (specifically, the files gb_gt6.dat, gp_m05m2.dat, gp_m2m6.dat, gp_p05p2.dat, gp_p2p6.dat, and gp_pm05.dat which comprise the main catalog). This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
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- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/msxuvpsc
- Title:
- Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Ultraviolet Point Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- MSXUVPSC
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Ultraviolet Point Source Catalog contains 47,283 point sources (the HEASARC notes that there actually 47,318 sources in this version of the table, 35 more than this number) 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, the catalog provides the 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, its proximity to the MSX source, and if known, the spectral type and the B and V magnitudes of the SIMBAD object are also provided. There were 11,565 matches between MSX and SIMBAD objects (the HEASARC notes that there actually 11,662 matches in this version of the table, 97 more than this number), and the authors estimate the number of false identifications to be about 3%. The limiting fluxes differ from filter to filter, and range from 10<sup>-16</sup> erg/s/cm<sup>2</sup>/Angstrom for IUN4 to 7.8 x 10<sup>-12</sup> erg/s/cm<sup>2</sup>/Angstrom 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 1.46 x 1.19 degrees (detector pixels of 20.6" x 17.5") and 13.4 x 9.2 degrees (detector pixels of 3.12' x 2.27'), respectively. Four filters were used with the narrow-field imager (IUN) with effective wavelengths centered at 2480 Angstrom (IUN3), 2310 Angstrom (IUN4), 2230 Angstrom (IUN5), and 2930 Angstrom (IUN6). Two filters were used with the wide-field imager (IUW) and centered at 1320 Angstrom (IUW3) and 1560 Angstrom (IUW6). The HEASARC has removed from this table the parameter describing the objects' magnitude in the IUN5 filter as all of the sources had null values for this parameter. The CDS had previously made the following modifications compared to the version of the catalog as published in the reference paper: <pre> (1) The angular distances to the SIMBAD object (column "AngDist" of file catal.dat, called 'Offset' in this HEASARC table) was recomputed at CDS, the original values looking suspect. (2) In the course of this modification, 17 SIMBAD IDs were removed due to a large offset, most likely due to a sign error in the interpretation of SIMBAD's declination for IDs: 003341+001712 063054+004539 063211+005630 063754+003151 133358+001928 142557+003939 144541+002439 155701+004808 162743+004620 185855+003355 191033+004132 193004+005316 194525+001239 195040+004101 195717+001959 202844+005149 234324+000729 </pre> This table was created by the HEASARC in April 2012 based on <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/II/269">CDS Catalog II/269</a> file catal.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/114
- Title:
- MSX6C Infrared Point Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- V/114
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Version 2.3 of the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Point Source Catalog (PSC), which supersedes the version (1.2) that was released in 1999 (Cat. V/107), contains over 100,000 more sources than the previous version. The photometry is based on co-added image plates, as opposed to single-scan data, which results in improved sensitivity and hence reliability in the fluxes. Comparison with Tycho-2 positions indicates that the astrometric accuracy of the new catalog is more than 1'' better than that in Version 1.2. In addition to the Galactic plane, Areas Missed by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), and the Large Magellanic Cloud, which were included in the previous catalog, Version 2.3 includes data from the Small Magellanic Cloud, eight nearby galaxies, and several molecular clouds and star forming regions. The infrared instrument on MSX was named SPIRIT III; it was a 35cm clear aperture off-axis telescope with five line scanned infrared focal plane arrays of 18.3arcsec square pixels, with a high sensitivity (0.1Jy at 8.3micron). The 6 bands are B1 (4.29micron, FWHM 4.22-4.36micron), B2 (4.25micron, 4.24-4.45micron), A (8.28micron, 6.8-10.8micron), C (12.13micron, 11.1-13.2micron), D (14.65micron, 13.5-15.9micron), and E (21.34micron, 18.2-25.1micron). The MSX catalog names of the sources have been defined according to International Astronomical Union (IAU) conventions with a unique identifier combined with the position of the source. In this case, the MSX PSC V2.3 sources are named using the convention MSX6C GLLL.llll+/-BB.bbbb, where MSX6C denotes that this is MSX data run using Version 6.0 of the CONVERT software, and GLLL.llll+/-BB.bbbb gives the Galactic coordinates of the source. (Names in the minicatalogs may differ slightly from those given in Kraemer et al. 2002AJ....124.2990K, 2003AJ....126.1423K) For ease of handling, the main catalog is broken into six files: five for the Galactic plane survey, plus the primary high latitude regions (the IRAS gaps and the LMC). The supplementary catalogs are the singleton catalog, the low-reliability catalog, and minicatalogs for 19 selected regions. All catalogs have the same format. However, the minicatalogs for the galaxies (except the SMC) and Orion do not have all the fields filled in because they were solely created from the images, not from the Point Source Extractor; there are no singleton files for these regions. Also, the minicatalogs may not have singleton or low-reliability counterparts if no sources met the inclusion criteria. All told, there are a total of 45 data files.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/107
- Title:
- MSX5C Infrared Point Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- V/107
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The principal objective of the astronomy experiments abroad the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) was to complete the census of the mid-infrared (4.2-25{mu}m) sky: the areas missed by the IRAS mission (about 4% of the sky was not surveyed by IRAS), and the Galactic Plane where the sensitivity of IRAS was degraded by confusion noise in the regions of high source densities or structured extended emission. The infrared instrument on MSX is named SPIRIT III; it is a 35cm clear aperture off-axis telescope with five line scanned infrared focal plane arrays of 18.3arcsec square pixels, with a high sensitivity (0.1Jy at 8.3{mu}m). The characteristics of the 6 bands B1, B2, A, C, D and E are summarized in the "Note (1)" below. The data are contained in 7 files according to the location on the sky: 5 are related to the Galactic Plane, one (non-plane) contains the IRAS gap catalog, the the lmc.dat file contains the observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/98
- Title:
- MSX Infrared Astrometric Catalog
- Short Name:
- V/98
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The MSX Infrared Astrometric Catalog has been contructed as a tool for improving the pointing accuracy of infrared observations. The catalog contains 177,860 astrometric stars, 61,242 which have been identified with their infrared counterparts from IRAS catalogs and the Catalog of Infrared Observations through position and color matching. Infrared flux densities are predicted for 6 wavelength bands between 4 and 22um. The catalog identifications are complete to within the spatial coverage of current surveys for those astrometric stars brightest in the infrared. By predicting fluxes of astrometric stars without IR identifications we are able to extend the catalog to areas of the sky which were incomplete in the IRAS catalogs. Furthermore, by retaining stars below the brightness limit of current surveys we are able to provide better spatial coverage to help point or position the next generation of infrared telescopes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/269
- Title:
- MSX Ultraviolet Point Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- II/269
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- 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.
