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# SECTION :: STAR CATALOGS (or at least mainly stars...)
####################################################################
[Sao]
Type=STARS
Id=1
CustomUse=0
Version=J2000.0
File=data/catalog/stars/sao.adm
Rows=258997
Label=SAO
NameFull=Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog
NameShort=SAO Star Catalog
Author=SAO Staff
Org=Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
CreationDate=1966
UpdateDate=1990
Bibcode=I/131A/sao
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/sao_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
This machine-readable SAO catalog from the Astronomical Data Center is
based on an original binary version of the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory Star Catalog (SAO, SAO Staff 1966). Subsequent
improvements by T. A. Nagy (1979) included the addition of equatorial
coordinates in radians and cross-identifications from the Table of
Correspondences SAO/HD/DM/GC (Morin 1973). As a prelude to creation of
the 1984 version of the SAO, a new version of the SAO-HD-GC-DM Cross
Index was prepared (Roman, Warren, and Schofield 1983). The 1984
version of the SAO contained the corrected and extended cross
identifications, all errata published up to January 1984 and known to
the ADC, numerous errors forwarded to the ADC by colleagues, and
errors discovered at the ADC during the course of this work. Clayton
A. Smith of the U. S. Naval Observatory provided J2000.0 positions and
proper motions for the SAO stars. Published and unpublished errors
discovered in the previous version (1984) have been corrected (up to
May 1991). The catalog contains SAO number; the right ascension and
declination with a B1950.0 equinox and epoch; annual proper motion and
its standard deviation, photographic and visual magnitudes; spectral
type; references to sources; the Durchmusterung (DM) identifier if the
star is listed in the Bonner DM (BD), Cordoba DM (CD), or Cape
Photographic DM (CP); component identification; The Henry Draper
(Extension) (HD or HDE) number; and J2000 positions and proper
motions. Multiple-star component identifications have been added to
stars where more than one SAO entry has the same DM number. The Henry
Draper Extension (HDE) numbers have been added for stars found in both
volumes of the extension. Data for duplicate SAO entries (those
referring to the same star) have been flagged. J2000 positions in
usual units and in radians have been added.
%Desc_END
[Hipparcos]
Type=STARS
Id=2
CustomUse=0
Version=2
File=data/catalog/stars/hipparcos.adm
Rows=118209
Label=HIP
NameFull=Hipparcos Input Catalogue, Version 2
NameShort=Hipparcos Input Catalogue
Author=Turon C.
Org=ESA's Hipparcos astrometry mission
CreationDate=1992
UpdateDate=1993
Bibcode=I/196/main
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/hipparcos_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The Hipparcos Input Catalogue was constructed as the observing program
for ESA's Hipparcos astrometry mission. This has resulted in a
catalogue of stellar data including up-to-date information on
positions, proper motions, magnitudes, colors, and when available,
spectral types, radial velocities, multiplicity and variability
information. The catalogue is complete to well-defined magnitude
limits, and includes a substantial sampling of the most important
stellar categories present in the solar neighbourhood beyond these
limits. The magnitude limits vary from 7.3 to 9 magnitudes as a
function of galactic latitude and spectral type, and there are no
stars fainter than about V = 13 mag.
118000 stars are included in the Hipparcos Input Catalogue, about half
of them have been selected within well-defined limits in V magnitude,
spectral type and galactic latitude (the "survey"), half of them
within proposed observing programs. The mean accuracies achieved, as
demonstrated by comparison with the Hipparcos results (Turon et al.
1995A&A...304...82T) are 0.3 arcsec for the positions and 0.25 mag for
the Hp magnitude, with accuracies of 0.02 mag or better for more than
a third of the catalogue.
The data set consists of the main catalogue, and the first supplement
which contains more detailed information for multiple system
components. Other supplements with identification charts can be found
in the published version.
A complete description is provided, either as a LaTeX file (intro.tex),
or as a plain ascii file (intro.cat).
%Desc_END
[TYCHO]
Type=STARS
Id=3
CustomUse=0
Version=2
File=data/catalog/stars/tycho2.adm
Rows=2539913
Label=TYC
NameFull=The Tycho-2 Catalogue of the 2.5 Million Brightest Stars
NameShort=The Tycho-2 Catalogue
Author=Erik Høg
Org=ESA's Hipparcos astrometry mission
CreationDate=08/02/2000
UpdateDate=11/02/2002
Bibcode=I/259/tyc2
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/tycho_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The Tycho-2 Catalogue is an astrometric reference catalogue containing
positions and proper motions as well as two-colour photometric data
for the 2.5 million brightest stars in the sky. The Tycho-2 positions
and magnitudes are based on precisely the same observations as the
original Tycho Catalogue (hereafter Tycho-1; see Cat. I/239))
collected by the star mapper of the ESA Hipparcos satellite, but
Tycho-2 is much bigger and slightly more precise, owing to a more
advanced reduction technique. Components of double stars with
separations down to 0.8 arcsec are included. Proper motions precise to
about 2.5 mas/yr are given as derived from a comparison with the
Astrographic Catalogue and 143 other ground-based astrometric
catalogues, all reduced to the Hipparcos celestial coordinate system.
Tycho-2 supersedes in most applications Tycho-1, as well as the ACT
(Cat. I/246) and TRC (Cat. I/250) catalogues based on Tycho-1.
Supplement-1 lists stars from the Hipparcos and Tycho-1 Catalogues
which are not in Tycho-2. Supplement-2 lists 1146 Tycho-1 stars which
are probably either false or heavily disturbed.
For more information, please consult the Tycho-2 home page:
http://www.astro.ku.dk/~erik/Tycho-2
%Desc_END
[USNO-B1.0]
Type=STARS
Id=4
CustomUse=0
Version=1.0
File=
Rows=1045913669
Label=USNOB
NameFull=The Whole-Sky USNO-B1.0 Catalog of 1,045,913,669 sources
NameShort=The USNO-B1.0 Catalog
Author=Monet D.G.
Org=U.S. Naval Observatory's
CreationDate=18/10/2002
UpdateDate=2003
Bibcode=I/284/out
SourcesFull=
SourcesQuery=VIZIER,NOFS_NAVY_MIL
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/usnob_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The USNO-B1.0 is a catalog that presents positions, proper motions,
magnitudes in various optical passbands, and star/galaxy estimators
for 1,045,913,669 objects derived from 3,648,832,040 separate
observations. The data were taken from scans of 7,435 Schmidt plates
taken from various sky surveys during the last 50 years.
The catalog is expected to be complete down to V=21; the estimated
accuracies are 0.2arcsec for the positions at J2000, 0.3mag in up to 5
colors, and 85% accuracy for distinguishing stars from non-stellar
objects.
%Desc_END
[NOMAD]
Type=STARS
Id=5
CustomUse=0
Version=1.0
File=
Rows=1117612732
Label=NOMAD
NameFull=Naval Observatory Merged Astrometric Dataset (NOMAD)
NameShort=NOMAD Catalog
Author=Zacharias N.
Org=U.S. Naval Observatory's
CreationDate=23/11/2004
UpdateDate=2005
Bibcode=I/297/out
SourcesFull=
SourcesQuery=VIZIER,NOFS_NAVY_MIL
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/nomad_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The Naval Observatory Merged Astrometric Dataset (NOMAD) contains
astrometric and photometric data for over 1 billion stars derived from
the Hipparcos (I/239), Tycho-2 (I/259), UCAC2 (I/289), and USNO-B1.0
(I/284) catalogs for astrometry and optical photometry, supplemented
by 2MASS (II/246) near-infrared photometry. For each unique star the
"best" astrometric and photometric data are chosen from the source
catalogs and merged into a single dataset. A sequence of priorities is
followed and NOMAD contains flags to identify the source catalogs and
gives cross-reference identifications. This first release of NOMAD is
not a compiled catalog; that is, if a star is identified in more than
1 of the above mentioned catalogs, only 1 catalog entry is chosen.
Thus the local and global systematic errors of the various source
catalogs will be present in this version of NOMAD. All source catalogs
astrometric data are on the International Celestial Reference System
within the limitations of the source catalogs.
For more information, see www.nofs.navy.mil/nomad
%Desc_END
[2MASS]
Type=STARS
Id=6
CustomUse=0
Version=1.0
File=
Rows=470992970
Label=2MASS
NameFull=The 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources
NameShort=2MASS All-Sky Catalog
Author=Cutri R.M.
Org=The Two Micron Sky Survey
CreationDate=02/03/2000
UpdateDate=25/03/2003
Bibcode=II/246/out
SourcesFull=
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/2mass_footprint_a.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) project is designed to close the
gap between our current technical capability and our knowledge of the
near-infrared sky. In addition to providing a context for the
interpretation of results obtained at infrared and other wavelengths,
2MASS will provide direct answers to immediate questions on the
large-scale structure of the Milky Way and the Local Universe.
To achieve these goals, 2MASS is uniformly scanning the entire sky in
three near-infrared bands to detect and characterize point sources
brighter than about 1 mJy in each band, with signal-to-noise ratio
(SNR) greater than 10, using a pixel size of 2.0". This will achieve
an 80,000-fold improvement in sensitivity relative to earlier surveys.
2MASS uses two new, highly-automated 1.3-m telescopes, one at Mt.
Hopkins, AZ, and one at CTIO, Chile. Each telescope is equipped with a
three-channel camera, each channel consisting of a 256x256 array of
HgCdTe detectors, capable of observing the sky simultaneously at J
(1.25 µm), H (1.65 µm), and Ks (2.17 µm), to a 3s
limiting sensitivity of 17.1, 16.4 and 15.3mag in the three bands.
The 2MASS arrays image the sky while the telescopes scan smoothly in
declination at a rate of ~1' per second. The 2MASS data "tiles" are 6
deg. long in the declination direction and one camera frame (8.5')
wide. The camera field-of-view shifts by ~1/6 of a frame in
declination from frame-to-frame. The camera images each point on the
sky six times for a total integration time of 7.8 s, with sub-pixel
"dithering", which improves the ultimate spatial resolution of the
final Atlas Images.
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) is responsible for the overall
management of the project, and for developing the infrared cameras and
on-site computing systems at both facilities. The Infrared Processing
and Analysis Center (IPAC) is responsible for all data processing
through the Production Pipeline, and construction and distribution of
the data products. The 2MASS project involves the participation of
members of the Science Team from several different institutions. The
2MASS project is funding by the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
%Desc_END
[GSC]
Type=STARS
Id=7
CustomUse=0
Version=2.3.2
File=
Rows=945592683
Label=USNOB
NameFull=The Full GSC2.3.2 Catalogue
NameShort=The Guide Star Catalogue
Author=Lasker B.
Org=Space Telescope Science Institute
CreationDate=2006
UpdateDate=2008
Bibcode=I/284/out
SourcesFull=
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/stars/gsc_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The GSC II is an all-sky catalog based on 1" resolution scans of the
photographic Sky Survey plates, at two epochs and three bandpasses,
from the Palomar and UK Schmidt telescopes (DSS). Positions,
magnitudes, and classifications are produced for all objects on each
plate. The objects are then loaded into the COMPASS database, where
multiple observations of the same object are matched and assigned a
unique name.
The GSC2.3 has no magnitude limit. The parameters of the bright
objects, overexposed on the Schmidt plates, are taken from the Tycho-2
(I/259) catalog. The computed proper motions are not yet publically
available because of 10mas/year systematic errors discovered for the
southern hemisphere that are still under investigation.
%Desc_END
####################################################################
# SECTION :: DSO CATALOGS (galaxies and nebulaes)
####################################################################
[Messier]
Type=DSO
Id=100
CustomUse=1
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/messier.adm
Rows=110
Label=M
NameFull=Messier Catalog
NameShort=Messier Catalog
Author=Charles Messier
Org=
CreationDate=1758
UpdateDate=1782
Bibcode=
SourcesFull=UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/messier_footprint.gif
SourceFtp=
SourceHttp=
%Desc_START
The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects catalogued by Charles Messier in his
"Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas d'Étoiles" ("Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters"),
originally published in 1771, with the last addition (based on Messier's observations) made
in 1966. Because Messier was interested in finding only comets, he created a list of non-comet
objects that frustrated his hunt for them. The Messier catalogue of objects is one of the
most famous lists of astronomical objects, and many Messier objects are still referenced
by their Messier number.
The first edition included 45 objects, with Messier's final list totalling 103 objects.
Other astronomers, using side notes in Messier's texts, eventually filled out the list
to 110 objects.
%Desc_END
[NGC]
Type=DSO
Id=101
CustomUse=1
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/ngc.adm
Rows=7840
Label=NGC
NameFull=NGC Catalog
NameShort=NGC Catalog
Author=J.L.E. Dreyer
Org=
CreationDate=1887
UpdateDate=1908
Bibcode=
SourcesFull=UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/ngc_footprint.gif
SourceFtp=
SourceHttp=
%Desc_START
The NGC and its supplements IC I and IC II were originally compiled by J.L.E. Dreyer
and published 1887 (NGC), 1895 (IC I) and 1908 (IC II). It contains open and globular
star clusters (and some asterisms), diffuse and planetary nebulae, supernova remnants,
galaxies of all types (and some knots in bright galaxies), and some erroneous entries
corresponding to single or double stars, or no objects at all.
%Desc_END
[IC]
Type=DSO
Id=102
CustomUse=1
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/ic.adm
Rows=5386
Label=IC
NameFull=IC Catalog
NameShort=IC Catalog
Author=J.L.E. Dreyer
Org=
CreationDate=1887
UpdateDate=1908
Bibcode=
SourcesFull=UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/ic_footprint.gif
SourceFtp=
SourceHttp=
%Desc_START
The NGC and its supplements IC I and IC II were originally compiled by J.L.E. Dreyer
and published 1887 (NGC), 1895 (IC I) and 1908 (IC II). It contains open and globular
star clusters (and some asterisms), diffuse and planetary nebulae, supernova remnants,
galaxies of all types (and some knots in bright galaxies), and some erroneous entries
corresponding to single or double stars, or no objects at all.
%Desc_END
[HYPERLEDA]
Type=DSO
Id=108
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/pgc.adm
Rows=2991099
Label=PGC
NameFull=HYPERLEDA. I. Catalog of galaxies
NameShort=HYPERLEDA Catalog of galaxies
Author=Paturel G.
Org=CRAL Observatoire de Lyon
CreationDate=2003
UpdateDate=03/31/2009
Bibcode=VII/237/pgc
SourcesFull=LEDA,UNIMAP,VIZIER
SourcesQuery=LEDA,VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/hyperleda_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
We present the new catalog of principal galaxies (PGC2003). It
constitutes the framework of the HYPERLEDA database that supersedes
the LEDA one, with more data and more capabilities. The catalog is
still restricted to confirmed galaxies, i.e. about one million
galaxies, brighter than ~18B-mag.
In order to provide the best possible identification for each galaxy
we give: accurate coordinates (typical accuracy better than 2 arcsec),
diameter, axis ratio and position angle. Diameters and axis ratios
have been homogenized to the RC2 system at the limiting surface
brightness of 25B-mag/arcsec2, using a new method, the EPIDEMIC
method.
In order to provide the best designation for each galaxy, we collected
the names from 50 catalogues. The compatibility of the spelling is
tested against NED and SIMBAD, and, as far as possible we used a
spelling compatible with both. For some cases, where no consensus
exists between NED, SIMBAD and LEDA, we propose some changes that
could make the spelling of names fully compatible.
The full catalog is distributed through the CDS and can be extracted
from HYPERLEDA, http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/
%Desc_END
[MCG]
Type=DSO
Id=105
CustomUse=2
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/mcg.adm
Rows=29003
Label=MCG
NameFull=(MCG) Morphological Catalog of Galaxies
NameShort=(MCG) Morphological Catalog of Galaxies
Author=Vorontsov-Velyaminov B.A.
Org=Astron. Inst. Sternberg
CreationDate=1962
UpdateDate=1974
Bibcode=VII/62A/mcg
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/mcg_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The catalog is a compilation of information for approximately 34000
galaxies found and examined on the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
(POSS). Individual identifiers are assigned for about 29000 galaxies
and information on the remaining 5000 is present in the extensive
notes of the published catalogs (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al.
1962-1968). The catalog is structured according to the POSS zones,
counting from the equator, and is numbered from +15 (corresponding to
+90 deg) to +01 (+06 zone) and +00 (equatorial zone) to -05 (-30
zone); the fields are numbered with increasing right ascension. The
catalog includes cross-identifications to the NGC (Dreyer 1888) and IC
(Dreyer 1895, 1908) catalogs, equatorial coordinates for B1950.0,
magnitudes, estimated sizes and intensities of the brighter inner
region and the entire object, and estimated inclinations.
%Desc_END
[UGC]
Type=DSO
Id=104
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/ugc.adm
Rows=12939
Label=UGC
NameFull=(UGC) Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies
NameShort=(UGC) Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies
Author=Nilson P.
Org=Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
CreationDate=1973
UpdateDate=1995
Bibcode=VII/26D/catalog
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/ugc_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies (UGC) is an essentially
complete catalogue of galaxies to a limiting diameter of 1.0' and/or
to a limiting apparent magnitude of 14.5 on the blue prints of the
Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). Coverage is limited to the sky
north of declination -02.5degrees. Galaxies smaller than 1.0' in
diameter but brighter than 14.5 mag may be included from the Catalogue
of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies (CGCG, Zwicky et al.
1961-1968); all such galaxies in the CGCG are included in the UGC. The
galaxies are ordered by 1950 right ascension.
The catalogue contains descriptions of the galaxies and their
surrounding areas, plus conventional system classifications and
position angles for flattened galaxies. Galaxy diameters on both the
blue and red POSS prints are included and the classifications and
descriptions are given in such a way as to provide as accurate an
account as possible of the appearance of the galaxies on the prints.
Only the data portion of the published UGC is included in the
machine-readable version.
The order of the records is strictly by UGC number; i.e., the Addenda
records follow their main catalogue counterparts in the file. The
colons (indicating uncertainty) and various other codes (parentheses,
brackets) are not included in the machine-readable version of the
catalogue. Several possible improvements to the catalogue might
consist of adding codes corresponding to the published version, a
second file containing abbreviations and terminology and a third file
with the extensive notes. It would also be important to add an
asterisk or some other code to data records having a note in the
proposed third file.
This document describes the machine-readable version of the UGC as
distributed by the Astronomical Data Centers. It is intended to enable
users to read and process the data without problems or guesswork. For
additional details regarding the classifications, measurement of
apparent magnitudes, and data content, the source reference should be
consulted. A copy of this document should accompany any
machine-readable copy of the catalogue.
%Desc_END
[MGC]
Type=DSO
Id=106
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/dso/mgc.adm
Rows=69594
Label=MGC
NameFull=The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the space density and surface brightness distribution(s) of galaxies
NameShort=(MGC) The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue
Author=Driver S.P.
Org=St. Andrews, ESO
CreationDate=2003
UpdateDate=2005
Bibcode=VII/240/mgczcat
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/dso/mgc_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue (MGC) is a 37.5deg2, medium-deep,
B-band imaging survey along the celestial equator, taken with the Wide
Field Camera on the Isaac Newton Telescope. The survey region is
contained within the regions of both the Two Degree Field Galaxy
Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Early Data
Release (SDSS-EDR). The survey has a uniform isophotal detection limit
of 26mag.arcsec-2 and it provides a robust, well-defined catalogue
of stars and galaxies in the range 16<=BMGC<24 mag.
Here we describe the survey strategy, the photometric and astrometric
calibration, source detection and analysis, and present the galaxy
number counts that connect the bright and faint galaxy populations
within a single survey. We argue that these counts represent the state
of the art and use them to constrain the normalizations (f*) of a
number of recent estimates of the local galaxy luminosity function. We
find that the 2dFGRS, SDSS Commissioning Data (CD), ESO Slice Project,
Century Survey, Durham/UKST, Mt Stromlo/APM, SSRS2 and NOG luminosity
functions require a revision of their published f* values by
factors of 1.05±0.05, 0.76±0.10, 1.02±0.22, 1.02±0.16,
1.16±0.28, 1.75±0.37, 1.40±0.26 and 1.01±0.39, respectively.
After renormalizing the galaxy luminosity functions we find a mean
local bJ luminosity density of 1.986±0.031x108h L?.Mpc-3
%Desc_END
####################################################################
# SECTION :: RADIO
####################################################################
[MSL]
Type=RADIO
Id=163
CustomUse=0
Version=43
File=data/catalog/radio/msl.adm
Rows=79493
Label=MSL
NameFull=A Master List of Radio Sources
NameShort=MSL - Master list of radio sources
Author=Bob Dixon
Org=Ohio State University Radio Observatory
CreationDate=1970
UpdateDate=1981
Bibcode=VII/2A/master
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/radio/msl_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
This is the Dixon Master List of Radio Sources
(Version 43, dated November 1981) which contains flux densities for
known radio sources detected at a variety of frequencies.
The Master List of Radio Sources (MSL) has been prepared by combining
about thirty catalogues in a common format. Approcimately 25000
listings are included for some 12000 separate sources.
Notice that this is a list of observations, not of individual sources,
and that an entry in this table corresponds to an observation of a
radio source at a particular frequency from a particular source catalog:
also, no attempt was made by the author to use the same name for the
same source, e.g., the source 3C 273 appears more than a dozen times
under a variety of names such as PKS 1226+02, NRAO400, CTA 53, etc.
%Desc_END
[SPECFIND]
Type=RADIO
Id=160
CustomUse=0
Version=2
File=data/catalog/radio/specfind.adm
Rows=551852
Label=SPECFIND
NameFull=SPECFIND - Catalog of radio continuum spectra
NameShort=SPECFIND - Catalog of radio continuum spectra
Author=B. Vollmer
Org=CDS - Observatoire de Strasbourg
CreationDate=01/09/2005
UpdateDate=27/01/2009
Bibcode=VIII/85/spectra
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/radio/specfind_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
This is the second release of the SPECFIND catalogue. For the radio
cross-identification we included 3.76 million sources from 105 VizieR
radio catalogues. The SPECFIND V2.0 catalogue contains about 87000
physical objects with associated radio spectra. With an increase of 8%
of available sources with respect to the first release, we could
increase the number of radio objects by 25%.
The results of the spectrum identification process are provided as a
master table, where a spectrum is attached to each radio source. Due
to the SPECFIND algorithm, different radio components of the same
physical source can have somewhat different slopes and zero-points.
%Desc_END
[VLSS]
Type=RADIO
Id=161
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/radio/vlss.adm
Rows=68311
Label=VLSS
NameFull=The VLA Low-frequency Sky Survey at 74MHz
NameShort=The VLA Low-frequency Sky Survey at 74MHz
Author=Cohen A.S.
Org=Naval Research Laboratory
CreationDate=08/08/2006
UpdateDate=26/06/2007
Bibcode=VIII/79A/catalog
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/radio/vlss_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The VLA Low-Frequency Sky Survey (VLSS) is a 74MHz (4m) continuum
survey covering the entire sky north of -30° declination. Using
the VLA in B- and BnA-configurations, we will map the entire survey
region at a resolution of 80" and with an average rms noise of 0.1
Jy/beam. For a detailed description of the survey and its scientific
motivations, please see the original proposal to the NRAO skeptical
review committee.
The VLSS is being made as a service to the astronomical community,
and the principal data products are being released to the public as
soon as they are produced and verified. Details and access to the
images can be found at http://lwa.nrl.navy.mil/VLSS/
%Desc_END
[NVSS]
Type=RADIO
Id=162
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/radio/nvss.adm
Rows=1773484
Label=NVSS
NameFull=1.4GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS)
NameShort=NVSS - The 1.4GHz NRAO VLA Sky Survey
Author=Condon J.J.
Org=National Radio Astronomy Observatory
CreationDate=1998
UpdateDate=
Bibcode=VIII/65/nvss
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/radio/nvss_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) is a radio continuum survey covering
the sky north of -40° declination at 1.4GHz. The principal data
products of the NVSS are a set of 2326 4x4° continuum "cubes" with
three planes containing Stokes I, Q, and U images, plus a catalog of
almost 2 million discrete sources stronger than a flux density of
about 2.5mJy.
The images all have 45 arcsecond FWHM angular resolution and nearly
uniform sensitivity. Their rms brightness fluctuations are
approximately 0.45mJy/beam=0.14K (Stokes I) and 0.29mJy/beam=0.09K
(Stokes Q and U). The rms uncertainties in right ascension and
declination vary from <= ~1arcsecond for the 400,000 sources stronger
than 15mJy to 7arcseconds at the survey limit.
A more detailed description is provided in the printed paper and at the
NVSS website at http://www.cv.nrao.edu/nvss/
where all data products, user software, and updates were released as
soon as they were produced and verified.
%Desc_END
####################################################################
# SECTION :: X-RAY/GAMMA
####################################################################
[ROSAT]
Type=XGAMMA
Id=150
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/xgamma/rosat.adm
Rows=105924
Label=ROSAT
NameFull=ROSAT All-Sky Survey Faint Source Catalog
NameShort=ROSAT All-Sky Survey Faint Source Catalog
Author=Voges W.
Org=Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
CreationDate=2000
UpdateDate=
Bibcode=IX/29/rass_fsc
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/xgamma/rosat_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The ROSAT All-Sky Survey Faint Source Catalogue (RASS-FSC) is derived
from the all-sky survey performed during the ROSAT mission in the
energy band 0.1-2.4 keV. 105,924 sources are catalogued and represent
the faint extension to the RASS bright source catalogue (RASS-BSC,
1999A&A...349..389V, See Cat. IX/10). The sources have a detection
likelihood of at least 7 and contain at least 6 source photons. (The
likelihood of source detection is defined as L = -ln(1-P), with
P = probability of source detection).
For each source we provide the ROSAT name, the position in equatorial
coordinates, the positional error, the source countrate and error, the
background countrate, exposure time, date of observation,
hardness-ratios HR1 and HR2 and errors, extent and likelihood of
extent, and likelihood of detection.
Questions or comments may be directed to xray-info(at)mpe.mpg.de
%Desc_END
[BATSE]
Type=XGAMMA
Id=151
CustomUse=0
Version=4b
File=data/catalog/xgamma/batse.adm
Rows=3906
Label=BATSE
NameFull=Gamma-ray bursts BATSE GRB triggers
NameShort=The Fourth BATSE Burst Revised Catalog
Author=Paciesas W.S.
Org=NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
CreationDate=1999
UpdateDate=2002
Bibcode=J/ApJ/563/80/table2
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/xgamma/batse_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
During a scan of the archival BATSE daily records covering the entire
9.1yr (TJD 8369-11690) of the BATSE operation, 3906 gamma-ray bursts
(GRBs) have been detected. 2068 of these GRBs are previously known
BATSE triggers, while 1838 of them are new nontriggered bursts. It is
important that all events were detected in the same type of data and
were processed with the same procedure. Therefore these 3906 GRBs
constitute a uniform sample. We have created a publicly available
electronic data base
(http://www.astro.su.se/groups/head/grb_archive.html) containing this
sample. We describe the procedures of the data reduction, the
selection of the GRB candidates, and the statistical tests for
possible non-GRB contaminations. We also describe a novel test burst
method used to measure the scan efficiency and the information
obtained using the test bursts. Our scan decreases the BATSE detection
threshold to ~0.1photon/s/cm2. As a first result, we show that the
differential logN-logP distribution corrected for the detection
efficiency extends to low brightnesses without any indication of a
turnover. Any reasonable extrapolation of the new logN-logP to lower
brightnesses imply a rate of several thousands of GRBs in the universe
per year.
%Desc_END
[INTEGRAL]
Type=XGAMMA
Id=152
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/xgamma/integral.adm
Rows=1122
Label=INTEGRAL
NameFull=INTEGRAL reference catalog
NameShort=INTEGRAL reference catalog
Author=Ebisawa K.
Org=ISDC, Switzerland
CreationDate=21/11/2003
UpdateDate=04/10/2004
Bibcode=J/A+A/411/L59/catalog
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/xgamma/integral_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
We describe the INTEGRAL reference catalog which classifies previously
known bright X-ray and gamma-ray sources before the launch of
INTEGRAL. These sources are, or have been at least once, brighter than
~1mCrab above 3keV, and are expected to be detected by INTEGRAL. This
catalog is being used in the INTEGRAL Quick Look Analysis to discover
new sources or significantly variable sources. We compiled several
published X-ray and gamma-ray catalogs, and surveyed recent
publications for new sources. Consequently, there are 1122 sources in
our INTEGRAL reference catalog. In addition to the source positions,
we show an approximate spectral model and expected flux for each
source, based on which we derive expected INTEGRAL counting rates.
Assuming the default instrument performances and at least ~105s
exposure time for any part of the sky, we expect that INTEGRAL will
detect at least ~700 sources below 10keV and ~400 sources above 20keV
over the mission life.
%Desc_END
[BEPPOSAX_GRBM]
Type=XGAMMA
Id=153
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/xgamma/bepposax_grbm.adm
Rows=1082
Label=BEPPOSAX_GRBM
NameFull=BeppoSAX/GRBM gamma-ray Burst Catalog
NameShort=BeppoSAX/GRBM gamma-ray Burst Catalog
Author=Frontera F.
Org=The BeppoSAX Mission
CreationDate=2009
UpdateDate=
Bibcode=J/ApJS/180/192/table2
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/xgamma/bepposax_grbm_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
This is the catalog of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected with the Gamma
Ray Burst Monitor aboard the BeppoSAX satellite. It includes 1082 GRBs
with 40-700keV fluences in the range from 1.3x10-7 to 4.5x10-4erg/cm2,
and 40-700keV peak fluxes from 3.7x10-8 to 7.0x10-5erg/cm2/s. We
report in the catalog some relevant parameters of each GRB.
%Desc_END
[2XMMi]
Type=XGAMMA
Id=154
CustomUse=0
Version=1
File=data/catalog/xgamma/2xmmi.adm
Rows=221012
Label=2XMMi
NameFull=The XMM-Newton 2nd Incremental Source Catalogue (2XMMi) (XMM-SSC, 2008) ReadMe Similar Catalogues
NameShort=2XMMi - The XMM-Newton 2nd Incremental Source Catalogue
Author=XMM-SSC
Org=XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre Consortium
CreationDate=03/09/2008
UpdateDate=19/01/2009
Bibcode=IX/40/xmm2is
SourcesFull=VIZIER,UNIMAP
SourcesQuery=VIZIER
FootprintImg=data/catalog/xgamma/2xmmi_footprint.gif
SourceFtp={VIZIER}
SourceHttp={VIZIER}
%Desc_START
The 2XMMi catalogue is the fourth publicly released XMM X-ray source
catalogue produced by the XMM Survey Science Centre (SSC) consortium,
following the 1XMM (Cat. IX/37, released in April 2003), 2XMMp (July
2006) and 2XMM (Cat. IX/39, August 2007) catalogues: 2XMMp was a
preliminary version of 2XMM. 2XMMi is an incremental version of the
2XMM catalogue.
The 2XMMi catalogue is about 17% larger than the 2XMM catalogue, which
it supersedes, due to the 1-year longer baseline of observations
included (it is about 8 times larger than the 1XMM catalogue). As
such, it is the largest X-ray source catalogue ever produced,
containing more than twice as many discrete sources as either the
ROSAT survey or pointed catalogues. 2XMMi complements deeper Chandra
and XMM-Newton small area surveys, probing a large sky area at the
flux limit where the bulk of the objects that contribute to the X-ray
background lie. The 2XMMi catalogue provides a rich resource for
generating large, well-defined samples for specific studies, utilizing
the fact that X-ray selection is a highly efficient (arguably the most
efficient) way of selecting certain types of object, notably active
galaxies (AGN), clusters of galaxies, interacting compact binaries and
active stellar coronae. The large sky area covered by the
serendipitous survey, or equivalently the large size of the catalogue,
also means that 2XMMi is a superb resource for exploring the variety
of the X-ray source population and identifying rare source types.
The production of the 2XMMi catalogue has been undertaken by the
XMM-Newton SSC consortium in fulfilment of one of its major
responsibilities within the XMM-Newton project. The catalogue
production process has been designed to exploit fully the capabilities
of the XMM-Newton EPIC cameras and to ensure the integrity and quality
of the resultant catalogue through rigorous screening of the data.
The predecessor 2XMM catalogue was made from a subset of public
observations emerging from a re-processing (in 2006/7) of all XMM
observations made prior to that point. The creation of the incremental
2XMMi catalogue has been driven by the desire to make public the
additional data from that re-processing that were proprietary at the
time of the 2XMM release but which subsequently became public before
01 May 2008. These have been augmented with a further 90 observations
that have been processed more recently as part of the routine,
day-to-day XMM data processing performed by the SSC, which were also
public at 01 May 2008. Together, these amount to 626 additional
observations (18%) with respect to 2XMM. With these new data, the sky
area covered grows by 19% while the number of detections increases by
17% and the number of unique sources by 15%. A key factor in the
decision to make the 2XMMi catalogue is the fact that, effectively,
all the new data have been processed with the same science analysis
software (SAS), pipeline and calibration as used in the aforementioned
re-processing. As such, the products from 2XMM and from the new
observations form a set of uniformly processed data. With software and
calibration changes now being propagated into the SSC processing
pipeline, it was deemed timely to make public the largest available
uniform catalogue.
The catalogue in its FITS version file (2xmmi.fit) has 246897 entries
made of 297 columns; a 'slim' version gathering the 39 most relevant
columns for the 191870 unique sources detected, is available as an
ascii table or a FITS binary table. In both versions, the columns are
fully described in the XMM-Newton User Guide available from:
http://xmmssc-www.star.le.ac.uk/Catalogue/UserGuide_xmmcat.html The
original names of these columns are included in the "Byte-by-byte
Description" below (uppercase names within parentheses)
Details about the construction of the catalogue can be found from the
XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre (http://xmmssc-www.star.le.ac.uk/)
%Desc_END
[HEAO_A1]
Type=XGAMMA
Id=155
CustomUse=0
Version=1