HEASARC News |
Important
Upcoming
Meetings
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Proposals
Deadlines
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The latest meetings added to the HEASARC's Meeting Page include:
the
Fermi Summer School 2013 to be held in Lewes, Delaware from May 28
to June 7, 2013, and
the 27th Texas Symposium on
Relativistic Astrophysics: "Celebrating 50 Years of Relativistic
Astrophysics" to be held in Dallas, Texas from December 8 to 13,
2013.
Upcoming proposal deadlines include:
The deadline for proposals to the Chandra Cycle 15 Guest
Investigator program is March 14, 2013 at 6:00 pm EDT, and
the deadline for proposals to the Astrophysics Research and Analysis and
Strategic Astrophysics Technology components
of NASA's ROSES-2012 program
is March 22, 2013.
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Recent News
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Updated IRAM Pico Veleta 30-m Telescope Observation Log (15 Feb 2013)
The latest version of the IRAM 30-m telescope observing log
(Dan et al. 1991-2012, IRAM Newsletters) containing 148,252 millimeter
observations is now available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
NASA News Release: Fermi Proves Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic
Rays (14 Feb 2013)
A new study using Fermi observations reveals the first clear-cut
evidence that the expanding debris of
exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe. This
discovery is a major step toward understanding the origin of cosmic rays, one
of the Fermi mission's primary goals.
NASA News Release: Chandra Suggests Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy's
Youngest Black Hole (13 Feb 2013)
New data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly
distorted supernova remnant, W49B, may contain the most recent black hole
formed in the Milky Way. The remnant appears to be the product of a
rare explosion in which matter is ejected at high speeds along the poles of a
rotating star.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (13 Feb 2013)
The latest version (v3.2, 10 February 2013) of the
MILLIQUAS catalog (Eric
Flesch 2013) containing more than one million (1,221,803)
likely quasars is now available in Browse and (within half a day)
Xamin.
2013 Fermi Summer School (12 Feb 2013)
The Fermi project is happy to announce the opening of registration
for the 2013 Fermi Summer School, which will run from May 28 through June 7
2013. In addition to comprehensive coverage of gamma-ray astrophysics topics,
this year's program will include a special emphasis on searches for dark matter
and new physics.
Fermi Alternative Observing Strategies (12 Feb 2013)
The Fermi project and the Fermi Users Group are considering the
possible implementation of alternative observing strategies that might
more effectively facilitate specific science objectives, e.g., a desire for
increased sensitivity to flaring sources in the northern hemisphere, or
monitoring sources near the galactic center. These are only a few among many
possibilities and community input is sought.
XSPEC 12.8.0f Released (07 Feb 2013)
Released February 6, 2013. Fixes a bug in the plot_goodness command...
XSPEC 12.8.0e Released (06 Feb 2013)
Released January 31, 2013. Updates to PyXspec: interfaces for the parallel and statistic test commands...
Australia Telescope Large Area Survey (ATLAS) E-CDF-S 5.5-GHz Components Catalog (05 Feb 2013)
This table of 142 radio sources and components detected with the
ATCA at 5.5 GHz in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South (from Huynh et al.
2012, MNRAS, 426, 2342) is now available in Browse and Xamin.
New Fermi Science Support Center Flare Database (01 Feb 2013)
The FSSC is pleased to announce a new resource which is a
compilation of flares derived from LAT aperture photometry light curves.
Any sources found to be in a flaring state will be shown on a
special page.
NGC 1399 Chandra X-Ray Source Catalog (01 Feb 2013)
This catalog of 230 X-ray sources and their optical counterparts
in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399 (from Paolillo et al. 2011, ApJ, 736,
90) is now available in Browse and
Xamin.
INTEGRAL Optical Monitoring Camera First Catalog of Optically Variable
Sources (31 Jan 2013)
This catalog of 5,263 optically variable sources monitored by the
INTEGRAL OMC (from Alfonso-Garzon et al. 2012, A&A, 548, A79) is now
available in Browse and
Xamin.
AO-11 Proposal Schedule Released (28 Jan 2013)
The ISOC is preparing the next call for proposals requesting INTEGRAL observing time. The AO-11
will be released on 4 March 2013, with a deadline of 12 April 2013. The subsequent call for proposals
requesting data rights will be released
September 2013. The AO-11 cycle of observations will begin on 1 January 2014 and has a duration of 12 months.
AO-10 Starts (28 Jan 2013)
The AO-10 cycle of observations started on January 1st and will last 12 months. The INTEGRAL target lists
and sky maps are available at the above link.
PIMMS updated to Version 4.6b (26 Jan 2013)
Suitable for use for Cycle 15 proposals
XSPEC 12.8.0d Released (25 Jan 2013)
Released January 24, 2013. simftest improvements, removes an infinite loop case which could occur when the fit becomes insensitive to all variable fit parameter, other changes...
xTime tool updated (24 Jan 2013)
NuSTAR support has been added to xTime. Also, some unused mission
day formats have been removed.
SkyView access to UKIDSS survey data (22 Jan 2013)
SkyView users may now generate images using the public UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) data. While UKIDSS data is available in only a fraction (14%) of the sky, it goes much deeper and has higher resolution than the 2MASS … Continue reading →
Suzaku CALDB updated (20 Jan 2013)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20130110)...
Swift CALDB Data updated (20 Jan 2013)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOTA (update version 20130118).
Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope ATLAS 843-MHz Source Catalog (17 Jan 2013)
This catalog of 325 843-MHz radio sources and their counterparts
at higher frequencies in the ELAIS-S1 Field portion of the AT Large Area
Survey (from Randall et al. 2012, MNRAS,
421, 1644) is now available in Browse and
Xamin.
T-RaMiSu: Two-Meter Radio Mini-Survey of the Bootes Field
Source Catalog (15 Jan 2013)
This catalog of 1449 153-MHz radio sources and components in the
NOAO Bootes Field (from Williams et al. 2013, A&A, 549, 55) is now
available in Browse and in
Xamin.
Fermi Cycle 6 Proposal Deadline Is Very Near! (14 Jan 2013)
The deadline for proposals to participate in the Fermi Cycle-6
Guest Investigator program is January 18, 2013 at 4:30 PM EST. Proposals
should be submitted through the
ARK Remote Proposal
Submission (RPS) system.
Further details are available in the
Fermi Amendment to the 2012 ROSES NRA.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 White Dwarfs Catalog (11 Jan 2013)
This catalog of parameters derived from 20,407 spectra of 19,712
spectroscopically confirmed white dwarf stars in the SDSS DR7
(from Kleinman et al. 2013, ApJS, 144, 5) is now available in Browse and in
Xamin.
SkyView includes WMAP Nine Year Data (10 Jan 2013)
We have updated SkyView to use the new nine year maps for WMAP. These represent the full mission dataset for the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. The structure is unchanged from the earlier 7 year data. We provide a total of … Continue reading →
Chandra CALDB 4.5.5.1 released (09 Jan 2013)
CalDB 4.5.5.1 released 08 January 2013 and installed at the HEASARC on 09 January 2013. Note Caldb 4.5.5.1 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
NuSTAR images two high-energy Black Holes (09 January 2013)
NuSTAR detected high energy X-ray emission from two black holes in the outer reaches of the galaxy IC 342, and also obtained a new image of the Cas A supernova remnant.
Spitzer Survey of Orion A and B Molecular Clouds Young Stellar Objects Catalog (08 Jan 2013)
This catalog of 3479 dusty YSOs identified based on their
Spitzer and 2MASS IR magnitudes and colors (from Megeath et al. 2012, AJ, 144,
192) is now available in Browse and in
Xamin.
NASA News: Fermi and the VLBA Detect Gamma-Ray Flaring in a Galaxy
'Far' From Its Central Black Hole (07 Jan 2013)
In 2011, a blast of energy launched by the 2.6 billion solar mass
black hole in 4C +71.07 almost 11 billion years ago reached the Earth. Using a
combination of data from Fermi and the Very Long Baseline Array,
astronomers have zeroed in on the source of this ancient outburst as coming
from a location about 20 pc from the black hole.
NASA News: New Chandra Movie Features Neutron Star Action (07 Jan 2013)
This latest
Chandra movie features a deeper look at a fast moving
jet of particles produced by the Vela pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star,
and may provide new insight into the nature of some of the densest matter in
the universe.
WMAP Nine-Year Five-Band Point Source Catalog (03 Jan 2013)
This catalog of 501 WMAP point sources found using a 5-band
technique, as well as the
WMAP 9-Year CMB-Free QVW Point Source Catalog of 502
point sources found using an alternative technique (both from Bennett et al.
2012, ArXiv 1212.5225), are now available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
Swift Press Release: A New Year's Gift from NASA & Penn State (02 Jan 2013)
A large new collection of space photos taken at wavelengths that
the human eye can not perceive and that do not penetrate Earth's
atmosphere has been released as a New Year's gift by
NASA and Penn State University. The images were captured by the UVOT telescope
onboard Swift, whose science and flight operations are controlled by PSU from
the Mission Operations Center in State College, Pa.
New NICER web site is now Open (31 Dec 2012)
The Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR mission web site
is now public, with lots of information and graphics on this proposed new
NASA mission.
XSPEC 12.8.0 Released (28 Dec 2012)
Released December 28, 2012. Parallel processing capabilities, improvements to Levenberg-Marquardt fit algorithm, other changes...
An Image Gallery Gift from NASA's Swift (28 December 2012)
Of the three telescopes carried by NASA's Swift satellite, only one captures cosmic light at energies similar to those seen by the human eye. Although small by the standards of ground-based observatories, Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) plays a critical role in rapidly pinpointing the locations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the brightest explosions in the cosmos
HEASoft 6.13 released (27 Dec 2012)
Released December 27, 2012; primarily driven by updates to the Swift
mission software, but also includes updates to other packages which
have been revised to mirror the current development versions in use at
the HEASARC......
Swift CALDB Data updated (26 Dec 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20121218).
Chandra COSMOS (C-COSMOS) Survey Optical/IR Counterparts Catalog (21 Dec 2012)
This catalog of counterpart information on 1761 Chandra X-ray
sources in the COSMOS field (from Civano et al. 2012, ApJS, 201, 30) is now
available in Browse and (within half a day)
Xamin.
The WMAP Nine-Year Data Release (20 Dec 2012)
The nine-year WMAP data release, including power spectra and the likelihood software, temperature and polarization sky maps, raw and calibrated time-ordered data, ancillary instrument data, and telemetry data. This is the final WMAP data release.
XMM-Newton Slew Survey 2-10 keV Band Extragalactic Sample Source Catalog (19 Dec 2012)
This catalog of 219 2-10 keV X-ray sources selected to comprise
an extragalactic sample (from Warwick et al. 2012, A&A, 548, A99) is now
available in Browse and (within half a day)
Xamin.
VLA Low-Frequency Sky Survey Redux (VLSSr) Source Catalog (18 Dec 2012)
The VLSSr catalog (from Lane et al. 2012, Radio Science, 47,
RS0K04) of 95,491 74-MHz radio source (components) above 5-sigma in 3 pi sr of
the sky is now available in Browse and (within half a day)
Xamin.
Swift Cycle 9 Results (18 December 2012)
Swift Cycle 9 Accepted Targets and Proposals Have Been Posted
Chandra: CIAO 4.5 released (14 Dec 2012)
CIAO 4.5 was released on December 13; mkpsf tool withdrawn, tg_findzo tool released, more...
Chandra Cycle 15 Call for Proposals Has Been Released (14 Dec 2012)
The Chandra X-ray Center is pleased to announce the release of the
Chandra Cycle 15 Call for Proposals. The due date for Cycle 15 proposals to be
submitted is 2013 March 14.
NASA Feature: New Study Reveals a Remarkable Symmetry in Black Hole Jets (14 Dec 2012)
Black holes range from modest objects formed when individual
stars end their lives to behemoths billions of times more massive that rule
the centers of galaxies.
Nemmen et al. (2012, Science, 338, 1445) use Swift and
Fermi data to show that high-speed jets launched from active black holes
possess fundamental similarities regardless of mass, age or environment,
hinting that common physical processes amy be at work.
Australia Telescope Hubble Deep Field-South Consolidated Radio Source Catalog (12 Dec 2012)
This catalog (from Huynh et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 1331) of radio
fluxes and spectral indices of 473 sources detected in the
HDF-S is now available in Browse and in
Xamin, as are the related catalogs of the
individual 2.5, 5.2 and 8.7 GHz measurements
from the same paper, and of the
optical identifications and classifications
from Huynh (2008, AJ, 135, 2470).
General Catalog of Variable Stars, March 2012 Version (12 Dec 2012)
This catalog (from Samus et al. 2012) of 45,835 known variable
stars is now available in Browse and in
Xamin, as is an updated version of the related
GCVS Suspected Variable Stars Catalog
from the same source.
Astronomers Catch Jet from Binge-Eating Black Hole (12 December 2012)
Back in January, a new X-ray source flared and rapidly brightened in the Andromeda galaxy (M31), located 2.5 million light-years away. Classified as an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX), the object is only the second ever seen in M31 and became the target of an intense observing campaign by orbiting X-ray telescopes - including NASA's Swift - and radio observatories on the ground. These efforts resulted in the first detection of radio-emitting jets from a stellar-mass black hole outside our own galaxy.
XMMAO (XMM-Newton Accepted Targets) Table (09 Dec 2012)
The latest version of the table of accepted XMM-Newton targets,
updated to include AO-12 results, is now available in Browse and
Xamin.
NASA Press Release: Fermi Improves its Vision for Thunderstorm Gamma-Ray Flashes (06 Dec 2012)
Thanks to improved data analysis techniques and a new operating
mode, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is now 10 times better at
catching TGFs, the brief outbursts of high-energy light mysteriously produced
above thunderstorms, than ever before.
New Fermi Contributed Science Tool Released (06 Dec 2012)
gtapps_mp has been released as the Fermi Contributed Software. gtapps_mp is as set of python modules that can drastically decrease the time needed to perform an analysis of LAT data ...
XMM-Newton AO-12 Results Released (04 Dec 2012)
The list of XMM-Newton observing proposals accepted by the AO-12 Observing Time Allocation Committee is now available.
Swift CALDB Data updated (03 Dec 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20121128).
VLA Extended-Chandra Deep Field South 1.4-GHz Sources Optical/IR/X-ray Counterparts Catalog (29 Nov 2012)
This catalog (from Bonzini et al. 2012, ApJS, 203, 15) of
883 1.4-GHz radio sources (and their counterparts in the optical, IR and
X-ray) in the E-CDFS field is now available in Browse and
Xamin.
QUIET Data Available through LAMBDA (28 Nov 2012)
The QUIET team has released their first and second season band powers through LAMBDA.
Swift CALDB Data updated (28 Nov 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20121005).
Suzaku Cycle 8 Now Closed (26 Nov 2012)
Suzaku Cycle 8 is now closed. NASA has received 67 proposals
for an oversubscription factor of 3.1
Suzaku CALDB updated (15 Nov 2012)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20121106)...
Phoenix Deep Survey 1.4-GHz Source Catalog (13 Nov 2012)
This catalog (from Hopkins et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 465) of
2148 1.4-GHz radio sources with a 10% false detection rate threshold detected
by the ATCA in the Phoenix Deep Field is now available in Browse and
Xamin.
Australia Telescope ESO Slice Project Redshift Survey Region 1.4-GHz Source Catalog (07 Nov 2012)
This catalog (from Prandoni et al. 2000, A&AS, 146, 41) of
3370 1.4-GHz radio sources and components detected above 0.5 mJy (6-sigma) in
the ESP region is now available in Browse and in
Xamin.
Australia Telescope Hubble Deep Field-South 1.4-GHz Source Catalog (06 Nov 2012)
This catalog (from Huynh et al. 2005, AJ, 130, 1363) of 466
1.4-GHz radio sources detected above 5-sigma in the
HDF-S is now available in Browse and in
Xamin.
Reminder: Suzaku AO-8 Proposals Deadline Is Near! (06 Nov 2012)
The deadline for Suzaku AO-8 proposals from US-based observers
is Friday November 16th at 4:30pm EST. No new Key Project
proposals are solicited for this AO, due to the uncertainty over the remaining
mission lifetime.
NASA Press Release: Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight (01 Nov 2012)
Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
have made the most accurate measurement of the extragalactic background light
in the universe and used
it to establish the total number of stars that have ever shone, accomplishing
a primary Fermi mission goal.
Updated IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer Observation Log (01 Nov 2012)
The latest version of the IRAM PdBI observing log (Dan & Meri
1991-2012, IRAM Newsletters) containing 15,047 millimeter observations is now
available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
QUaD Data Available through LAMBDA (31 Oct 2012)
The QUaD team has released their sky maps and band powers through LAMBDA.
Merged Catalog of Galactic Reflection Nebulae (31 Oct 2012)
This uniform catalog of 913 Galactic reflection nebulae
(from Magakian 2003, A&A, 399, 141) is
now available in Browse and (within half a day) Xamin.
SDSS/XMM-Newton/FIRST Type 1 AGN Catalog (24 Oct 2012)
This table of the X-ray, optical and radio properties of a sample
of 863 type
1 AGN with redshifts up to ~2.3 (from Ballo et al. 2012, A&A, 545, 66) is
now available in Browse and (within half a day) Xamin.
NuSTAR Spots a Flare from Sgr A* (24 Oct 2012)
NuSTAR saw a rare X-ray outburst, or flare, from Sgr A*, the Milky Way's notoriously quiet central supermassive black hole.
Nature Letter: INTEGRAL Detects the Ti-44
Radioactive Decay Emission Lines in SNR 1987A (22 Oct 2012)
Grebenev et al. (2012, Nature, 490, 373) have just published
their results from 4.5-Megasecond INTEGRAL observations of SNR 1987A in
2010-11 in which they have detected the predicted Ti-44 emission lines at 68
and 78 keV.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (22 Oct 2012)
The latest version (v3.1, 22 October 2012) of this catalog
(from E. Flesch
2012) containing more than one million (1,226,331) likely quasars is
now available in Browse and (within half a day)
Xamin.
XMM-Newton 2XMMi-DR3 Selected Source Classifications Catalog (22 Oct 2012)
This table of 4330 unique X-ray sources from the XMM Serendipitous
Source Catalog for which classifications have been made (from Lin et al.
2012, ApJ, 756, 27), and a related table
of the 19637 individual detections of these sources are
now available in Browse and (within half a day) Xamin.
Fermi Cycle-6 NRA has been issued: GI Proposals are due on January 18, 2013 (22 Oct 2012)
The call for proposals to participate in the Fermi Cycle-6 Guest
Investigator Program has been issued by NASA Headquarters as an amendment to
the 2012 ROSES NRA. The Cycle-6 program includes several new opportunities for
guest investigations.
News Story: INTEGRAL, Ten Years of Tracking Extreme Radiation Across the Universe (19 Oct 2012)
ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory was launched
ten years ago this week. This is a good time to look back at some of the
highlights of the mission's first decade and forward to its future plans
(more from ESA)
XDEEP2: DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey Fields Chandra Point Source Catalog (17 Oct 2012)
This catalog of the X-ray and optical (if detected) properties of
2976 Chandra ACIS-I sources in 4 DEEP2 survey fields (from Goulding et al.
2012, ApJS, 202, 6) is now
available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
Chandra CALDB 4.5.3 released (16 Oct 2012)
CalDB 4.5.3 released 15 October 2012 and installed at the HEASARC on 16 October 2012. Note Caldb 4.5.3 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
Optically Selected Radio-Intermediate & Radio-Loud Quasars X-ray Emission Catalog (16 Oct 2012)
This catalog of the X-ray, optical/UV and X-ray properties of 654
RI & RL quasars (from Miller et al. 2011, ApJ, 726, 20) is now
available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
Updated calibration of Suzaku XIS (15 Oct 2012)
An updated calibration of contaminant build-up, and hence
of the low-energy response of XIS, has been released.
DS9 Updated (13 Oct 2012)
Version 7.1; catalog matching, enhanced plot tools, more ...
X-ray Satellites Monitor the Clashing Winds of a Colossal Binary (12 October 2012)
The hottest and most massive stars don't live long enough to disperse throughout the galaxy. Instead, they can be found near the clouds of gas and dust where they formed - and where they will explode as supernovae after a few million years. They huddle in tight clusters with other young stars or in looser groupings called OB associations, a name reflecting their impressive populations of rare O- and B-type stars.
Suzaku CALDB updated (05 Oct 2012)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20120902)...
Swift CALDB Data updated (05 Oct 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20120830).
Murchison Wide-field Array 32-T Low-Frequency Source Catalog (05 Oct 2012)
This catalog of 648 100-200 MHz radio sources detected in two high
Galactic latitude fields (Williams et al. 2012, ApJ, 755, 47) is now
available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
NASA's Swift Satellite Discovers a New Black Hole in our Galaxy (05 October 2012)
NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the presence of a previously unknown stellar-mass black hole.
ELAIS Final Band-Merged Catalog (03 Oct 2012)
The European Large-Area ISO Survey Final Band-Merged Catalog
(Rowan-Robinson et al. 2004, MNRAS, 351, 1290) of 3762 infrared sources is now
available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
Xamin 1.7 released (03 Oct 2012)
A new information pane is now included in the main Xamin web interface. This pane shows information about groups of tables and the detailed table documentation. Previously this information had been displayed in the bottom of the main query pane. … Continue reading →
NASA News Release: Simulations Uncover 'Flashy' Secrets of Merging Black Holes (02 Oct 2012)
A team that includes astrophysicists at NASA/GSFC is using
computational models to explore the mergers of supersized black holes. Their
most recent work investigates what kind of electromagnetic "flash" might be
seen by telescopes when astronomers ultimately detect gravitational wave
signals from such an event.
HEASARC batch queries handled by Xamin (02 Oct 2012)
At approximately 9:30 AM EDT October 2 2012 we have moved the handling of batch queries to use our Xamin system. For most users we hope this will be transparent, but see our previous articles for potential changes. Benchmarks have … Continue reading →
Suzaku AO-8 Proposals Due on Nov 16, 2012 (1 Oct 2012)
The AO-8 Call for Proposals has been released. The deadline
for US-based observer is 4:30 pm EST on Nov 16, 2012.
Chandra CALDB 4.5.2 released (28 Sep 2012)
CalDB 4.5.2 released 27 September 2012 and installed at the HEASARC on 28 September 2012. Note Caldb 4.5.2 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
Reminder: The Deadline for XMM-Newton AO-12 Proposals Is Very Soon! (28 Sep 2012)
Proposals for the XMM-Newton AO-12 are due no later than
8:00 am EDT on October 5th.
SDSS/UKIDSS-LAS Matched Quasars Catalog (28 Sep 2012)
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey/UKIRT DSS Large Area Survey
Matched Quasars catalog (Peth et al. 2011, AJ, 141, 105) is now
available in Browse and (within half a day) in
Xamin.
NuSTAR: The First 100 Days (27 Sep 2012)
Sept. 21, 2012 marked 100 days since NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, launched into space from the L-1011 "Stargazer" aircraft. Since completing its 30-day checkout, the telescope has been busy making its first observations of black holes, super-dense dead stars and the glowing remains of exploded stars.
New Fermi Science Tool Released (27 Sep 2012)
do_gbm.py, a python script to facilitate semi-automated analysis
of the GBM data from the Fermi mission, is available from the Fermi User Contributed Tools page. The script allows a fully
automated method of analysis using the information provided in the
data file headers but also allows the user to customize the
analysis. ...
Batch Queries Moving to Xamin (26 Sep 2012)
On October 2, 2012 we will begin sending batch queries to our Xamin interface. Internal tests have shown Xamin about twice as fast as the current interface. The switch will be accomplished by internally redirecting batch queries sent to the … Continue reading →
Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor has Detected Its 1000th GRB! (24 Sep 2012)
The Fermi GBM instrument detected its 1000th gamma-ray burst
at 21:03 UT on September 21. This milestone was reached almost a year earlier
than pre-launch predictions...
ISDC Releases OSA 10 (24 Sep 2012)
The ISDC has released version 10 of its Off-Line Scientific Analysis (OSA)
software package. OSA 10 runs on both Linux and recent Mac OS X platforms and contains
improvements to the IBIS/ISGRI energy calibration and new JEM-X imaging features. It can be downloaded
from the INTEGRAL GOF Data Analysis page or the ISDC.
NASA News Release: Chandra Shows That an Enormous Halo of Hot Gas Surrounds the Milky Way (24 Sep 2012)
Gupta et al. (2012, ApJ, 756, L8) have used NASA's Chandra X-ray
Observatory to find evidence that our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an
enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years.
The estimated mass of the halo of over 10 billion solar masses is comparable to
the mass of all the stars in the Galaxy.
Reminder: Deadline for Swift Cycle 9 Guest Investigator Program Proposals Is Very Soon! (20 Sep 2012)
Proposals for the Swift Cycle 9 component of the ROSES-2012 NRA
are due no later than 4:30 pm EDT on September
26th.
Ritter Catalog of Cataclysmic Binaries (Version 7.18) (20 Sep 2012)
The latest (7.18: July-2012) versions of the Cataclysmic
Binaries Catalog, the Low-Mass
X-ray Binaries Catalog and the Binaries
Related to CVs Catalog (Ritter & Kolb 2003-2012) are all now
available in Browse and (within 1 day) in
Xamin.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (19 Sep 2012)
The latest version (v3.0, 9 September 2012) of this catalog
(from E. Flesch
2012) containing more than one million likely quasars is now
available in Browse and
Xamin.
INTEGRAL IBIS 9-Year Galactic Hard X-Ray Survey Catalog (19 Sep 2012)
This table of 402 low-Galactic-latitude (|b| < 17
degrees) INTEGRAL/IBIS sources detected in the 17 - 60 keV band above a
4.7-sigma detection threshold (from
Krivonos et al. 2012, A&A, 545, A27) is now available in Browse and Xamin.
Xamin and batch queries (06 Sep 2012)
Over the next couple of weeks we plan for Xamin to take over responsibility for batch queries sent to the HEASARC. In our initial tests the Xamin queries ran about 4 times faster. While we’ve made some efforts to minimize … Continue reading →
INTEGRAL AO-10 Call for Data Right Proposals (04 Sep 2012)
ESA has released the 10th Announcement of Opportunity for
data right proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is
September 28, 2012. Additional information can be found on the ESA
INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL
US GOF.
Chandra CALDB 4.5.1 released (31 Aug 2012)
CalDB 4.5.1 released 28 July 2012 and installed at the HEASARC on 31 August 2012. Note Caldb 4.5.1 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
Very Large Array ELAIS N1, N2 and N3 Fields 20-cm Source Catalog (28 Aug 2012)
This table of 867 radio sources detected at 20 cm
in 3 northern regions of the European Large-Area ISO Survey (from
Ciliegi et al. 1999, MNRAS, 302, 222) is now available in Browse and Xamin.
Science Report: Absorption Features in the X-ray Spectrum of an Ordinary Radio Pulsar (27 Aug 2012)
X-ray spectral features, previously found only in 'exotic' kinds
of neutron star, may be more common than previously thought. Kargaltsev et al.
(2012, Science, 337, 946) report detecting them in the XMM-Newton spectrum of
an ordinary, rotation-powered pulsar, PSR J1740+1000.
Science Report: A 200-s Quasi-Periodicity after the Tidal Disruption of a Star by a Dormant Black Hole (27 Aug 2012)
A 200-s X-ray QPO is reported in the XMM-Newton and Suzaku
spectra of Swift J164449.3+573451 a few weeks after Swift detected the X-ray
flare of this tidal
disruption candidate, coincident with the nucleus of an inactive galaxy (see
Reis et al. 2012, Science, 337, 949).
Australia Telescope Large Area Survey ELAIS-S1/SWIRE Field 1.4-GHz Source ID & Classifications Catalog (27 Aug 2012)
This table of 1276 radio sources detected at 1.4 GHz
in a region centered on the ELAIS-S1/SWIRE field (from Middelberg et al.
2008, AJ, 135, 1276), and a related table
of the 1366 individual components are now available in
Browse and Xamin.
Suzaku CALDB updated (26 Aug 2012)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20120820)...
Australia Telescope Large Area Survey CDF-S 1.4-GHz Source ID & Classifications Catalog (23 Aug 2012)
This table of 726 radio sources detected at 1.4 GHz
in a region centered on the Chandra Deep Field-South field (from Norris et al.
2006, AJ, 132, 2409), and a related table
of the 784 individual components are now available in
Browse and Xamin.
XMM-Newton AO-12 Solicitation Released (21 Aug 2012)
XMM-Newton observing proposals are solicited in response to the Twelfth Announcement of Opportunity.
Australia Telescope Large Area Survey 2.3-GHz Source Catalog (21 Aug 2012)
This table of 631 radio sources detected at both 1.4 and 2.3 GHz
in 2 regions centered on the ELAIS-S1 and CDF-S fields (from Zinn et al. 2012,
A&A, 544, A38) is now available in Browse and Xamin.
Xamin 1.6 released (20 Aug 2012)
A new version of Xamin, 1.6, was released this morning. The most noticable changes are a new notice facility and links to the Xamin Blog in the help menu. We will use the notice facility to inform users of new … Continue reading →
Viewing tool updated (15 Aug 2012)
As per recently
updated mission guidelines, the Sun angle constraint for Suzaku has
been updated to 70-115 degrees.
NASA Press Release: The Remarkable "Phoenix" Cluster of Galaxies, SPT-CLJ2344-4243 (15 Aug 2012)
This luminous z=0.596 cluster, discovered by the South Pole
Telescope via the S-Z Effect, has a massive, cooling-flow induced starburst in
its core and the largest known X-ray luminosity of any cluster, according
to a new multi-wavelength (including Chandra) study (McDonald et al. (2012, Nature, 488, 349).
Swift-INTEGRAL X-Ray (SIX) Survey Catalog (15 Aug 2012)
This table of 113 hard X-ray (18 - 55 keV) sources in a 6200 sq.
deg. area round the NEP (from Bottacini et al. 2012, ApJS, 201, 34)
is now available in Browse and (within a day) in Xamin.
Exoplanets Orbit Database (15 Aug 2012)
This table of (currently) 602 exoplanets with well-determined
orbital parameters (from Wright et al. 2011, PASP, 123, 412 and this web site)
is now available in Browse and Xamin.
Gravitational Wave and X-Ray Mission Architecture Studies Released (13 Aug 2012)
The Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) Program Office is pleased to
announce the public release of the recent Gravitational Wave and X-Ray mission
architecture studies.
Viewing tool updated (10 Aug 2012)
The Viewing tool has been updated to version 3.3. The times of
Moon angle constraints are now displayed with 1-hour resolution. For
preferred TOO observations with Swift, target-Sun R.A. differences in the
0-4 hour range are now included, as well as >8 hours, as per recently
updated mission guidelines.
Swift Cycle 9: Proposals Due September 26, 2012 (10 August 2012)
Details on the Swift Cycle 9 Guest Investigator Program are now available.
4th Fermi Symposium Abstract Submission Deadline Is Nearing! (08 Aug 2012)
Abstracts for presentations to this symposium, to be held in
Monterey, California from October 28th to November 2nd, are due no later
than August 21st.
ACT 2008 148-GHz Data Release (07 Aug 2012)
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope team has released unbiased
ML sky maps, hit count maps, beams, and source masks from their 148-GHz 2008
southern strip data, which cover roughly RA of 21h30m to 8h and Declination
-57d to -48d.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (07 Aug 2012)
The latest version (v2.10, 6 August 2012) of this catalog
(from E. Flesch
2012) containing more than one million quasars is now available in
Browse and (within 1 day) in
Xamin.
Status of Suzaku (3 Aug 2012)
The gradual decline of solar panels is now impacting
operations.
Swift Simultaneous UV, Optical and X-Ray Observed Quasar Catalog (03 Aug 2012)
This catalog of 1034 SDSS DR5 quasars with potentially matching
Swift UVOT and XRT data (from Wu et al. 2012, ApJS, 201, 10) is
now available in Browse and (within 1 day) in Xamin.
NASA Press Release: Cry of a Shredded Star Heralds a New Era for Testing Relativity (03 Aug 2012)
Last year, astronomers using Swift discovered a quiescent black
hole in a distant galaxy that erupted after shredding and consuming a passing
star. Now Reis et al. (2012, Science)
have identified a distinctive X-ray signal
in follow-up observations of Swift J1644+57 made by Suzaku and XMM-Newton in
the days after the outburst that comes from matter on the verge of falling
into the black hole.
New Funding Opportunity for Fermi Cycle 6: VERITAS and Fermi Joint Program (31 Jul 2012)
The VERITAS team and the FSSC are pleased
to announce a pilot program for the Fermi Cycle 6 GI Program that supports
collaborative efforts to jointly observe high-energy gamma-ray sources with
VERITAS and Fermi. Successful proposals will be selected on a competitive
basis via the Fermi Cycle 6 proposal review. Details of the program are
described in the VERITAS-Fermi Collaborative Agreement.
NASA News: NASA X-Ray Mirror Concept Inspired by a Roll of Scotch® Tape (31 Jul 2012)
The inspiration behind NASA/GSFC scientist Maxim Markevitch's
quest to build a low-cost X-ray mirror using a never-before-tried technique
comes from an unusual source: a roll of Scotch® tape.
NuSTAR Passes Post-Launch Assessment Review (30 Jul 2012)
NASA's new X-ray mission, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, has passed its PLAR, clearing the way for the mission to enter its science operations phase (Phase "E") in August 2012.....
Fermi LAT Aperture Photometry Light Curves (25 Jul 2012)
The FSSC is pleased to announce the availability of LAT light
curves obtained using aperture photometry for all sources in the 2FGL catalog.
The light curves have 30 day time resolution and are provided as ASCII files
with corresponding plots, and are intended to provide a quick way to inspect
gross features in the long-term source behavior. The light curves, plots, and
details of the analysis, together with caveats on their use can be found here.
WMAP 7-Year Internal Templates and Needlets New Source Catalog (25 Jul 2012)
This catalog of 1116 WMAP point sources found using a new
needlet-based technique (from Scodeller, Hansen & Marinucci 2012, ApJ,
753, 27) is now available in Browse and (within 1 day) in Xamin.
Neighboring Galaxies Catalog (23 Jul 2012)
This catalog of 451 nearby galaxies (D < about 10 Mpc) from
Karachentsev et al. (2004, AJ, 127, 2031) is
now available in Browse and (within 1 day) in Xamin.
Chandra Cycle 14 Accepted Targets Lists Now Available (20 Jul 2012)
The peer-review recommended targets for Chandra Cycle
14 for regular, large, multicycle and XVP-type proposals, as well as for joint
XMM/Chandra & Suzaku/Chandra proposals, have been
announced.
Australia Telescope-PMN Catalog of Southern Radio Sources at 4.8 & 8.6 Ghz (19 Jul 2012)
This catalog of 9040 4.8 & 8.4 GHz radio sources detected by
the AT at the locations of 8385 previously detected PMN sources
(from McConnell et al. 2012, MNRAS, 422, 1527) is now available in Browse and
(within 1 day) in Xamin.
CFITSIO Updated (19 Jul 2012)
Version 3.31 released July 18; Several enhancements...
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor News (17 Jul 2012)
The Fermi GBM data delivery system has recently experienced
problems owing to high count rates during periods of intense solar activity.
The large number of triggers has caused downlink and processing delays. The
GBM instrument team has implemented 2 changes to restore data quality, improve
latencies, and ensure consistent delivery.
NuSTAR Observes 3C 273 (July 16, 2012) (17 Jul 2012)
3C 273 simultaneously observed by NuSTAR, XMM, Swift, Suzaku, and INTEGRAL....
Swift CALDB Data updated (09 Jul 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20120604) and the UVOTA (update version 20120606).
Suzaku CALDB updated (09 Jul 2012)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20120703)...
NASA Press release: In McNeil's Nebula, the Young Star V1647 Ori Flaunts Its X-Ray Spots (05 Jul 2012)
Using data from a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes - Chandra,
Suzaku and XMM-Newton - a team led by GSFC's Kenji Hamaguchi (2012 ApJ, in
press) have identified cyclic variations in the X-ray emission from this
protostar which they interpret as being caused by the rotational modulation of
2 accretion-powered hot spots on its surface.
INTEGRAL AO-10 General Program Results (02 July 2012)
The INTEGRAL AO-10 General Program, as recommended by the
Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 12th of June by the
ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. Alvaro Gimenez), has been released.
Reminder: Astrophysics Theory Program Proposals Deadline Is Nearing! (02 Jul 2012)
Proposals for the ATP component of the ROSES-2012 NRA are due
no later than July 13th.
NASA News: NuSTAR Has Obtained Its First-Light Image! (28 Jun 2012)
NASA's next X-ray mission, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope
Array, has completed its initial instrument turn-on and check-out phase and
obtained its first (X-ray) light image of a cosmic source, Cygnus X-1.
More calibration targets will be observed over the next 2 weeks.
Chandra CALDB 4.5.0 released (28 Jun 2012)
CalDB 4.5.0 released 27 June 2012 and installed at the HEASARC on 28 June 2012. Note Caldb 4.5.0 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
NuSTAR First Light (June 28, 2012) (28 Jun 2012)
NuSTAR observes Cyg X-1, providing the first-ever focused images of the high-energy X-ray universe....
XMM-Newton SAS v12.0.1 Released (28 Jun 2012)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Science Analysis Software.
Chandra: CIAO 4.4.1 released (June 27, 2012) (28 Jun 2012)
CIAO 4.4.1 released; Sherpa version 2.0, leapsecond library updated, more...
NASA Press Release: Hubble and Swift Detect Changes in an
Exoplanet's Atmosphere (28 Jun 2012)
An international team (Lecavelier des Etangs et al.
2012, A&A, in press) using data from Hubble has
detected significant changes in the atmosphere
of the explanet HD 189733b. The scientists conclude the atmospheric variations
occurred in response to a powerful eruption on the planet's host star, an
event observed by the Swift XRT 8 hours earlier.
Hubble, Swift Detect First-Ever Changes in an Exoplanet Atmosphere (28 June 2012)
An international team of astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made an unparalleled observation, detecting significant changes in the atmosphere of a planet located beyond our solar system.
VLA Hubble Deep Field 1.4-GHz Radio Source Catalog (27 Jun 2012)
This catalog of 371 radio sources in the HDF (from Richards 2000,
ApJ, 533, 611) which were detected at 1.4 GHz by the VLA is
now available in Browse and (within 1 day) in Xamin,
as is the
catalog of 223 radio sources detected at 610 MHz in the
1-hr XMM/Chandra Survey Field by the GMRT (Moss et al. 2007, MNRAS, 378, 995).
Byrd Green Bank Telescope 31-GHz Radio Source Catalog (26 Jun 2012)
This catalog of 1490 radio sources (from Mason et al. 2009, ApJ,
704, 1433) which were observed at 31 GHz by the GBT 100m dish is
now available in Browse and (within 1 day) in Xamin,
as is the
catalog of 1674 radio sources observed at 31 GHz by the OVRO 40-m
telescope 11% (same reference).
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array 31-GHz Radio Source Catalog (26 Jun 2012)
This catalog of 209 radio sources detected at 31 GHz by the SZA
at flux levels as low as 1 mJy (from Muchovej et al. 2010, ApJ, 716, 521) is
now available in Browse and (within 1 day) in Xamin.
NASA News: NuSTAR Successfully Deployed Its Mast on June 21 (22 Jun 2012)
NASA's next X-ray mission, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope
Array, deployed its 10-meter long mast at 1:43 pm EDT on June 21 so that the
telescope is now in its operational configuration. First light is expected
in about five days time.
Fermi Blog: The Sound of a Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst (21 Jun 2012)
Listen to the 'music' of GRB 080916C, as its gamma-ray photon
frequencies are translated into musical notes played by different instruments.
NuSTAR's mast is unfurled (June 21, 2012) (21 Jun 2012)
NuSTAR has successfully deployed its lengthy mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in our universe ....
A Chandra View of Star Formation in the Central 3 kpc of NGC 2403 (20 Jun 2012)
This catalog of X-ray data for 58 point sources, 24 SNRs and 47
H II regions in the central part of the nearby SAB(s)cd galaxy NGC 2403
(Yukita et al. 2010, AJ, 139, 1066) is now available in Browse and
in
Xamin.
COSPAR Announces its 2012 Award Winners (19 Jun 2012)
Honorees include Janet Luhmann of UC Berkeley (winner of the
COSPAR Space Science Award), Roger-Maurice Bonnet of ISSI (winner of the
COSPAR International Medal), Neil Gehrels of NASA/GSFC (winner
of the COSPAR Harry Massey Award) and Robert Lin of UC Berkeley (winner of the
Jeoujang Jaw Award).
Chandra-COSMOS Radio-Selected Star Forming Galaxies and AGN Catalog (14 Jun 2012)
This catalog of 115 radio-selected sources from the
VLA-COSMOS survey with an X-ray detection in Chandra-COSMOS (Ranalli et al.,
2012, A&A, 542, 16) is now
available in Browse and in
Xamin.
NASA News: NuSTAR Successfully Launched on June 13th (13 Jun 2012)
NASA's next X-ray mission, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope
Array, launched on a Pegasus XL rocket which deployed from an
L-1011 aircraft flying over the Pacific at 12 noon EDT on June 13.
Congratulations to the whole NuSTAR team!
NuSTAR is Launched (13 Jun 2012)
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) Wednesday, June 13, 2012, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of buried black holes and other exotic objects. ....
NASA News Release: Fermi Detects 4 GeV Gamma Rays from X5.4 Solar Flare (12 Jun 2012)
During a powerful solar flare on March 7, Fermi's LAT detected
the highest-energy (4 GeV) gamma rays ever associated with such an event. The
LAT detected gamma-rays from this event for about 20 hours, also a record.
NASA News Release: Black Hole Growth Found to Be Out of Sync in 2 Galaxies (12 Jun 2012)
New evidence from Chandra challenges prevailing ideas about how
black holes grow in the center of galaxies. In the galaxies NGC 4342 and NGC
4291 the central supermassive black holes are 10-35 times more massive than
expected from the masses of their galactic bulges.
Chandra CALDB 4.4.10 released (08 Jun 2012)
CalDB 4.4.10 released 30 May 2012 and installed at the HEASARC on 08 June 2012. Note Caldb 4.4.10 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
Fermi LAT CALDB update (07 Jun 2012)
The CALDB for the Fermi LAT has been updated to version v9r27p1_20120418...
Updated IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer Observation Log (06 Jun 2012)
The latest version of the IRAM PdBI log (Dan and Meri,
1991-2012, IRAM Newsletters) containing 14,511 millimeter observations is now
available in Browse and (shortly) in
Xamin.
XMM-Newton SAS v12.0.0 Released (05 Jun 2012)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Science Analysis Software.
NASA News: NuSTAR Has Been Shipped to Kwajalein, To Launch on June 13th (05 Jun 2012)
NASA's next X-ray mission, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope
Array, is being ferried from California to Kwajalein Atoll today. It will
be launched on a Pegasus XL rocket dropped from an L-1011 aircraft flying over
the Pacific on June 13 at 11:30am EDT.
NASA News: Chandra Detects Giant Black Hole Being Kicked Out of Its Home Galaxy (05 Jun 2012)
Astronomers have found strong evidence that a massive black hole
is being ejected from its host galaxy at a speed of 3 million miles per
hour. New observations from Chandra suggest that the black hole collided and
merged with another black hole and received a powerful recoil kick from
gravitational wave radiation. See
Civano et al.
(2012, ApJ, 752, 49) for more details.
WISE/2MASS/ROSAT All-Sky Survey (W2R) AGN Sample (04 Jun 2012)
The W2R sample of 4316 RASS sources identified as AGN based on
a statistic using their spatial coincidence with IR sources in the appropriate
color range by Edelson and Malkan (2012, ApJ, 751, 52) is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
NASA Press Release: X-Ray 'Echoes' Map a Supermassive Black Hole's
Environs (31 May 2012)
Scientists using ESA's XMM-Newton satellite have identified
long-sought X-ray echoes of flares of NGC 4151's SMBH that locate the
flare sources about 30 light minutes above its accretion disk.
ROSAT All-Sky Survey Candidate Isolated Neutron Stars (31 May 2012)
The list of 147 RASS Bright Source Catalog sources identified
by Turner et al. (2010, ApJ, 714, 1424) as candidate INSs, 4 of which are
now confirmed INSs and 36 more are still possibly INSs, is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
Ritter Catalog of Cataclysmic Binaries (Version 7.17) (29 May 2012)
The latest (7.17: May-2012) versions of the Cataclysmic
Binaries Catalog, the Low-Mass
X-ray Binaries Catalog and the Binaries
Related to CVs Catalog (Ritter & Kolb 2003-2012) are all now
available in Browse and in
Xamin.
The Ring Galaxy NGC 1291 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (24 May 2012)
This catalog of 169 X-ray point sources detected by the Chandra
ACIS in NGC 1291 (from Luo et al. 2012,
ApJ, 749, 130) is now available in Browse and (shortly) in
Xamin.
NASA News: NuSTAR Gearing Up for Launch on June 13th (22 May 2012)
Final pre-launch preparations are underway for the Nuclear
Spectroscopic Telescope Array. NuSTAR, a hard X-ray imaging observatory, will
be launched on a Pegasus XL rocket, with a target date of June 13, 11:30am EDT.
Second Byurakan Survey General Catalog Galaxies Optical Database (17 May 2012)
The SBS catalog (from Gyulzadyan et al. 2011, Astrophysics, 54, 1)
of optical data on 1676 active and star-forming galaxies is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
ROSAT Results Archive Sources in PSPC Filter Observations (16 May 2012)
The 2RXF Catalog of 704 high-confidence sources detected in
pointed ROSAT PSPC observations with the Boron filter is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin. The full 2RXF Catalog containing 2,526 detections,
including low-confidence and possibly spurious sources is also
available.
Fermi LAT Second AGN Catalog (16 May 2012)
This catalog (from Ackermann et al. 2011, ApJ, 743, 171)
of 1121 AGN detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope in 2 years of
scientific operations is now available in Browse and in
Xamin, replacing the Fermi LAT First AGN Catalog.
Swift CALDB Data updated (11 May 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20120503).
Suzaku CALDB updated (11 May 2012)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20120509)...
SDSS Unusual Quasars Catalog (09 May 2012)
This catalog (from Meusinger et al. 2012, A&A, 541, A77)
of 1005 SDSS quasars selected to have spectra significantly different than
the SDSS composite quasar spectrum is now available
in Browse and (shortly) in
Xamin.
RASS High Galactic Latitude Soft X-Ray Sources II (07 May 2012)
This catalog (from Beuermann et al. 1999, A&A, 347, 47)
of 77 spectrally soft X-ray sources with count rates CR from 0.11 to 0.5 ct/s,
supplementing the 397 similar sources with CR > 0.5 in
Thomas et al. 1998, A&A, 335, 467), is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
Reminder: Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADAP) Proposals Deadline Is Nearing! (07 May 2012)
Proposals for ADAP, part of the ROSES-2012 NRA, are due
no later than May 18th.
Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group Workshop This Summer in DC (03 May 2012)
Announcing the fourth PhysPAG meeting, a dedicated workshop in
Washington, D.C., to be held Aug 14-16. The PhysPAG Executive Committee is the
Science Organizing Committee for this workshop and encourages the entire PCOS
community to attend. Webcasting will be available for those unable to attend
in-person.
Observation Log of CoRoT Stellar Targets for Exoplanet Detection (02 May 2012)
This catalog of observations of 116,820 stars by the CoRoT
satellite made as part of its search for exoplanet transits (from the CoRoT
team 2012) is now available in Browse and will shortly be in
Xamin.
Fermi Cycle 5 List of Approved Guest Investigations (02 May 2012)
The stage-I selection process for the Fermi Cycle 5 Guest
Investigator Program has been completed and the list of selected programs
is now available. The deadline for stage-II (budget) proposals is June 1, 2012.
NASA News: Chandra Sees Remarkable Outburst from an Old Black Hole in M83 (30 Apr 2012)
An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in the nearby
galaxy M83 has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile
stellar black holes. This Chandra discovery, reported by Soria et al. (2012,
ApJ, in press), provides new insight into the nature of
ULXs, a mysterious class of black holes that can emit in
X-rays as much as a million solar luminosities.
10th INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity Preliminary Statistics (25 April 2012)
ESA has released preliminary proposal statistics for the 10th Announcement of Opportunity for
observing proposals with INTEGRAL. A total of 59 proposals were submitted for a total of
65 Msec of observing time.
2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) Catalog (24 Apr 2012)
The 2MRS Catalog (from Huchra et al. 2012, ApJS, 199, 26)
of 44,599 galaxies (97.6% with measured
spectroscopic radial velocities) selected from the 2MASS
Extended Source Catalog (XSC) - "an unprecedented census of galaxy
concentrations within 300 Mpc" - is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
Midcourse Space Experiment Ultraviolet Point Source Catalog (20 Apr 2012)
The catalog of > 47,000 UV point sources detected by the UVISI
on the MSX mission (from Newcomer et al. 2004, AFRL-VS-TR-2004-1056)
is now available in Browse and in
Xamin.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment Updated (20 Apr 2012)
A new version (v9r27p1) of the Fermi Science Tools was released. The gttsmap tool will now run in the binned analysis mode to provide
TS maps similar to those in unbinned analysis, memory management and other improvements ...
CFITSIO Updated (20 Apr 2012)
Version 3.30; Several enhancements and bug fixes...
News Article: IceCube Finds No GRB-Coincident Neutrinos (19 Apr 2012)
A
study published in Nature today by the IceCube
Collaboration presents data that disfavor gamma-ray bursts as the only source
of the highest energy (> 1 EeV) cosmic rays.
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Master Pointing Catalog (18 Apr 2012)
The catalog of 1,481 pointings made by the
UIT instrument during the Astro-1 and-2 missions (cf. Stecher
et al. 1997, PASP, 109, 584) is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment Point Source Catalog (16 Apr 2012)
The DIRBE Point Source Catalog of 11,788 IR sources (from Smith
et al. 2004, ApJS, 154, 673) is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
NASA's Swift Monitors Departing Comet Garradd (13 April 2012)
An outbound comet that provided a nice show for skywatchers late last year is the target of an ongoing investigation by NASA's Swift satellite. Formally designated C/2009 P1 (Garradd), the unusually dust-rich comet provides a novel opportunity to characterize how cometary activity changes at ever greater distance from the sun.
Reminder: INTEGRAL AO-10 Observing Time Proposals Are Due by April 20,
8:00am EDT (12 Apr 2012)
This ESA announcement solicits proposals for INTEGRAL observations
to be carried out in the period from January to December 2013.
MAXI Gas Slit Camera High Galactic-Latitude Source Catalog (10 Apr 2012)
This catalog of 148 X-ray (4-10 keV) sources detected by the MAXI
GSC in its first 7 months of operations (from Hiroi et al. 2011, PASJ, 63,
S677) is now available in Browse and in
Xamin.
Ensemble X-Ray Variability Properties of AGN in 2XMMi-DR3 Catalog (09 Apr 2012)
This catalog of 412 AGN with multiple (2-25) XMM-Newton
observations (from Vagnetti et al. 2011, A&A, 536, A84) is now available
in Browse and in
Xamin.
ESA News: The Dark Heart of a Cosmic Collision: Centaurus A (05 Apr 2012)
XMM-Newton and Herschel have combined forces to create a
multiwavelength view of violent events taking place within the giant galaxy
Cen A. The new observations strengthen the view that it was created by the
cataclysmic collision of 2 older galaxies.
NASA News: Launch of NuSTAR Has Been Rescheduled for June (03 Apr 2012)
The launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,
NASA's new hard X-ray imaging observatory, on a Pegasus XL rocket is now
planned for June.
2012 Einstein Fellow Recipients Announced (03 Apr 2012)
Congratulations to the twelve Einstein Fellows who have been
selected for the 2012 class!
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (03 Apr 2012)
The latest version (v2.9, 2 April 2012) of this catalog
(from E. Flesch
2012) containing more than one million quasars is now available in
Browse and will soon be in
Xamin.
2012 NASA Astrophysics Senior Review of Operating Missions (03 Apr 2012)
The report of this panel, which evaluated the scientific
productivity of 9 currently operating missions (including Chandra, Fermi,
Suzaku, Swift and XMM-Newton) during their extended phases, is now
available.
Faint Images of the Radio Sky at 20-cm (FIRST) Catalog (03 Apr 2012)
The latest (2012 Feb 16) version of the FIRST Catalog containing
946,464 20-cm sources (from White
et al.) is now available in Browse and
Xamin.
Swift CALDB Data updated (02 Apr 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20120402).
NASA News: Fermi Observations of Dwarf Galaxies Provide New
Insights on Dark Matter (02 Apr 2012)
Scientists working with Fermi data have looked for signals from
some of these hypothetical 'dark matter' particles by
zeroing in on 10 small, faint galaxies that orbit our own galaxy. Although no
signals have been detected, a novel analysis technique applied to 2 years of
data from the Fermi LAT has essentially eliminated these particle candidates
for the first time.
ROSAT Deep X-Ray Radio Blazar Survey (DXRBS) Catalog (02 Apr 2012)
The full DXRBS catalog of radio-selected FRSQs and blazars which
are RASS X-ray sources (from Perlman et al. 1998, AJ, 115, 1253; Landt et al.
2001, MNRAS, 323, 757) is now available in Browse.
Neil Gehrels is the Recipient of COSPAR's 2012 Massey Award (27 March 2012)
Neil Gehrels is the recipient of COSPAR's 2012 Massey Award. The award "recognizes the outstanding contributions to the development of space research, interpreted in the widest sense, in which a leadership role is of particular importance.
ROSAT All-Sky Survey Bright Source Catalog Galaxy Identifications (23 Mar 2012)
This catalog of 1124 optical galaxy entries from the Catalog
of Principal Galaxies which match RASS
BSC X-ray sources (from Zimmermann et al. 2001, A&A, 378, 30) is
now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.7.1b Released (22 Mar 2012)
Released March 21, 2012. Improves plot_chain with multi-panel plots, plot_chain error handling...
Science@NASA Article: Mysterious Objects at the Edge of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (21 Mar 2012)
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is finding hundreds of new
objects at the very edge of the electromagnetic spectrum. Many of them have
one thing in common: Astronomers have no idea what they are.
Swift CALDB Updated (21 Mar 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the XRT (update version 20120209).
ROSAT All-Sky Survey/FIRST Single Matches Catalog (21 Mar 2012)
This catalog of 843 FIRST 20-cm sources uniquely matching RASS
X-ray sources (from Brinkmann et al. 2000, A&A, 356, 445) is
now available in Browse.
NASA Press Release: Swift Narrows Down Origin of Important Supernova Class (20 Mar 2012)
New studies using X-ray and UV data from the Swift satellite
provide new insights into the elusive origins of Type Ia supernovae and appear
to rule out the red supergiant companion scenario.
NASA's Swift Narrows Down Origin of Important Supernova Class (20 March 2012)
Studies using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA's Swift satellite provide new insights into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae.
NASA News: Launch of NuSTAR Has Been Postponed (19 Mar 2012)
The planned launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,
NASA's new hard X-ray imaging observatory, has been postponed after a March
15 launch status meeting. The earliest possible launch opportunity is
expected to be within the next 2 months.
Agenda for RXTE Symposium and Deadline Reminder (17 March 2012)
Agenda for the "16 Years of RXTE" Symposium is now available; deadline for reunion banquet tickets is March 27.
Chandra Serendipitous Extragalactic X-Ray Source ID (SEXSI)/Spitzer AGN Catalog (16 Mar 2012)
This catalog of Spitzer photometric data for 290 hard X-ray
selected SEXSI Chandra X-ray sources (from Eckart et
al. 2010, ApJ, 708, 584) is now available in Browse.
HEASoft 6.12 released (16 Mar 2012)
Released March 14, 2012; primarily driven by updates to the Swift
mission software, but also includes updates to other packages which
have been revised to mirror the current development versions in use at
the HEASARC......
Updated IRAM PdBI and 30-m Telescope Observation Logs (15 Mar 2012)
The latest versions of both the IRAM PdBI log and the
IRAM 30-m dish log (Dan and Meri, 1991-2012, IRAM
Newsletters) containing 14,955 and 75,856 millimeter observations,
respectively, are now available in Browse.
News Article: NuSTAR Aims to Expose the Violent Hearts of Galaxies (15 Mar 2012)
An article about the soon-to-launch NuSTAR hard X-ray telescope
has been published today in Nature.
Catalog of High-Mass X-Ray Binaries in Star-Forming Galaxies (15 Mar 2012)
This catalog of 1055 compact Chandra X-ray sources in
a sample of 29 star-forming galaxies (from Mineo et
al. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 2095) is now available in Browse.
Catalog of Late-Type Stars with Known Rotation Periods and X-Ray Luminosities (13 Mar 2012)
This catalog of 820 solar and lower-mass stars used to study the
rotation-activity relation (from Wright et
al. 2011, ApJ, 743, 48) is now available in Browse.
10th INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity (12 Mar 2012)
ESA has released the 10th Announcement of Opportunity for
observing proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is
April 20, 2012. Additional information can be found on the ESA
INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US
GOF.
Reminder: Chandra Cycle 14 Call for Proposals Deadline is Soon! (12 Mar 2012)
These proposals have to be submitted no later than March 15th
at 6:00pm EDT.
NASA Press Release: RXTE Captures Thermonuclear Behavior of Unique Neutron Star (09 Mar 2012)
In October 2010, a neutron star in the globular cluster Terzan 5
erupted with hundreds of X-ray bursts powered by a barrage of
thermonuclear explosions on the star's surface. RXTE captured the month-long
fusillade of IGR J17480-2446, aka T5X2, in extreme detail, enabling
an international team of astronomers to bridge a long-standing
gap between theory and observation.
NGC 6357/Pismis 24 Optical/IR Counterparts of Chandra X-Ray Sources (08 Mar 2012)
This catalog of the properties of 643 optical/infrared
counterparts to Chandra
X-ray sources in the Pismis 24 cluster and the NGC 6357 SFR (from Fang et al.
2012, A&A, 539, A119) is now available in Browse.
NGC 1893 Star Cluster Chandra X-Ray Source Catalog (07 Mar 2012)
This catalog of 1021 X-ray sources detected by the Chandra ACIS
towards the 1-2 Myr old NGC 1893 star cluster (from Caramazza et al. 2012,
A&A, 539, A74) is now available in Browse.
NASA Press Release: Engineers Tuck NuSTAR in its Fairing (Nose Cone) (06 Mar 2012)
Technicians at Vandenberg AFB have placed the two halves of the
fairing around the NuSTAR hard X-ray observatory, already mated to its Pegasus
XL rocket, in preparation for its launch later this month.
J0916+6348 Field Low-Frequency Radio Source Catalog (05 Mar 2012)
A catalog of 317 radio sources detected at 3 or more
frequencies (either 153, 244, 610 or 1260 MHz by the GMRT, 327 MHz by the WSRT
or 1400 MHz by the VLA) in a 7 sq degrees region centered on J0916+6348 (from
Sirothia et al. 2009, MNRAS, 392, 1403) is now available in Browse.
VLA XMM-LSS Field 325-MHz Radio Source Catalog (01 Mar 2012)
A catalog of 1220 radio sources and/or components detected at 325
MHz by the VLA in a 15.3 sq deg region of the XMM Large Scale Structure field
(from Tasse et al. 2006, A&A, 456, 791) is now available in Browse,
as well
as a
catalog (ibid.)
of 725 radio sources and/or components detected at 74 MHz by
the VLA in a 132 sq deg region centered on the same field.
NASA Press Release: Ultra-Fast Outflows Help Monster Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies (01 Mar 2012)
A curious correlation between the mass of a galaxy's central
black hole and the velocity of stars in the vast, roughly spherical, galactic
bulge surrounding it has puzzled astronomers for years. A team led by Francesco
Tombesi (NASA/GSFC) has now identified a new type of black-hole-driven outflow
that appears to be powerful enough and common enough to explain this link.
GMRT XMM-LSS Field 240-MHz Radio Source Catalog (01 Mar 2012)
A catalog of 571 radio sources and/or components detected at 240
MHz by the GMRT in a 18 sq deg region of the XMM Large Scale Structure field
(from Tasse et al. 2007, A&A, 471, 1105) is now available in Browse,
as well
as a
catalog (ibid.)
of 1037 radio sources and/or components detected at 610 MHz by
the GMRT in a 13 sq deg region of the same field.
Suzaku Cycle 7 Target List Available (27 Feb 2012)
The list of accepted Suzaku Cycle 7 targets is now available.
Chandra CALDB 4.4.8 released (24 Feb 2012)
CalDB 4.4.8 released 23 Feb 2012 and installed at the HEASARC on 24 Feb 2012. Note Caldb 4.4.8 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
NASA Press Release: NuSTAR's Mirrors Baked in Zhang's Glass Kitchen (24 Feb 2012)
For more than a decade, Will Zhang, an astrophysicist at GSFC,
has experimented with a new technique for efficiently manufacturing hard X-ray
mirrors. 9000 of his mirror segments have been installed in NuSTAR, set to
launch on March 21.
News Article: CXOM31 J004253.1+411422, an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source in M31, Is a Stellar-Mass Black Hole (24 Feb 2012)
2 new studies (Kaur et al. 2012, A&A, 538, A49 and Middleton
et al. 2012, MNRAS, in press) using data from the Chandra, Swift, Hubble, and
XMM-Newton observatories have found that the ULX in Andromeda is a stellar-mass
black hole at least 13 times more massive than our sun that formed after a
massive star ended its life in a spectacular supernova explosion.
GMRT LBDS-Lynx field 150-MHz Radio Source Catalog (23 Feb 2012)
A catalog of 765 radio sources detected at 150 MHz by the
GMRT in a 15 sq deg region of the Leiden-Berkeley Deep Survey Lynx field (from
Ishwara-Chandra et al. 2010, MNRAS, 405, 436) is now available in
Browse.
VVDS-VLA Deep Field 610-MHz and 1.4-GHz Radio Source Catalogs (22 Feb 2012)
A catalog of 557 radio sources and/or components detected at 610
MHz by the GMRT in the 1 square degree region of the VVDS-VLA deep field (from
Bondi et al. 2007, A&A, 463, 519) is now available in Browse, as well
as a
catalog (Bondi et al. 2003, A&A, 403, 857)
of 1103 radio sources and/or components detected at 1.4 GHz by
the VLA in the same field.
Chandra Press Release: Chandra Finds Fastest Wind from Stellar Mass
Black Hole (22 Feb 2012)
Astronomers using Chandra have clocked the fastest wind yet
discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole. The wind
velocity of 20 million mph or 0.03c found for IGR J17091-3624 is nearly 10
times higher than the previous record holder.
WSRT Galactic Plane 327-MHz Radio Source Catalog (21 Feb 2012)
A catalog of 3984 small-diameter radio sources detected at 327
MHz by the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the Galactic Plane between
Galactic Latitudes +42 and +92 degrees (from Taylor et al. 1996, ApJS, 107,
239) is now available in Browse.
Updates on RXTE Symposium and Banquet (15 February 2012)
Info on visitor badges, hotel rooms, banquet tickets, and registration. Deadlines are soon!
Suzaku CALDB updated (11 Feb 2012)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20120209)...
GMRT ELAIS-N1 Field 610-MHz Radio Source Catalog (09 Feb 2012)
This catalog of 2500 radio sources detected at 610 MHz by the
GMRT in a 9 square degree region of the ELAIS-N1 field (from Garn
et al. 2008, MNRAS, 383, 75), and a
similar catalog (Garn et al. 2009, MNRAS, 397,
1101) of 1310 610-MHz sources in a 6 sq. deg. region of the ELAIS-N2 field,
are both now available in Browse.
GMRT Lockman Hole 610-MHz Radio Source Catalogs (09 Feb 2012)
A catalog of 4934 radio sources detected at 610 MHz by the
GMRT in a 14 square degree region of the Lockman Hole field (from Garn
et al. 2010, BASI, 38, 103), and a
previous catalog (Garn et al. 2008, MNRAS, 387,
1037) of 2845 610-MHz sources in
the central 5 sq. deg. portion of the LH, are both now available in
Browse.
NASA Press Release: SNR G350.1-0.3: Remnant of a Supernova Explosion with a Powerful Kick? (02 Feb 2012)
Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive
stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more
than twelve years of science operations, Chandra has studied many of these
supernova remnants sprinkled across the Galaxy, the latest example being its
new image of the SNR G350.1-0.3
IC 348 Star Cluster Chandra X-Ray Source Catalog 2 (02 Feb 2012)
This catalog of 290 X-ray sources detected by the Chandra ACIS
towards the IC 348 young star cluster (from Stelzer et al. 2012,
A&A, 537, A135) is now available in Browse.
News Article: Launch Campaign Begins for NASA's Black Hole Hunter, NuSTAR (02 Feb 2012)
Technicians at Vandenberg AFB have unpacked the Nuclear
Spectroscopic Telescope Array, NASA's new hard X-ray imaging spacecraft, and have
begun the final checks before its mating with a Pegasus XL launch vehicle and
its launch in mid-March.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (31 Jan 2012)
The latest version (v2.8, 29 January 2012) of this catalog
(from E. Flesch
2012) containing more than a million quasars is now available in
Browse.
Large Quasar Astrometric Catalog, 2nd Release (31 Jan 2012)
This catalog which contains cross-identifications, optical, IR
and radio data on 187,504 quasars (from Souchay
et al. 2012, A&A, 537, A99) is now available in Browse.
PIMMS updated to Version 4.5 (30 Jan 2012)
Includes a minor update of effective area curves for the Chandra instruments, suitable for use for Cycle 14 proposals
General CALDB updated (27 Jan 2012)
Update 27 Jan 2012: added a new leap second, to occur on July 1, 2012, into leapsec_010712.fits file.
XSPEC 12.7.0u Released (27 Jan 2012)
Released Jan 18, 2012. Adds a new tclout option, tclout rerror...
Fermi Cycle 5 Proposal Deadline Has Passed (26 Jan 2012)
As of the Jan 20 deadline, a total of 221 Fermi Cycle 5 Guest
Investigator Proposals had been received. The first stage of the Cycle 5
selection process, the scientific peer review, will take place in early Spring,
and the results will be announced in the April 2012 timeframe.
NASA Press Release: NuSTAR spacecraft has been shipped to Vandenberg AFB for its Upcoming Launch (26 Jan 2012)
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, NASA's new hard X-ray
imaging observatory, will be installed in its Pegasus launcher on Feb 17,
ready for its Mar 14 launch.
Planck Early Release 30- to 857-GHz Compact Source Catalogs (26 Jan 2012)
These 9 catalogs of 30-, 44-, 70-, 100-, 143-. 217-, 343-, 545-
and 857-GHz radio sources (from the Planck Collaboration 2011, A&A, 536,
A7) are now available in Browse.
'Energetic Astronomy: Richard Mushotzky at 65' Conference (24 Jan 2012)
This conference celebrating Richard Mushotzky's 65th
birthday, and covering black holes, AGN, the high-energy astrophysics of
galaxies and galaxy clusters, cosmology, and present and future HEA missions,
will be held at Annapolis, MD from June 4 to 6.
16 Years of Discovery with RXTE: A Celebration of the Mission (23 January 2012)
Symposium and banquet to commemorate RXTE, March 29-30 at GSFC.
Viewing tool updated (20 Jan 2012)
The Viewing tool has been updated. Since RXTE has been
decomissioned, support for it has been removed. Swift's orbital pole
constraints and Sun angle limit have also been updated. Previous versions
used the spacecraft limit of 46°; this version uses the software
limit of 47°.
Lockman Hole X-Ray Selected AGN Optical and Infrared Properties Catalog (20 Jan 2012)
This catalog of optical and IR counterparts of 409 X-ray selected
AGN detected by XMM-Newton in the Lockman Hole (from Rovilos
et al. 2011, A&A, 529, A135) is now available in Browse.
ChaMP/SDSS Nearby Low-Luminosity AGN Catalog (17 Jan 2012)
This catalog of 107 SDSS DR4 specroscopically-identified galaxies
that are also Chandra Multiwavelength Project X-ray sources (from Constantin
et al. 2009, ApJ, 705, 1336), is now available in Browse.
News Article: Rare Gamma-Ray Star Twins Discovered by New Method (13 Jan 2012)
A direct search for gamma-ray binaries in the Fermi archive has
revealed the newfound system 1FGL J1018.6-5856. See the
research paper in Science magazine for full
details.
ARK Password Change Required (12 Jan 2012)
Due to new NASA IT security policies, all ARK passwords must be
changed by 11:59pm EST, January 24th, 2012. Failure to do so will result in
your ARK account being disabled. Please change
your ARK account password as soon as possible.
RXTE Completes Mission Operations (12 January 2012)
After 16 years of amazing discoveries, the RXTE mission was decommissioned on January 5, 2012.
FINAL RXTE CALDB update (11 Jan 2012)
FINAL PCA breakdown history and SAA history file CALDB update for the RXTE mission (update 10 Jan 2011)...
RCW 38 Star-Forming Cluster Chandra X-Ray Source Catalog 2 (11 Jan 2012)
This catalog of 536 X-ray sources detected by Chandra ACIS
towards the RCW 38 star-forming cluster, together with a
a catalog of 624 young stellar objects in RCW 38
identified using Spitzer and Chandra data (both from Winston et al. 2011,
ApJ, 743, 166), are now available in Browse.
Press Release: Chandra and ACT Find Largest Galaxy Cluster in Early Universe (11 Jan 2012)
An exceptional galaxy cluster, the largest seen in the distant
universe, has been found by Chandra and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope,
thanks to its Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect on the CMB.
RXTE Helps Pinpoint Launch of 'Bullets' in a Black Hole's Jet (11 January 2012)
RXTE researchers pinpoint ejection time of superfast knots of gas from black hole system.
Press Release: Fermi Explores New Energy Extremes (10 Jan 2012)
Fermi is extending its view of
the high-energy sky into a largely unexplored energy range. Today, the Fermi
team announced its first census of energy sources in this new realm. "Before
Fermi, we knew of only 4 discrete sources above 10 GeV, all of them pulsars,"
said David Thompson, an astrophysicist at GSFC. "With the LAT, we've found
hundreds, and we're showing for the first time just how diverse the sky is at
these high energies."
News Article: NASA Turns off Aging Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (10 Jan 2012)
NASA decommissioned RXTE last week, ending a 16-year mission that
gave researchers glimpses of the inner workings of black holes and neutron
stars.
Fermi Cycle 5 Proposal Deadline is Soon (05 Jan 2012)
Reminder: Fermi Cycle 5 Guest Investigator Proposals are due on
January 20, 2012. Please refer to the proposals page for details on how to
prepare and submit a proposal. We look forward to your participation in Fermi
mission Cycle 5.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey I/II Cataclysmic Variables Catalog (05 Jan 2012)
The catalog of 285 CVs with spectra from SDSS I/II (from Szkody
et al. 2011, AJ, 142, 181 and 7 previous papers) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.7.0t Released (04 Jan 2012)
Released Jan 3 2012. Fix for a crash which may occur when attempting to plot data for a spectrum which contains no noticed channels...
Archive of Chandra Cluster Entropy Profile Tables (ACCEPT) Catalog (04 Jan 2012)
The catalog of the radial entropy profile fits to the Chandra
data for 240 clusters of galaxies (from Cavagnolo et al. 2009, ApJS, 182, 12)
is now available in Browse.
The RXTE Mission is Approaching the End of Science Operations (3 January 2012)
After nearly 16 years of discovery, the RXTE mission is approaching the end of science operations; the last day of science observations will be January 3, 2012.
News Article: Vatican Using FITS to Preserve Manuscripts (21 Dec 2011)
The Vatican is using the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)
to preserve 1800-year old manuscripts in a digital format readable by
next-generation computers. (The HEASARC hosts the
FITS Support Office and Bill Pence of the
HEASARC chairs the
IAU FITS Working Group).
RXTE Detects "Heartbeat" of Smallest Black Hole Candidate (21 December 2011)
May be less than three solar masses.
INTEGRAL AO-9 Data Right Proposals approved (19 December 2011)
The ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration,
Prof. Alvaro Gimenez, has approved the recommendation of the Time
Allocation Committee (TAC) for AO-9 data rights proposals.
The First Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog (19 Dec 2011)
The catalog of GRBs detected by the Fermi GBM is now available
in Browse. It contains the general, temporal and spectral properties of nearly
500 GRBs seen in Fermi's first 2 years of operations. More detailed
explanations of the catalog contents will be appearing in upcoming journal
papers.
Chandra: CIAO 4.4 released (December 15, 2011) (16 Dec 2011)
CIAO 4.4 released; new acis_find_afterglow identifies cosmic-ray afterglows and hot pixels for TIMED mode observations, more...
Chandra CALDB 4.4.7 released (16 Dec 2011)
CalDB 4.4.7 released 15 Dec 2011 and installed at the HEASARC on 16 Dec 2011. Note Caldb 4.4.7 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
Chandra Cycle 14 Call for Proposals Has Been Released (15 Dec 2011)
The deadline for Cycle 14 proposals to be submitted is 2012
March 15.
XMM-Newton X-ray Source Catalog of the Core of the Cygnus OB2
Association (15 Dec 2011)
The catalog of 199 X-ray sources detected by XMM towards this
massive SFR (from Rauw 2011, A&A, 536, A31) is now available in Browse.
Press Release: RXTE Detects 'Heartbeat' Of the Smallest Known Black Hole Candidate, IGR J17091-3624 (15 Dec 2011)
An international team has identified a candidate
for the smallest-known black hole using data from RXTE. The evidence comes
from a specific type of X-ray pattern, nicknamed a "heartbeat" because of its
resemblance to an EKG. The pattern until now has been recorded
in only one other black hole system, GRS 1915+105.
Science Article: A Gas Cloud on its Way towards the SMBH at the Galactic Center (14 Dec 2011)
Gillessen et al. (2011, Nature, in press) report that a dense
cloud of 3 Earth masses will get as close as 36 light hours to the Galactic
supermassive black hole Sgr A* in Summer 2013, potentially triggering a surge
in its X-ray emission.
Press Release: Fermi shows that the Tycho SNR Emits High-energy Gamma Rays (14 Dec 2011)
After more than 2.5 years of observations, the Fermi LAT shows
an unresolved region of GeV emission associated with the remnant of Tycho's
Supernova: Giordano et al. argue this emission is due to pion production from
relativistic protons colliding with ambient protons.
Coma Cluster of Galaxies VLA 1.4-GHz Source Catalog (14 Dec 2011)
This catalog of 1202 1.4-GHz sources detected by the Very Large
Array in 2 0.5 square degree fields in the Coma cluster (from Miller et al.
2009, AJ, 137, 4436) is now available in Browse.
Interruption to RXTE Planned Observation Schedule (14 December 2011)
Gyro anomaly disrupted planned observations on Dec. 1-2
Concepts for Future High-Energy Astronomy Missions (09 Dec 2011)
Many of the new high-energy astronomy mission concepts that will
be discussed at this week's
PCOS-sponsored Workshop on X-Ray Mission Architectural Concepts are described here.
XMMAO (XMM-Newton Accepted Targets) Table (09 Dec 2011)
The latest version of the table of accepted XMM-Newton targets,
updated to include AO-11 results, is now available in Browse.
ASCA Elliptical Galaxies, Groups and Clusters of Galaxies Catalog (08 Dec 2011)
This catalog of observed and derived properties of 313 extended
systems observed by ASCA (from Fukazawa et al. 2004, PASJ, 56, 965) is now
available in Browse.
XMM-Newton AO-11 Results Released (07 Dec 2011)
The list of XMM-Newton observing proposals accepted by the AO-11 Observing Time Allocation Committee is now available.
RXTE CALDB updated (06 Dec 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 05 Dec 2011)...
XSPEC 12.7.0r Released (06 Dec 2011)
Released Dec 5 2011. When using C-stat, if spectra with no backgrounds and different exposures and/or areascales are collected into the same data group, the renorming operation would miscalculate. Patch 12.7.0r fixes this...
New HEASARC Archive Xamin Interface (05 Dec 2011)
Xamin, the HEASARC's powerful new
interface to its archive and catalog holdings, is now available for
general use. Xamin's web and batch interfaces allow users
unprecedented capabilities for queries, correlations, data uploads,
and plotting. Give it a spin and
let us know what you think as we
continue to develop this new tool.
Bootes Field GMRT 153-MHz Radio Source Catalog (02 Dec 2011)
This catalog of 598 153-MHz sources detected by the Giant
Metrewave Radio Telescope in the NOAO Boötes field (from Intema 2011,
A&A, 535, A38) is now available in Browse.
Asiago Supernova Catalog (01 Dec 2011)
The latest version of this catalog (the 2011-Nov-13 Version)
containing data on 5769 supernovae from 1885 through Nov 3, 2011 is now
available in Browse.
HEASoft 6.11.1 released (28 Nov 2011)
Released November 22, 2011; updates to the Suzaku
mission software, and an update to the Ximage utility
which has been revised to mirror the current development version in
use at the HEASARC.....
Science Article: Fermi Detection of a Luminous Gamma-ray Pulsar in
a Globular Cluster (28 Nov 2011)
The Fermi Collaboration et al. (2011, Science, 334, 1107)
describe the Fermi detection of a gamma-ray-luminous millisecond pulsar
(MSP) in NGC 6624 and argue that it has the largest magnetic field and is the
youngest MSP ever detected.
Science Article: A Cocoon of Freshly Accelerated Cosmic Rays Detected by
Fermi in the Cygnus Superbubble (28 Nov 2011)
Ackermann et al. (2011, Science, 334, 1103) describe the Fermi
detection of 1-100 GeV gamma rays from a 50-pc wide "cocoon" of freshly
accelerated cosmic rays in the Cygnus Superbubble.
Chandra COSMOS (C-COSMOS) Survey Photometric Redshift Catalog (23 Nov 2011)
This catalog providing photometric redshifts for 1694 Chandra
X-ray sources in the COSMOS field (from Salvato et al. 2011, ApJ, 742, 61),
as well as the
XMM-Newton
COSMOS Survey Photometric Redshift Catalog
providing photometric redshifts for 1735 XMM sources (from the same reference),
are both now available in Browse.
Lambda Ori Cluster XMM-Newton X-Ray Source Catalog (21 Nov 2011)
This catalog of 167 X-ray sources (and their optical/IR
identifications) towards the Lambda Ori
Cluster (from Franciosini & Sacco 2011, A&A, 530, A150) is now
available in Browse.
An INTEGRAL view of the high-energy sky (the first 10
years) (14 November 2011)
The 9th INTEGRAL workshop will take place from October
15-19, 2012, in Paris.
Press Release: Swift's UV/Optical Telescope Catches Asteroid YU55 Flyby (14 Nov 2011)
As asteroid 2005 YU55 swept past Earth in the early morning hours
of Wednesday Nov. 9, the telescopes on Swift joined
professional and amateur astronomers around the globe in monitoring the
fast-moving space rock. The unique ultraviolet data will aid scientists in
understanding the asteroid's surface composition.
Swift CALDB Data updated Again (10 Nov 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20111031).
Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources in Nearby Galaxies Catalog (10 Nov 2011)
This catalog of 107 candidate ULXs, i.e., sources with X-ray
luminosities > 10^39 erg/s, in nearby (within 14.5 Mpc)
galaxies (from Swartz et al. 2011, ApJ, 741, 49) is now available in
Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (09 Nov 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOTA (update version 20111031).
Suzaku CALDB updated (09 Nov 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20111109)...
The OGIP Format for 2-d (Image) Point Spread Function Datasets updated (09 Nov 2011)
The CALDB document "The OGIP Format for 2-d (Image) Point Spread Function Datasets" (CAL/GEN/92-027) has been updated. The update version is 11 Nov 2011...
Reminder: Suzaku AO-7 Proposals Deadline Is Near! (08 Nov 2011)
The deadline for Suzaku AO-7 proposals from US-based observers
is Thursday November 10th at 4:30pm EST.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (07 Nov 2011)
The latest version (v2.7, 05 November 2011) of this catalog (E.
Flesch 2011) containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse.
Chandra CALDB 4.4.6 released (07 Nov 2011)
CalDB 4.4.6 released 13 Sep 2011 and installed at the HEASARC on 07 Nov 2011. Note Caldb 4.4.5 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
Press Release: Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar and 9 Other New Pulsars (03 Nov 2011)
An international team has used Fermi to discover a surprisingly
powerful millisecond pulsar that challenges existing theories about how these
objects form. Another team has located 9 new Fermi gamma-ray pulsars using
improved analysis techniques, bringing the total number detected by Fermi
to more than 100.
XMM-Newton Bright Serendipitous Source (XBS) Survey AGN X-Ray Spectral Properties Catalog (03 Nov 2011)
This catalog of derived X-ray spectral properties of 305 AGN from
the XBS Survey (from Corral et al. 2011, A&A, 530, A42) is now available in
Browse.
Ritter Catalog of Cataclysmic Binaries (Version 7.16) (02 Nov 2011)
The latest (7.16: 29-Sep-2011) versions of the Cataclysmic
Binaries Catalog, the Low-Mass
X-ray Binaries Catalog and the Binaries
Related to CVs Catalog (Ritter & Kolb 2003-2011) are all now
available in Browse.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment Updated (02 Nov 2011)
A new version (v9r23p1_20111101) of the Fermi Science Tools was released. This version improves memory management of gtsrcmaps ...
XSPEC 12.7.0p,q Released (02 Nov 2011)
Patches 12.7.0p and q were released 28-Oct-2011...
Call for Proposals for Fermi Cycle 5 (02 Nov 2011)
The CfP to participate in the Fermi Cycle 5 GI Program has been
issued by NASA HQ as an amendment to the ROSES-2011 NRA. Please refer
to the Fermi SSC Proposals page for more details and to obtain a copy
of the Fermi Cycle 5 NRA text.
Fermi Sun-Pointing Event (31 Oct 2011)
The Fermi observatory entered a sun-pointing attitude on Friday,
October 21st at 06:02 UT and resumed normal data-taking at 10:43 UT the same
day. The mode change was in response to an inconsistency in attitude solutions
on board the spacecraft after the end of a scheduled nadir observation. The
operations team has established that this was unlikely to be due to a hardware
problem on the observatory and are investigating improvements to operations to
prevent this in the future.
2XMMi/SDSS Galaxy Cluster Survey 1st Cluster Sample Catalog (26 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 175 X-ray-selected galaxy clusters and groups in
the SDSS footprint (from Takey et al. 2011, A&A, 534, A120)
is now available in Browse.
Press Release: Multiwavelength Observations of RCW 86 Help Solve Ancient Supernova Mystery (24 Oct 2011)
New IR observations from Spitzer and WISE combined with Chandra
and XMM X-ray data of the SN 185 remnant show that it was formed by a Type Ia
event in a hollowed-out cavity...
News Article: ROSAT Re-enters over South-East Asia (24 Oct 2011)
The German Aerospace Center and NASA have confirmed the defunct
Roentgen Satellite, or ROSAT, has met its doom, most likely somewhere over SE
Asia. German officials have said that the reentry occurred some time between
9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. EDT on Saturday night (Oct 22).
XMM-COSMOS X-Ray Selected Type-2 AGN Catalog (24 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 255 X-ray-selected Type-2 AGN from the XMM-COSMOS
Survey (from Lusso et al. 2011, A&A, 534, A110) is now available in
Browse.
MCXC: A Meta-Catalog of X-Ray Detected Clusters of Galaxies (21 Oct 2011)
This meta-catalog of 1743 X-ray detected galaxy clusters
(from Piffaretti et al. 2011, A&A, 534, A109) combining and homogenizing
data from 12 previous such catalogs is now available in Browse.
Press Release: Fermi Finds 600 'Mysterious' Sources in the Sky (19 Oct 2011)
The Fermi team recently released the second catalog of gamma-ray
sources detected by their satellite's Large Area Telescope (LAT). Of the 1873
sources found, nearly 600 are complete mysteries.
M31 Deep XMM-Newton Survey X-Ray Source Catalog (18 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 1948 X-ray sources detected towards M31 (from
Stiele et al. 2011, A&A, 534, A55) is now available in Browse.
An All-Sky Catalog of Bright M Dwarfs (12 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 8889 proper-motion-, color- and
magnitude-selected M dwarf stars (Lépine & Gaidos 2011, AJ, 142, 138)
is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.7.0o Released (12 Oct 2011)
Version 12.7.0o released 11-Oct-2011; adds the new attribute Fit.covariance, which holds (in a tuple) the covariance matrix values from the most recent fit to PyXspec...
Suzaku CALDB updated (10 Oct 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20110930)...
Swift CALDB Data updated (10 Oct 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110930) and the XRT (update version 20110915).
Press Release: VERITAS has detected pulsed very-high-energy (>100 GeV)
gamma-ray emission from the Crab pulsar (07 Oct 2011)
This surprising detection by the Very Energetic Radiation
Imaging Telescope Array System of Cerenkov telescopes challenges existing
pulsar emission mechanisms: see Science 2011, 334, 69
for full details.
S254-S258 Star-Forming Complex Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (07 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 364 X-ray point sources detected towards the
S254-S258 complex (from Mucciarelli et al. 2011, A&A, 533, A121) is now
available in Browse.
XMM-Newton AO-11 Solicitation Closed (07 Oct 2011)
XMM-Newton Eleventh Announcement of Opportunity Closed.
IC 10 XMM-Newton and Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (05 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 101 X-ray sources detected towards the IC 10
starburst galaxy (from Wang et al. 2005, MNRAS, 362, 1065) is now available in
Browse.
M101 XMM-Newton X-Ray Point Source Catalog (04 Oct 2011)
This catalog of 108 X-ray sources detected towards M101 (from
Jenkins et al. 2005, MNRAS, 357, 401) is now available in Browse.
Press Release: Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Mrk 509's Turbulent Black Hole (30 Sep 2011)
A fleet of spacecraft including XMM-Newton, INTEGRAL, Chandra,
Hubble and Swift has uncovered unprecedented details in the surroundings of the
supermassive black hole in Mrk 509: huge bullets of gas being driven away and
a corona of very hot gas above the disk of matter falling into the
black hole.
Reminder: XMM-Newton AO-11 Guest Observer Proposals Deadline is Approaching! (29 Sep 2011)
Proposals for this observing opportunity solicited by ESA are
due no later than Friday October 7th, 12:00 UT.
RXTE Special Session at January 2012 AAS Meeting: Abstract Deadline (28 September 2011)
Submit abstracts for the special poster session by October 5.
Concepts for the NASA Gravitational-Wave Mission (27 Sep 2011)
NASA and its Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) Program are soliciting
information through this Request for Information (RFI) pertaining to potential
gravitational-wave missions. Specifically, NASA is seeking information that
can be used to develop concepts that meet some or all of the scientific
objectives of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission.
3rd EUVE Right Angle Program Catalog (27 Sep 2011)
This catalog of 86 EUV sources detected in 1999 and 2000 (from
Christian 2002, AJ, 124, 3478) is now available in Browse.
PIMMS updated to Version 4.4 (22 Sep 2011)
Includes support for NuStar. It also includes updated effective area curves for ASTRO-H as well as an initial estimate of the grade branching ration for SXS (the accuracy of which is under investigation)
Reminder: Swift Cycle 8 Guest Investigator Proposals Deadline is Very Soon! (21 Sep 2011)
Proposals for this opportunity, part of ROSES-2011, are due no later than September 28th, 4:30pm EDT.
Press Release: Star Blasts Its Planet with X-rays (19 Sep 2011)
A nearby star, CoRoT-2a, is pummeling its companion planet with a
barrage of X-rays 100,000 times more intense than the Earth receives from the
Sun. New data from Chandra and ESO's VLT suggest
this high-energy radiation is evaporating about 5 Megatons of matter from
the planet every second, illustrating the difficult survival
path for some planets.
RXTE CALDB updated (18 Sep 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 17 Sep 2011)...
Press Release: Fermi's Latest Gamma-ray Census Highlights Cosmic
Mysteries (16 Sep 2011)
Every three hours, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope scans
the entire sky and deepens its portrait of the high-energy universe. Each
year, the satellite's scientists reanalyze all of the data it has collected,
exploiting updated analysis methods to tease out new (relatively steady)
sources.
ANS Ultraviolet Photometry Point Source Catalog (15 Sep 2011)
The catalog of 3573 point sources observed and detected by the
ANS UV instrument (Wesselius et al. 1982, A&A, 49, 427) is now available
in Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (15 Sep 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110831).
Suzaku CALDB updated (15 Sep 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20110913) and the HXD (update version 20110913)...
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (14 Sep 2011)
The latest version (v2.6, 10 September 2011) of this catalog (E.
Flesch 2011) containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse.
Interruption to RXTE Planned Observation Schedule (14 September 2011)
An anomaly disrupted planned observations from Sept. 9-13
Concepts for the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission (13 Sep 2011)
NASA and its Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) Program are soliciting
information through this Request for Information (RFI) pertaining to potential
X-ray astronomy missions. Specifically, NASA is seeking information that can
be used to develop concepts that meet some or all of the scientific objectives
of the International X ray Observatory (IXO).
XSPEC 12.7.0k Released (13 Sep 2011)
Version 12.7.0k released 13-Sep-2011; For PyXspec only. This improves the output of the Model.folded() class method for the case where there are ignored channels...
XSPEC 12.7.0j Released (08 Sep 2011)
Version 12.7.0j released 07-Sep-2011; Fix needed to allow gain fit parameters to be used along with custom energy arrays supplied by the energies command...
Suzaku AO-7 Proposals Due on Nov 10, 2011 (1 Sep 2011)
The AO-7 Call for Proposals has been released. The deadline
for US-based observer is 4:30 pm EST on Nov 10, 2011.
Press Release: Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes (01 Sep 2011)
Astronomers using Chandra have discovered the first pair of
supermassive black holes near the center of a spiral galaxy (NGC 3393) similar
to the Milky Way. Approximately 160 million light years from Earth, this pair
is the nearest known example of such a phenomenon.
XSPEC 12.7.0h Released (25 Aug 2011)
Version 12.7.0h released 25-Aug-2011; Fix for PyXspec only...
XMM-Newton AO-11 Solicitation Released (23 Aug 2011)
XMM-Newton observing proposals are solicited in response to the Eleventh Announcement of Opportunity.
Suzaku Conference Presentations Online (22 Aug 2011)
The PDF versions of the oral presentations at the "Exploring the X-ray Universe" conference are now available.
Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty Cm Source Catalog (22 Aug 2011)
The latest (16 July 2008) version of the FIRST Catalog containing
816,331 radio sources together with GSC-2, SDSS and 2MASS counterparts is now
available in Browse.
10C Survey 15.7-GHz Source Catalog (17 Aug 2011)
The 10C catalog (from the AMI Consortium. 2011, MNRAS, 415, 2708)
of 1897 15.7-GHz radio sources found in a 27 sq. deg. area using the Arcminute
Microkelvin Imager Large Array is now available in Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (12 Aug 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110801), the UVOTA (update version 20110731) and the XRT (update version 20110725).
Suzaku CALDB updated (12 Aug 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20110804)...
2011 Senior Review of NASA Astrophysics Archives (10 Aug 2011)
The report of this panel, which evaluated the scientific
productivity, technical status, data dissemination, future plans and budgets
of the HEASARC and the 5 other NASA astrophysics archives, is now
available.
Press Release: Testing the Multi-verse Theory (09 Aug 2011)
The theory that our universe is contained inside a
'bubble', and that multiple alternate universes exist each inside their own
bubbles, making up the 'multi-verse', has been tested by a group of
scientists through comparison of their new CMB simulations with WMAP
data.
Cep B/OB3 SFR Chandra Point Source Optical/IR IDs Catalog (05 Aug 2011)
This catalog of optical and IR information on 431 Chandra
ACIS-I X-ray sources detected in the Cep B molecular cloud and nearby Cep
OB3b association (from Getman et al. 2009, ApJ, 699, 1454)
is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (04 Aug 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 04 Aug 2011)...
RXTE Special Session at January 2012 AAS: Schedule and Details (04 August 2011)
Invited talks and poster session scheduled for Tuesday @AAS Meeting in Austin
Updated IRAM PdBI and 30-m Telescope Observation Logs (02 Aug 2011)
The latest versions of both the IRAM PdBI log and the
IRAM 30-m dish log (Dan and Meri, 1991-2011, IRAM
Newsletters) containing 14,529 and 73,613 mm observations, respectively, are
now available in Browse.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment Updated (01 Aug 2011)
A new version (v9r23p1_20110726) of the Fermi Science Tools is now available. The tools have been updated to use the Pass 7 instrument response functions...
Fermi LAT CALDB update (01 Aug 2011)
The CALDB for the Fermi LAT has been updated to version v9r23p1_20110726...
Reminder: Important HEAD Meeting Deadline Is Near! (01 Aug 2011)
The deadline for both early registration and late abstract
submission for the September HEAD Meeting is Friday August
5th.
Chandra Deep Field-South 4-Megasecond Survey Main Source Catalog (29 Jul 2011)
This catalog of 740 Chandra ACIS-I X-ray sources detected in
3.872 Ms in the Chandra Deep Field-South (from Xue et al. 2011, ApJS, 195, 10)
is now available in Browse.
Press Release: Chandra Images Gas Flowing Towards Black Hole in NGC 3115 (27 Jul 2011)
The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged
for the first time in X-rays. These Chandra observations of the black hole
at the center of the large galaxy NGC 3115 will help us tackle two
of the most fundamental problems in modern astrophysics: how do black holes
grow and how does matter behave in their intense gravity?
GALPROP now included in Astro-Update (27 Jul 2011)
GALPROP is a numerical code for calculating the propagation of relativistic charged particles and the diffuse emissions produced during their propagation. It's now included in Astro-Update. The current version is 54.0.572.
BeppoSAX Wide-Field Camera Unbiased X-Ray Source Catalog (26 Jul 2011)
The catalog (from Capitanio et al. 2011, ApJS, 195, 9) of 404 WFC
X-ray sources found using an algorithm optimized for faint persistent sources
is now available in Browse.
Large Observatory for X-Ray Timing (LOFT) Science Meeting (21 Jul 2011)
LOFT is a newly proposed ESA X-ray timing mission to study matter
near black hole event horizons and in neutron stars. A
meeting on LOFT science will be held in Amsterdam from Oct 26-28, with
registration and abstracts due by Sep 10.
XSPEC 12.7.0f Released (21 Jul 2011)
Version 12.7.0f released July 21, 2011; New features for PyXspec...
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (21 Jul 2011)
The latest July 2011 version (v2.5) of this catalog (E. Flesch
2011) containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse.
Asiago Supernova Catalog (19 Jul 2011)
The latest version of this catalog (2011-Jul-17 Version)
containing data on 5674 supernovae from 1885 through July 1, 2011 is now
available in Browse.
Suzaku Data Analysis Guide Version 4.0 Online (18 Jul 2011)
This version include significant updates compared to the previous version (3.2) of the "ABC" Guide.
Chandra Cycle 13 Accepted Targets Lists Now Available (17 Jul 2011)
The peer-review recommended targets for Chandra Cycle
13, including joint XMM/Chandra & Spitzer/Chandra ones, have been
announced.
ROSES-2011 Amendment 16 about the Swift Cycle 8 GI Program Has Been Released (14 Jul 2011)
There will be a Swift Cycle 8 Guest Investigator proposal
solicitation in ROSES-2011, with proposals due by September 28.
Second Fermi LAT (2FGL) Catalog Released (12 Jul 2011)
The 2nd Catalog of Fermi-LAT sources, 2FGL, based on the first
two years of LAT science data, has been released. The catalog is provided as
a FITS table and as PDF files, and is
accompanied by important caveats, as well as a draft of the paper describing
the details of the catalog preparation. The 2FGL catalog represents a major
milestone and is a great accomplishment of the international Fermi-LAT team.
The 2FGL table is also available in Browse.
Collinder 69 Cluster XMM-Newton Source Catalog (11 Jul 2011)
The catalogs of 164 X-ray sources detected towards
the young star cluster Collinder 69 and of optical, IR and membership data
for 205
counterparts (both from Barrado et al.
2011, A&A, 526, A21) are now available in Browse.
Updated Version of the INTEGRAL Observing Program (11 Jul 2011)
The recently updated (to include AO-9 programs) INTEGRAL
Observing Program table of targets is now available in Browse.
INTEGRAL AO-9 General Program Results (11 July 2011)
The INTEGRAL AO-9 General Program, as recommended by the
Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 5th of July by the
ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. Alvaro Gimenez), has been released.
Swift CALDB Data updated (05 Jul 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110705). This release is the same as the 20110630 release, but fixes a problem with the file names in the caldb.indx file...
Swift, Suzaku and RXTE CALDBs updated (01 Jul 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XRT, XIS and HXD (update version 20110630); the Swift CALDB has been updated for the Spacecraft (SC) data (update 20110630); and the RXTE PCA caldb has also been updated (also update 20110630).
Chandra CALDB 4.4.5 released (01 Jul 2011)
CalDB 4.4.5 released 30 June 2011; includes upgrades that were installed in Standard Data Processing at the CXC on 28 June 2011, under CalDB version 4.4.4, including a number of upgraded PCAD ALIGN files that CIAO users do not use. Installed at HEASARC 01 July 2011. Note Caldb 4.4.5 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
The Recent Problem With the RXTE Ground System Has Been Fixed (01 July 2011)
The recent problem with the RXTE ground system has been fixed, and RXTE resumed normal operations at about 01:00 UT July 1, 2011.
RXTE Operations Team Having Trouble Conducting the Usual Contacts with the Spacecraft (30 June 2011)
On June 30, 2011, RXTE operations team started having trouble conducting the usual contacts with the spacecraft.
Fermi Press Release: "Odd Couple" Binary Makes Dual Gamma-Ray Flares (29 Jun 2011)
In December 2010, a pair of mismatched stars whisked past each
other at a distance closer than Venus's from
the sun. The system LS 2883/PSR B1259-73 consists of a hot and massive star
with a compact fast-spinning pulsar in a 3.4 year period orbit.
A team who used Fermi to
observe the 2010 periastron reports that the system displayed fascinating
and unanticipated gamma-ray activity.
2nd Fermi Asian Network (FAN) Workshop (29 Jun 2011)
The deadline for registration for this
Fermi workshop to be held in Hsinchu, Taiwan (Aug 1-5) is June
30th.
XMM-Newton Slew Survey Source Catalogs (Version 1.5) (29 Jun 2011)
The updated versions of the XMM Slew Survey "Clean" and "Full"
source catalogs are now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.7.0e Released (28 Jun 2011)
Version 12.7.0e released June 27, 2011 - updates ATOMDB files to version 2.0.1.
RXTE Special Session at the January 2012 meeting of the American
Astronomical Society (AAS) (22 June 2011)
Invited talks and a poster session at the Austin, TX meeting.
Tempo2 added to Astro-Update (21 Jun 2011)
The pulsar timing package Tempo2 has been added to Astro-Update. The current version is 1.11
Press Release: Chandra Finds Massive Black Holes Common in Early Universe (16 Jun 2011)
Using the deepest X-ray image ever taken, astronomers have found
the first direct evidence that massive black holes were common in the early
universe. Chandra's discovery shows that very
young black holes grew more aggressively than previously thought, in tandem
with the growth of their host galaxies.
Omega Centauri Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (14 Jun 2011)
This catalog of 180 Chandra ACIS-I X-ray sources detected towards
the globular cluster Omega Cen (from Haggard et al.
2009, ApJ, 697, 224) is now available in Browse.
Updates to RXTE Software, including Improved Calibration Tool (14 June 2011)
xpcaarf and faxbary updates in new FTOOLS v6.11 release
Chandra Carina Complex Project Point Source Catalog (10 Jun 2011)
This catalog of 14,369 Chandra ACIS-I X-ray
sources detected towards the Great Nebula in Carina (from Broos et al. 2011,
ApJS, 194, 2) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.7.0a Released (10 Jun 2011)
Version 12.7.0 released June 8, 2011 as part of HEASoft 6.11; many new enhancements - try PyXspec v0.9 beta...
Fermi Summer School Advances Fermi Science (10 Jun 2011)
Students at the Fermi Summer School in Lewes, Delaware have been
busy learning Fermi data analysis and the science of the high energy gamma-ray
sky. Most of the presentations have been made available online to assist all
users of Fermi data. For more information on the Fermi Summer School,
look here.
Chandra Carina Complex Project Naive Bayes Classifier Source Classes (09 Jun 2011)
This catalog of source classifications for 14,368 Chandra ACIS-I
X-ray sources detected towards the Great Nebula in Carina (from Broos et al.
2011, ApJS, 194, 4) is now available in Browse.
HEASoft 6.11 released (09 Jun 2011)
Released June 8, 2011; primarily driven by updates to the Swift and Suzaku mission software, but also includes updates to several packages
which have been revised to mirror the current development versions in
use at the HEASARC....
Suzaku CALDB updated (09 Jun 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20110608)...
Swift CALDB Data updated (09 Jun 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110531) and the XRT (update version 20110513)...
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (07 Jun 2011)
The latest June 2011 version (v2.4) of this catalog (E. Flesch
2011) containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse.
Fermi LAT CALDB updated (27 May 2011)
The Fermi LAT caldb has been updated to version v9r23p1...
New Fermi Science Tools Release (v9r23p1) (25 May 2011)
A new version of the Fermi Science Tools is now available. This
version includes bug fixes as well as support for improved instrument response
functions including in-flight corrections to the PSF and has a correction to
the effective area. The release notes are available
here.
Press Release: Chandra Observes Ramp Up of 'Supernova Factory' in Carina Nebula (24 May 2011)
Chandra's extraordinarily sharp X-ray vision has detected over
14,000 stars in this region, revealed a diffuse X-ray glow, and provided
strong evidence that supernovae have already occurred in this massive complex
of young stars.
CFITSIO Updated (17 May 2011)
Version 3.28; The main change in this release is an improved image compression method for floating-point FITS images...
Update on the Status and Future of RXTE (17 May 2011)
Plans for the future of the RXTE mission.
BBC Article: Fermi Gamma-Ray Image Updates 'Extreme Universe' View (13 May 2011)
The Fermi space telescope has yielded the most detailed
gamma-ray map of the sky - representing the Universe's most violent and
extreme processes. Fermi's newest results, as well as the map, were described
at the Third Fermi Symposium in Rome this week.
Press Release: Fermi Spots Gamma-Ray 'Superflares' from the Crab (12 May 2011)
The Crab Nebula SNR has erupted in an enormous flare 5 times
more powerful than any flare previously seen from this object. On April 12,
Fermi first detected the outburst, which lasted 6 days.
Gliese Catalog Stars with Accurate Coordinates and 2MASS Cross-Identifications (12 May 2011)
This catalog (Stauffer et al. 2010, PASP, 122, 885)
containing data on over 4,000 mostly nearby stars from the Gliese and Woolley
catalogs is now available in Browse.
OCRA-p Observations of CRATES sources at 30 GHz (11 May 2011)
This catalog (Peel et al. 2011, MNRAS, 410, 2690)
containing data on 605 radio sources from 1.4-30 GHz is now available in
Browse.
Catalog of Open Cluster Data (10 May 2011)
The COCD catalog (Kharchenko et al. 2005, A&A, 438, 1163)
containing data on 513 Galactic open clusters and 7 compact associations and
also its first
extension (Kharchenko et al. 2005, A&A, 440, 403) with 130
more clusters are both now available in Browse.
ROSES-2011 ADAP Proposals Deadline is Now May 20th (06 May 2011)
Proposals for the ROSES-2011 Astrophysics Data Analysis Program
are now due by May 20th. The deadline was extended to give additional time to
proposers in areas affected by the recent tornados.
Swift CALDB Data updated (05 May 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110430)...
RXTE CALDB updated (05 May 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 03 May 2011)...
Press Release: Gravity Probe B Confirms Einstein's General Relativity (04 May 2011)
The Gravity Probe B mission has confirmed two key predictions
derived from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, the
geodetic effect - the warping of space and time around a gravitational body -
and frame-dragging - the amount a spinning object pulls space and time with it
as it rotates.
Storms Affect Fermi GBM Data Processing and Delivery (03 May 2011)
Due to the storms in the southeast US, data from the GBM
instrument is currently not being processed or posted to the Fermi SSC.
Communication of real time burst locations via GCN notices continues
unhindered. Data processing and delivery of new and backlogged files will
resume once power is restored, which is estimated to occur anywhere from
mid next week to 15-30 days hence.
Fermi Cycle 4 List of Approved Guest Investigations (02 May 2011)
The phase-1 selection process for the Fermi Cycle 4 Guest
Investigator Program has been completed and the list of selected programs
is available. A total of 213 proposals were received in response and 85 have
been selected by NASA Headquarters on the basis of scientific peer-review
evaluation.
Press Release: Swift and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris (28 Apr 2011)
Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named Scheila had
unexpectedly brightened and was sporting short-lived plumes. Follow-up
data from the Swift UVOT instrument and HST showed these
changes likely occurred after Scheila was struck by a much smaller asteroid,
ejecting 660,000 tons of dust.
Chandra CALDB 4.4.3 released (28 Apr 2011)
CalDB 4.4.3 released 26 April 2011; patch upgrade. installed at HEASARC 28 April 2011. Note Caldb 4.4.3 is not compatible with CIAO versions earlier than CIAO 4.3...
XMM-Newton ESAS Updates for SAS v11.0.1 (28 Apr 2011)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Extended Source Analysis Software.
Asiago Supernova Catalog (26 Apr 2011)
The latest version of this catalog (2011-Apr-17 Version)
containing data on 5609 supernovae from 1885 through Spring 2011 is now
available in Browse.
Science Article: Polarized Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Black Hole Cyg X-1 (22 Apr 2011)
Laurent et al. (2011, Science, 332, 438) describe the INTEGRAL
detection of a highly polarized spectral component in the gamma-ray emission
of Cyg X-1 and its probable relation to the jet in this system.
Chandra ACIS Survey of M33 (ChASeM33) Final Source Catalog (21 Apr 2011)
This catalog of 662 Chandra ACIS X-ray
sources detected towards the M33 galaxy (from Tüllman et al. 2011,
ApJS, 193, 31) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku 2011 Conference Web Site Open (19 Apr 2011)
Abstract deadline is May 31 for the "Exploring the X-ray Universe" conference to be held at SLAC, July 20-22, 2011
Viewing tool updated to support Astro-H (19 Apr 2011)
The Viewing tool has been updated to support the upcoming mission, Astro-H.
INTEGRAL ISGRI Four-Year Source Catalog (19 Apr 2011)
This catalog of identifications and classifications of ISGRI
sources detected in INTEGRAL's first 4 years (from Bodaghee et al. 2007,
A&A, 467, 585) is now available in Browse.
INTEGRAL AO9 Observing Proposals Deadline is Now Past (15 Apr 2011)
Proposals for INTEGRAL observations to be carried out in 2012
were due before Friday April 15th at 9:00am EDT (15:00 CEST).
Ritter Catalog of Cataclysmic Binaries (Version 7.15) (12 Apr 2011)
The latest (March 2011) versions of the Cataclysmic Binaries
Catalog, the Low-Mass
X-ray Binaries Catalog and the Binaries
Related to CVs Catalog (Ritter & Kolb 2003-2011) are all now
available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (12 Apr 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 07 Apr 2011)...
XSPEC Updated (12 Apr 2011)
Version 12.6.0ab released April 1, 2011; fixed for using fakeit with the projct component...
General Catalog of Variable Stars, April 2011 Version (11 Apr 2011)
The GCVS catalog (Samus et al. 2011) of all known
confirmed variable stars and the latest version of the Suspected
Variable Stars Catalog are now available in Browse.
Press Release: Break-through Study Confirms Cause of Short GRBs (07 Apr 2011)
A new supercomputer simulation shows the merger of two neutron
stars can naturally produce the magnetic structures thought to power the
high-speed particle jets associated with short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs).
Press Release: Swift, Hubble and Chandra Join Forces to
Observe Unprecedented Explosion (07 Apr 2011)
NASA's Swift, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory
have teamed up to study one of the most puzzling gamma-ray bursts yet observed.
More than a week later, X-ray emission continues to repeatedly brighten
and fade at its location.
Catalog of Kvant TTM/COMIS X-Ray Sources (06 Apr 2011)
This catalog (from Emelyanov et al. 2000, AstL, 26, 355) of 67
2-30 keV sources detected by TTM/COMIS onboard Kvant is now available in
Browse.
6dF Galaxy Survey Final Redshift Release (DR3) Catalog (04 Apr 2011)
The 6dFGS catalog (Jones et al. 2009, MNRAS, 399, 693) of 124,647
galaxies with measured redshifts is now available in Browse.
XMM-Newton SAS v11.0.1 Released (01 Apr 2011)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Science Analysis Software.
Planck Early Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Detected Cluster Candidates Catalog (30 Mar 2011)
This Planck catalog (Planck Collaboration 2011, ESA) of 189
SZ cluster candidates and their X-ray counterparts is now available in
Browse.
Press Release: Chandra Finds Striped Pattern in the X-rays emitted by the Tycho SNR (28 Mar 2011)
Chandra's discovery of a pattern of X-ray
stripes in the Tycho SNR may provide the first direct
evidence that such a cosmic event can accelerate particles to energies 100
times higher than the most powerful particle accelerators on earth can.
Fermi TOO for Cygnus X-3 (25 Mar 2011)
A 500 ks TOO pointed mode observation for Cyg X-3 is currently
underway. This observation is in response to the recent increase in gamma-ray
activity from the source reported in ATel 3233.
Any updates or changes to this
plan will be announced on on the Fermi-News mailing list.
9th Catalog of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits (SB9) (25 Mar 2011)
The latest version (v8) of this catalog (Pourbaix et al.
2004-2011) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku Shows Clearest Picture Yet of Perseus Galaxy Cluster (24 Mar 2011)
NASA press release - the temperature and density profile of the
cluster has been measured to the virial radius and beyond.
XSPEC Updated (22 Mar 2011)
Version 12.6.0aa released March 21, 2011; fixed for bug when a save file is created while gain parameters AND proportional deltas are in use...
Catalog of Chandra X-Ray Point Sources in the W40 Star-Forming Complex (22 Mar 2011)
This catalog (from Kuhn et al. 2010, ApJ, 725, 2485) of ACIS
sources and their 2MASS counterparts in the W40 H II region is now available
in Browse.
Allen Telescope Array Pi GHz Sky Survey of the Boo Field Source Catalog (18 Mar 2011)
The PiGSS Boo Field catalog (Bower et al. 2010, ApJ, 725,
1792) of 3.1-GHz radio sources is now available in Browse.
Catalog of Chandra X-Ray Sources and Optical/IR counterparts in the Globular Cluster M71 (14 Mar 2011)
This catalog (from Elsner et al. 2008, ApJ, 687, 1019) of ACIS
sources and their candidate counterparts in and around M71 is now available in
Browse.
CFITSIO Updated (11 Mar 2011)
Version 3.27; This release contains significant new enhancements, mainly to support new features in the fpack and funpack FITS file compression utility programs ..
GALEX/Sloan Digital Sky Survey z=0.5-1.5 QSO Candidates Catalog (10 Mar 2011)
This catalog (Hutchings & Bianchi 2010, AJ, 140, 1987) of
19,812 QSO candidates selected using GALEX and SDSS is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (09 Mar 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 08 Mar 2011)...
9th INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity (09 Mar 2011)
ESA has released the 9th Announcement of Opportunity for
observing proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is
April 15, 2011. Additional information can be found on the ESA
INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US
GOF.
Chandra ACIS Survey of Nearby Galaxies X-Ray Point Source Catalog (09 Mar 2011)
This catalog (J. Liu 2011, ApJS, 192, 10) of 17,559 Chandra
point sources is now available in Browse.
WSRT 20cm Source Catalog of AKARI North Ecliptic Pole Deep Field (09 Mar 2011)
This catalog (White et al. 2010, A&A, 517, A54)
of 20-cm radio sources is now available in Browse.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (08 Mar 2011)
The latest version (v2.3) of this catalog (E. Flesch 2011)
containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (04 Mar 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110303)...
RXTE Celebrates 15 Years of Discovery (04 March 2011)
RXTE poster commemorates 15 years in orbit.
RXTE Resumes Normal Operations (03 March 2011)
Chandra CALDB 4.4.2 released (02 Mar 2011)
CalDB 4.4.2 released 01 March 2011; patch upgrade. installed at HEASARC 02 March 2011...
RXTE Temporarily Suspends Slewing (02 March 2011)
XMM-Newton SAS v11 Released (01 Mar 2011)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Science Analysis Software.
Suzaku Cycle 6 Target List Available (01 Mar 2011)
The list of accepted Suzaku Cycle 6 targets is now available.
The X-ray Universe 2011 (25 Feb 2011)
The X-ray Universe 2011: Berlin, Germany, 27 - 30 June 2011
Press Release: Chandra Finds Superfluid in the Core of the Neutron Star in the Cas A SNR (25 Feb 2011)
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered the first direct
evidence for a superfluid, a bizarre frictionless state of matter, at the
core of a neutron star.
Dates and Venue for 2011 X-Ray Astronomy School Announced (23 Feb 2011)
The next X-Ray Astronomy School will be held in Cambridge,
Mass. from August 1st through 5th.
ROSES-2011 Has Been Released (23 Feb 2011)
The ROSES-2011 announcement of opportunity for earth and space science proposals is now available.
Reminder: Chandra Cycle 13 Observing Proposals Deadline is Soon! (22 Feb 2011)
These proposals are due no later than March 15th.
MOPEX updated (18 Feb 2011)
Spitzer's MOsaicker and Point source EXtractor software has been update to version 18.4.9 on Feb 15, 2011...
PIMMS updated to Version 4.3 (18 Feb 2011)
Version 4.3 is identical to version 4.2a except for the Integral JEM-X instrument. Since 2010 October, two near-identical units of JEM-X are operational, but PIMMS continue to provide count rate per single unit. Version 4.3 includes additional lines of screen output to clarify this.
Fermi Makes APS's "Top Ten Physics-Related News Stories of 2010" (16 Feb 2011)
In early November 2010, astronomers at SAO, using observations
taken by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, announced the surprising
discovery of two gigantic bubbles or lobes of gamma-ray-emitting gas
surrounding the Milky Way Galaxy.
Suzaku CALDB updated (10 Feb 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20110210). This update resolves the incompatibility issue introduced in XIS update 20110118...
Problem with Suzaku CALDB update version 20110118 (10 Feb 2011)
An incompatibility has been identified with the latest version of the Suzaku XIS CALDB (version 20110118). Until this is fixed, Suzaku users should use the previous version of the XIS CALDB (version 20101108). The Suzaku XIS CALDB at the HEASARC is currently using version 20101108 until this incompatibility is resolved.
Suzaku CALDB updated (09 Feb 2011)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the XIS (update version 20110118) ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (09 Feb 2011)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20110131), and the UVOTA (update version 20110131)...
Contributions Still Being Solicited for the IXO Science Meeting on
'The Present Status and Future Prospects of X-Ray Astronomy' (09 Feb 2011)
The deadline for contributions for the Rome IXO Meeting (to be held March 14 to 16) has been extended to February 12.
Fermi LAT Data Server Is Back Online (04 Feb 2011)
The Fermi LAT data server is now back online and is up to date.
Users may also access the LAT weekly files through the Browse Interface or
directly via the FTP area. The Fermi SSC is evaluating other dynamic content
and it should be available in the near-future.
2011 Fermi LAT Symposium (03 Feb 2011)
The 2011 Fermi Symposium will be held in Rome, Italy from
May 9-12, 2011.
XSPEC Updated (03 Feb 2011)
Version 12.6.0y released January 31, 2011; writefits tcl script and the tclout error commands fixed...
RXTE CALDB updated (03 Feb 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 01 Feb 2011)...
Fermi Cycle 4 Proposals (02 Feb 2011)
The Fermi Cycle 4 proposal submission deadline was on January 21,
2011. A total of 213 guest investigator proposals were received in response
the to Cycle 4 NRA. Selections will be announced by NASA HQ in the spring
following scientific peer-review evaluation in early April 2011.
MILLIQUAS - The Million Quasars Catalog (28 Jan 2011)
The latest version (v2.2) of this catalog (Flesch 2011)
containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse.
IRAM 30-m Single-Dish Telescope Observation Log (27 Jan 2011)
The log (Dan and Meri, 1991-2010, IRAM
Newsletters) containing 22,164 mm observations made by the IRAM 30-m dish in
the last quarter of 2009 is now available in Browse as the IRAM30MLOG table.
Updated IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer Observation Log (26 Jan 2011)
The latest version of the log (Dan and Meri, 1991-2010, IRAM
Newsletters) containing 14,158 mm observations made by the PdBI
is now available in Browse as the IRAMPDBLOG table (renamed from IRAMLOG).
Change of Dates for IXO Science Meeting: Now Mar 14-16 (25 Jan 2011)
The IXO Meeting in Rome "to gather together the X-ray
astronomical community worldwide to discuss the key science topics of
IXO, and to review the discovery space opened by science and
technological developments" will now be held March 14 to 16.
Press Release: Swift Survey Finds 'Missing' Active Galaxies (21 Jan 2011)
A team of scientists using data from Swift
confirm the existence of a largely unseen population of black-hole-powered
galaxies. Their X-ray emissions are so heavily absorbed that only a dozen are
known, yet they may represent the 'tip of the iceberg',
accounting for at least 20% of all active galaxies.
Press Release: Fermi, Swift, RXTE and INTEGRAL Find the Crab Nebula to be Varying at High Energies (12 Jan 2011)
The combined data from several X-ray and gamma-ray observatories
have revealed unexpected changes in the emission from the Crab
Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy source in the sky.
Press Release: Andromeda Galaxy's Once and Future Stars (07 Jan 2011)
During Late 2010, XMM-Newton and Herschel combined forces to show
M 31 in a 'new light', with Herschel's IR image
showing rings of star formation and XMM-Newton's X-ray image showing
dying stars such as X-ray binaries and SNRs.
Atacama Cosmology Telescope 2008 Survey Catalog of Extragalactic Sources (07 Jan 2011)
This catalog (from Marriage et al. 2010, preprint) of 157
extragalactic sources detected by the ACT at 148 GHz is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (03 Jan 2011)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 01 Jan 2011)...
PIMMS updated to Version 4.2a (30 Dec 2010)
PIMMS updated to version 4.2a Dec 21, 2010. Version 4.2a includes a new set of Chandra effective area curves, suitable for AO-13 proposers, more....
IXO Science Meeting to be Held in Rome on March 15-17, 2011 (20 Dec 2010)
The purpose is "to gather together the X-ray
astronomical community worldwide to discuss the key science topics of
IXO, and to review the discovery space opened by science and
technological developments".
Asiago Supernova Catalog (17 Dec 2010)
The latest version of this catalog (2010-Nov-14 Version)
containing data on 5480 supernovae is now available in Browse.
Chandra: CIAO 4.3 released (December 15, 2010) (17 Dec 2010)
CIAO 4.3 released, EDSER sub-pixel algorithm has been implemented as the default in acis_process_events, new tools for use when creating ARF files, more...
Exploring the X-ray Universe: Suzaku and Beyond (15 Dec 2010)
The fourth Suzaku Science Conference will be held at SLAC
on July 20-22, 2011.
INTEGRAL/ISGRI Catalog of Variable X-ray Sources (14 Dec 2010)
This catalog (from Telezhinsky et al. 2010, A&A, 522, A68) of
hard X-ray sources detected by the INTEGRAL/ISGRI which are considered to be
variable is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (13 Dec 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 13 Dec 2010)...
INTEGRAL AO-8 Data Right Proposals approved (13 Dec 2010)
The INTEGRAL AO-8 Data Right Program, as recommended by
the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 23rd of November
by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David
Southwood), has been released.
"The Sudden Death of the Nearest Quasar" (13 Dec 2010)
Hanny's Voorwerp is a cloud of ionized gas near the galaxy IC 2497. The degree of ionization of Voorwerp implies that it is irradiated by a powerful quasar, yet none is detected with Suzaku. It is therefore likely that the quasar in IC 2497 has shut off within the last 70,000 years.
INTEGRAL IBIS 7-Year All-Sky Survey of Hard X-ray Sources Catalog (09 Dec 2010)
This catalog (from Krivonos et al. 2010, A&A, 523, A61) of
17-60 KeV sources detected by the IBIS telescope on INTEGRAL is now
available in Browse (it replaces the 4-year version).
Suzaku CALDB updated (06 Dec 2010)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the HXD (update version 20101202) and the XIS (update version 20101108) ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (06 Dec 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20101130), and the UVOTA (update version 20101130)...
SCUBA Legacy Fundamental and Extended Map Object Catalogs (03 Dec 2010)
This catalog (from Di Francesco et al. 2008, ApJS, 175, 277) of
850- and 450-micron sources detected by the SCUBA instrument on JCMT is now
available in Browse.
The Fermi Website Is Back Online As Of 12:00 EST Today (03 Dec 2010)
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the recent
interruption in service to the fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov domain.
XMM-Newton AO-10 Results Released (01 Dec 2010)
The list of XMM-Newton observing proposals accepted by the AO-10 Observing Time Allocation Committee is now available.
XMM-Newton AO-10 Accepted Targets Announced (01 Dec 2010)
The list of XMM-Newton proposals and their associated
abstracts which were accepted by the XMM-Newton AO-10
Observing Time Allocation Committee (OTAC) are now available.
The Fermi Website (http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov) has Been Down Since
11:00 EST Nov 29th (30 Nov 2010)
We apologize for the inconvenience. Weekly LAT data can still be
accessed at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/lat/weekly/,
while GBM data can be accessed at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/
or the HEASARC Browse Interface for Fermi Tables.
Suzaku Cycle 6 Now Closed (24 Nov 2010)
Suzaku Cycle 6 (Stage 1) is now closed. NASA has received
91 proposals for an oversubscription factor of 3.6
RXTE Cycle 15 Accepted Program Now Available (24 November 2010)
Results from the RXTE Cycle 15 Open Time Peer Review.
Updated RXTE Tools in Latest HEASOFT Release (6.10) (23 November 2010)
HEASOFT 6.10 has updates for some RXTE software.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment Updated (22 Nov 2010)
A new version (v9r18p6) of the Fermi Science Tools is now available. This release is to support the dataclean class in the new proccessed
data, fix to gtsrcmaps bug, other enhancements...
INTEGRAL mission extended (22 Nov 2010)
ESA's Science Programme Committee unanimously approved an
extension of INTEGRAL operations until 31 December 2012.
RXTE Team Updates ASM Color and Lightcurve Data (22 November 2010)
New mission-long lightcurves and removal of spikes due to solar glare.
Press Release: Youngest Ever Black Hole Discovered (15 Nov 2010)
Data from Chandra, Swift, XMM-Newton and ROSAT
reveal a bright and steady X-ray source in the remnant of supernova 1979C in
the galaxy M 100 which is a likely newly-formed black hole.
Westerbork in the Southern Hemisphere (WISH) Source Catalog (12 Nov 2010)
This catalog (from De Breuck et al. 2002, A+A, 394, 59) of
352-MHz radio sources detected by the WSRT is now available in
Browse.
Catalog of Optical and NIR Counterparts to Extended Chandra Deep
Field-South X-ray Sources (10 Nov 2010)
This catalog (from Silverman et al. 2010, ApJS, 191, 124 ) of
optical and near-IR identifications for E-CDF-S sources is now available in
Browse.
Press Release: Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Finds Giant Structure in
Our Galaxy (10 Nov 2010)
Fermi has discovered a dumbbell-shaped structure
centered on the Milky Way. This gamma-ray emitting feature spans 50,000
light-years and may be the
remnant of an eruption from a supersized black hole at the Galactic Center.
Astro-Update Expanded (08 Nov 2010)
By request, we've added a number of important software packages on Astro-Update - see if your favorites are there (if not let us know)
GRBs in the News: Magnetars May Fuel Some Short GRBs (05 Nov 2010)
The 36-millisecond GRB 090515 caught by the Swift observatory
might be one such event in which a magnetar is formed, and then after several
minutes collapses into a black hole, according to O'Brien et al. (See also
this Nature news report).
RXTE CALDB updated (04 Nov 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 03 Nov 2010)...
8C Revised Rees Survey 38-MHz Source Catalog (03 Nov 2010)
This catalog (from Hales et al. 1995, MNRAS, 274, 447) of
5,859 low-frequency radio sources is now available in Browse.
Swift BAT 58-Month Hard X-Ray Survey Source Catalog, Spectra and Light
Curves (03 Nov 2010)
The catalog (from Baumgartner et al. 2010, ApJS, submitted) of
1092 sources detected by the Swift BAT in 58 months of observing is now
available.
9C Survey of 15-GHz Sources with the Ryle Telescope (01 Nov 2010)
The 9C catalog (from Waldram et al. 2003, MNRAS, 342, 915) of
242 radio sources from 3 VSA fields is now available in Browse, as well as the
9C
Continued Survey (Waldram et al. 2010, MNRAS, 404, 1005)
catalog.
7C Survey Unified Catalog of 151-MHz Sources (29 Oct 2010)
This catalog (from Hales et al. 2007, MNRAS, 382, 1639) of
43,000+ radio sources is now available in Browse, as well as the
7C
Northern Galactic Plane and
7C
Low-Declination catalogs.
PIMMS updated to Version 4.2 (28 Oct 2010)
(Updated October 27 2010). Version 4.2 includes a new set of Suzaku effective area curves, suitable for Cycle 6 proposers, and an accompanying update in the code to estimate detection limits for the HXD detectors, more....
Fermi LAT CALDB updated (27 Oct 2010)
Fermi LAT caldb has been updated to version v9r18p6...
Press Release: MAXI Discovery and Swift Confirmation of New X-Ray transient (22 Oct 2010)
Observations by the Japanese MAXI X-ray monitor on the ISS
on Oct 17 which detected a bright X-ray source near the Galactic Plane,
dubbed MAXI J1409-619, were followed up by a Swift
observation on Oct 20 which confirm it is a new Galactic X-ray
transient.
INTEGRAL Revision 3 Data Available from the HEASARC (19 Oct 2010)
The HEASARC mirror to the INTEGRAL Public Data Archive now contains INTEGRAL
Revision 3 data. A short description of the revision 3 data can be found in the
May 2010 ISDC Newsletter.
Press Release: What Lies Beneath? Magnetar Enigma Deepens (19 Oct 2010)
Observations by Chandra, XMM-Newton, Swift, RXTE and Fermi
have revealed that a slowly rotating neutron star with an
'ordinary' surface magnetic field strength, SGR 0418+5729, is giving off
intense bursts of X-rays and gamma rays, possibly indicating an internal
magnetic field much stronger than its surface value.
DS9 Updated (18 Oct 2010)
Version 6.2; add CIRCLE3D region, new frames inherit current smooth params, more ...
Fermi Regional Workshops in Fall 2010 (14 Oct 2010)
To facilitate greater community-wide participation in Fermi
science, the Fermi Science Support Center and the Fermi Project are hosting
a series of regional workshops this fall in 3 locations across the
US.
Press Release: Fermi Project Scientists Win Lindsay Memorial
Award for Space Science (14 Oct 2010)
Drs. Julie McEnery and David Thompson received this GSFC award
on October 8 for the two years of wide-ranging discoveries in the gamma-ray
sky made by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope.
Catalog of X-ray Luminosities of Early-Type Galaxies (14 Oct 2010)
This catalog (from O'Sullivan et al. 2001, MNRAS, 328, 461) of
ROSAT and Einstein X-ray measurements of E and S0 galaxies is now available in
Browse.
XMM-Newton AO-10 Solicitation Closed (11 Oct 2010)
The XMM-Newton tenth Announcement of Opportunity (AO-10) closed on the 8th of October 2010.
Catalog of Chandra Point Sources in the Cometary Globule CG 12 (11 Oct 2010)
This catalog (from Getman et al. 2008, ApJ, 673, 331) of X-ray
point sources towards the core and environs of CG 12 is now available in
Browse.
Catalog of Chandra Point Sources in the LALA Cetus Field (07 Oct 2010)
This catalog (from Wang et al. 2007, ApJ, 669, 765) of X-ray
point sources in the Large Area Lyman Alpha Survey Cetus Field is now
available in Browse.
Catalog of IR Properties of Young Stellar Objects in Orion (05 Oct 2010)
This catalog of the infared properties and classification of
YSOs in the Orion Nebula Cluster (from Prisinzano et al. 2008, ApJ, 677, 401)
is now available in Browse.
2dF QSO Redshift (2QZ) Survey Catalog (05 Oct 2010)
The 2QZ catalog of results from spectroscopic follow-up
observations of color-selected QSO candidates (from Croom et al.
2004, MNRAS, 349, 1397) is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (05 Oct 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 03 Oct 2010)...
Wide Angle ROSAT Pointed Survey (2nd Phase) Clusters Catalog (30 Sep 2010)
The WARPS-II catalog of clusters of galaxies (from Horner
et al. 2008, ApJS, 176, 374) is now available in Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (30 Sep 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100930), the UVOTA (update version 20100930) and the XRT (update version 20100802)...
HEASoft 6.10 released (30 Sep 2010)
Released September 28, 2010; primarily driven by updates to the Swift and Suzaku mission software, but also includes updates to several packages
which have been revised to mirror the current development versions in
use at the HEASARC....
The First Year of MAXI: Monitoring Variable X-Ray Sources (28 Sep 2010)
The deadline for registration and abstract submission for this
MAXI workshop in Tokyo (Nov 30-Dec 2) is September 30th.
ROSAT All-Sky Survey/Asiago-ESO QSO Survey Catalog (28 Sep 2010)
This source catalog from a survey for bright quasars (Grazian
et al. 2000, AJ, 119, 2540) is now available in Browse.
Catalog of Chandra Point Sources in Distant Galaxy Clusters (27 Sep 2010)
This catalog (from Branchesi et al. 2007, A+A, 462, 449) of X-ray
point sources in 18 clusters of galaxies is now available in Browse.
PIMMS updated to Version 4.1b (23 Sep 2010)
(Updated September 21 2010). Version 4.1b includes a new set of XMM-Newton effective area curves suitable for AO-10 proposals...
Allen Telescope Array 20-cm Survey (ATATS) Source Catalog (16 Sep 2010)
This catalog (from Croft et al. 2010, ApJ, 719, 46) of 20-cm
sources from a survey of a 690 square degree field for radio transients is now
available in Browse.
VLA SWIRE Deep Field 20-cm Source Catalog (10 Sep 2010)
This catalog (Owen and Morrison 2008, AJ, 136, 1889) of 20-cm
sources from a survey of a region of the SWIRE Spitzer Legacy Survey
is now available in Browse.
XSPEC Updated (09 Sep 2010)
Version 12.6.0s released September 8, 2010; fix for saving correct normalization for correction file...
VLA SWIRE Deep Field 90-cm Source Catalog (09 Sep 2010)
This catalog (Owen et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 4846) of 90-cm sources
from a survey of a region of the SWIRE Spitzer Legacy Survey
is now available in Browse.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment Updated (08 Sep 2010)
A new version (v9r17p0) of the Fermi Science Tools is now available. This version includes multiple bug fixes as well as improved support for Linux (including Fedora 13, Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04) and Mac (OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard) operating systems...
Suzaku Cycle 6 call for proposals (07 Sep 2010)
Suzaku Cycle 6 deadline is Nov 19, 2010, both
for regular and Key Project proposals.
INTEGRAL AO-8 Call for Data Right Proposals (01 Sep 2010)
ESA has released the 8th Announcement of Opportunity for
data right proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is
October 8, 2010. Additional information can be found on the ESA
INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL
US GOF.
VLA 74-MHz Deep High-Resolution Survey Source Catalog (26 Aug 2010)
This catalog of sources from a 74-MHz survey of a region located
near the North Galactic Pole (Cohen et al. 2004, ApJS, 150, 417)
is now available in Browse.
AT20G/Fermi 1FGL Source Catalog (26 Aug 2010)
This catalog of AT20G radio sources associated with Fermi-LAT
1-Year Catalog gamma-ray sources (Mahony et al. 2010, ApJ, 718, 587)
is now available in Browse.
2011 Einstein Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program (24 Aug 2010)
The deadline for applications to this NASA-sponsored post-doc
program for research related to NASA's Physics of the Cosmos (open to
recent PhDs in astronomy, physics and related disciplines) is November 4th.
XMM-Newton AO-10 Solicitation Released (24 Aug 2010)
XMM-Newton observing proposals are solicited in response to the Tenth Announcement of Opportunity.
Suzaku CALDB updated (23 Aug 2010)
The CALDB for the HXD has been updated (update version 20100812) ...
WMAP Completes its 9-Year Cosmology Mission (23 Aug 2010)
WMAP made its last science observations on August 10th, and
end-of-mission calibration observations were completed on August 19th.
Kudos to the project on a highly successful mission!
The Ins and Outs of Black Holes (20 Aug 2010)
This cross-cutting workshop, which will examine the physics and
astrophysics of energy flows in and around black holes, will be held in
Annapolis, Maryland from November 15th-17th.
Fermi-Swift GRB Data Analysis Workshop (20 Aug 2010)
This workshop, which will introduce participants to Fermi and
Swift GRB data analysis, will be held here in Greenbelt from November
8th-12th.
XSPEC Updated (18 Aug 2010)
Version 12.6.0q released August 18, 2010; fix for incorrect setting of last bin in OGIP 2 background files...
Million Quasars Catalog (MILLIQUAS) (18 Aug 2010)
Version 2.1 of the Million Quasars Catalog (Flesch 2010)
is now available in Browse.
Eclipsing Pulsar Promises Clues to Crushed Matter (17 August 2010)
Astronomers using RXTE have found the first fast X-ray pulsar to be eclipsed by its companion star.
Press Release: Fermi Detects 'Shocking' Surprise - Gamma Rays from a Nova Outburst (12 Aug 2010)
The Fermi Large Area Telescope detected gamma rays from a
nova outburst of the symbiotic binary V407 Cyg over a 15-day period this March.
AAVSO International Variable Star Index (VSX) (10 Aug 2010)
This compendium catalog of variable Galactic stars
(from Watson et al. 2006, SASS, 25, 47) is now available in Browse.
Small Magellanic Cloud Deep Fields Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (07 Aug 2010)
This catalog of 394 Chandra sources in the SMC Deep Fields
(from Laycock et al. 2010, ApJ, 716, 1217) is now available in Browse.
Press Release: NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle: the Antennae Galaxies (06 Aug 2010)
A new image of the colliding Antennae Galaxies, which combines
Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope optical, and Spitzer Space
Telescope infrared data, has been released by NASA's Great Observatories.
RXTE CALDB updated (04 Aug 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 04 Aug 2010)...
XMM-COSMOS Catalog of Optical and IR Counter-parts to XMM-Newton Sources (03 Aug 2010)
This catalog of 1797 XMM-COSMOS sources' optical and
infrared counterpart properties (from Brusa et al. 2010, ApJ, 716, 348) is
now available in Browse.
Suzaku CALDB updated (30 Jul 2010)
The CALDB for the XIS has been updated (update version 20100709), along with an update to the CALDB index file for the XRT ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (30 Jul 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100730)...
NGC 2237 Young Stellar Cluster Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (30 Jul 2010)
This catalog of NGC 2237 Chandra sources and their optical and IR
counterparts (from Wang et al. 2010, ApJ, 716, 474) is now available in Browse.
Detailed Information on How to Submit Swift Cycle 7 GI Proposals Is Now Available (29 Jul 2010)
Full details on the Swift Cycle 7 Guest Investigator Program are
now available; proposals are due on or before September 29, 2010.
LkH-alpha 101 Star Formation Region Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (28 Jul 2010)
This catalog of LkH-alpha 101 SFR Chandra sources and their IR
counterparts (from Wolk et al. 2010, ApJ, 715, 671) is now available in Browse.
Chandra Variable Guide Star (VGUIDE) Catalog (26 Jul 2010)
This catalog of variable stars found among Chandra guide stars
(from Nichols et al. 2010, ApJS, 188, 473) is now available in Browse.
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Observation Log (20 Jul 2010)
The GALEX Observation Log is now available
in Browse.
XSPEC Updated (19 Jul 2010)
Version 12.6.0l released July 14, 2010; fix to pexriv/bexriv group of models...
ROSAT All-Sky Survey-All-Sky Automated Survey Catalog of Eclipsing
Binaries (19 Jul 2010)
This catalog of 807 RASS X-ray sources identified as eclipsing
binaries in ASAS (from Szczygiel et al. 2008, AcA, 58, 405) is now available
in Browse.
Record-Breaking X-Ray Blast Briefly Blinds Swift Observatory (16 Jul 2010)
On June 21st, the brightest X-ray burst ever detected from
beyond our Galaxy's environs temporarily blinded the X-ray detector on
NASA's Swift observatory. GRB 100621A is the brightest cosmological X-ray
source detected by Swift since it began observing in early 2005.
RXTE Cycle 15 Information for Proposers (16 July 2010)
How and when to propose for RXTE Cycle 15.
Updated Version of the Chandra Observing Program (15 Jul 2010)
The recently updated (to include Cycle 12 programs) Chandra
Observing Program table of targets is now available in Browse.
Chandra Cycle 12 Research Program Announced (13 Jul 2010)
The lists of accepted GO targets, and of archive, theory and
joint proposals recommended by the Chandra Cycle 12 Peer Review
panel are now available.
Updated Version of the INTEGRAL Observing Program (07 Jul 2010)
The recently updated (to include AO-8 programs) INTEGRAL
Observing Program table of targets is now available in Browse.
Asiago Supernova Catalog (2010-06-20 Version) (06 Jul 2010)
The recently updated version of the Asiago supernova catalog
is now available in Browse.
XMM-COSMOS Large-Scale Structure Survey Catalog of Optical Identifications (02 Jul 2010)
This catalog of 487 reliable optical spectroscopic
identifications of XMM-Newton LSS sources (from Stalin et al. 2010, MNRAS,
401, 294) is now available in Browse.
INTEGRAL AO-8 General Program Results (01 July 2010)
The INTEGRAL AO-8 General Program, as recommended by
the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 15th of June
by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David
Southwood), has been released.
Swift CALDB Data updated (01 Jul 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOTA (update version 20100630)...
RXTE Homes in on a Black Hole's Jets (1 Jul 2010)
For decades, X-ray astronomers have studied the complex behavior of binary systems pairing a normal star with a black hole.
Swift CALDB Data updated (30 Jun 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100630)...
8th INTEGRAL Workshop: The Restless Gamma-Ray Universe (29 Jun 2010)
The deadline for abstract submission for this workshop, to be held in Dublin, Ireland (Sep 27-30), is June 30th.
COSPAR Announces its 2010 Award Winners (24 Jun 2010)
Honorees include Guenther Hasinger (co-winner of the COSPAR Space
Science Award) and Harvey Tananbaum (winner of the Royal Society/COSPAR Massey
Award).
Suzaku CALDB updated (21 Jun 2010)
The CALDB for the HXD has been updated (update version 20100617) ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (21 Jun 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100528), XRT (update version 20100528) and the UVOTA (update version 20100528)...
VLA-COSMOS Project 1.4-GHz Joint Source Catalog (15 Jun 2010)
This catalog of 2865 radio sources in the central degree of the
COSMOS field (from Schinnerer et al. 2010, ApJS, 188, 384) is now available
in Browse.
The Million Quasar (MILLIQUAS) Catalog, Version 2.0 (2010) (14 Jun 2010)
Version 2.0 of this catalog of 1,108,117 high-confidence quasars,
AGN and BL Lacs (from Flesch 2010, quasars.org) is now available in Browse.
7-Year WMAP 5-Band Point Source Catalog (11 Jun 2010)
This catalog of 471 WMAP point sources found using a 5-band
technique (from Gold et al. 2010, ApJS, in press) is now available
in Browse.
7-Year WMAP QVW Point Source Catalog (11 Jun 2010)
This catalog of 417 WMAP point sources found using a 3-band
CMB-free technique (from Gold et al. 2010, ApJS, in press) is now available
in Browse.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog, Seventh Data Release (07 Jun 2010)
This catalog of 105,783 spectroscopically confirmed quasars
(from Schneider et al. 2010, AJ, 139, 2360) is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (07 Jun 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 07 Jun 2010)...
XSPEC Updated (07 Jun 2010)
Version 12.6.0k released May 26, 2010; tclout modval improvement ...
INTEGRAL SPI detector anomaly (07 June 2010)
On May 27, 2010, an anomaly occured for SPI Ge Detector #1.
DS9 Updated (07 Jun 2010)
Version 7.0; 3D visualization, more ...
'Backwards' Black Holes Might Make Bigger Jets (01 Jun 2010)
New research suggests supermassive black holes that spin
backwards (retrograde) compared to their disks might produce more ferocious
jets of gas than those that spin forwards (prograde). The results
have broad implications for how galaxies and the super-massive
black holes that they harbor change over time.
Swift Survey Finds "Smoking Gun" of Black Hole Activation (26 May 2010)
Data from an ongoing survey by the Swift satellite have helped
astronomers solve a decades-long mystery about why a small percentage of
black holes emit vast amounts of energy.
New Fermi GBM Data Analysis Tool (21 May 2010)
The GBM team has provided a new analysis tool - RMFIT - for GRBs
and other GBM data. It will create lightcurves, fit backgrounds, and fit
single or multiple spectra for NaI and BGO detectors. RMFIT is not part
of the standard Fermi Science Tools, but can be found on the
user-contributed Fermi software page along with a tutorial.
XSPEC Updated (20 May 2010)
Version 12.6.0j released May 20, 2010; delcomp bug squashed ...
Suzaku "ABC" Guide Version 3.2 now available (17 May 2010)
Version 3.2 of the Suzauk Data Reduction Guide is now available in HTML, PDF, and ps.gz formats.
Swift CALDB Data updated (17 May 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100430) and the UVOTA (update version 20100430)...
DS9 Updated (17 May 2010)
Version 6.1; simplified windows installation, backup & restore, more ...
Fermi Cycle 3 List of Approved Guest Investigations (14 May 2010)
The phase-1 selection process for the Fermi Cycle 3 Guest
Investigator Program has been completed and the list of selected programs
is available.
AKARI/FIS All-Sky Survey Bright Source Catalog, Version 1.0 (13 May 2010)
This catalog of 423,071 far-IR point sources (from Yamamura et
al. 2010) is now available in Browse.
AKARI/IRC All-Sky Survey Point Source Catalog, Version 1.0 (12 May 2010)
This catalog of 870,973 mid-IR sources (from Ishihara et al.
2010, A+A, 514, A1) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC Updated (11 May 2010)
Version 12.6.0i released May 11, 2010; improvements to calling user-defined Tcl procedure ...
XMM-COSMOS Catalog of X-ray Selected Type 1 AGN (07 May 2010)
This catalog of 545 type 1 AGN (from Lusso et al. 2010, A+A,
512, A34) is now available in Browse.
Report of the NASA Astrophysics Division 2010 Senior Review of
Operating Missions (06 May 2010)
The missions in the 2010 Astrophysics Senior Review include
Chandra, Swift, XMM-Newton, WMAP, Suzaku, RXTE and INTEGRAL.
Gamma-Ray Bursts 2010 Conference (06 May 2010)
This conference, which will cover recent advances in gamma-ray
burst observations and theory, will be held in Annapolis, Maryland
on November 1-4, 2010.
The Las Campanas Redshift Survey Catalog (05 May 2010)
The LCRS catalog of galaxies with photometric and spectroscopic
measurements (Shectman et al. 1996, ApJ, 470, 172) is
now available in Browse.
XMM-Newton Slew Survey Source Catalogs (Version 1.4) (04 May 2010)
The updated versions of the XMM Slew Survey clean and full
source catalogs are now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (03 May 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 01 May 2010)...
XSPEC Updated (03 May 2010)
Version 12.6.0h released April 30, 2010; modifications to the behavior of steppar ...
Zeldovich Medal for Vito Sguera (03 May 2010)
On 01 April 2010, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) has
decided to present the 2010 Zeldovich Medal for COSPAR Scientific
Commission E (Research in Astrophysics from Space) to Dr. Vito Sguera
(Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale & Fisica Cosmica, Bologna,
Italy).
XMM-Newton Serend-ipitous Source Catalog (Version 2XMMi-DR3) (29 Apr 2010)
The updated version of this catalog of X-ray sources is now
available in Browse.
XMM-Newton SAS v10 Released (29 Apr 2010)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Science Analysis tool.
XMM-Newton XSA v6.5 Released (28 Apr 2010)
The latest release of the XMM-Newton Science Archive tool.
Updated Second XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue Released (28 Apr 2010)
A new incremental version (2XMMi-DR3) of the second XMM-Newton EPIC Serendipitous Source Catalogue, 2XMM
Updated XMM-Newton Slew Survey Catalogue Released (28 Apr 2010)
An update to the XMM-Newton Slew Survey Catalogue (Delta-4) is now available
ROSAT All-Sky Survey/6dF Galaxy Survey Catalog of X-Ray Selected AGN (22 Apr 2010)
This catalog of X-ray selected AGN (Mahony et
al. 2010, MNRAS, 401, 1151) is now available in Browse.
Catalog of MASH and MASH-II Planetary Nebulae (21 Apr 2010)
This catalog of confirmed and suspected PNe (MASH: Parker et
al. 2006, MNRAS, 373, 79; MASH-II: Miszalski et al. 2008, MNRAS, 384, 525) is
now available in Browse.
ROSAT PSPC Catalog of CMa R1 X-ray Sources (20 Apr 2010)
This catalog of ROSAT-detected Pre-MS stars (Gregorio-Hetem et
al. 2009, A+A, 506, 711) is now available in Browse.
RXTE HEXTE Cluster B Update (20 Apr 2010)
Status of HEXTE Cluster B and software tips for analyzing recent HEXTE data
Swift Catches Its 500th Gamma-Ray Burst (19 Apr 2010)
Swift primarily studies gamma-ray burst (GRBs), the biggest
explosions in the cosmos. On April 13, 2010 the spacecraft catalogued its
500th GRB.
Veron Catalog of Quasars and AGN (19 Apr 2010)
The latest (13th) edition of this catalog of quasars, BL Lacs
and AGN (Veron-Cetty and Veron 2010, A+A, in press) is now available in
Browse.
XSPEC Updated (16 Apr 2010)
Version 12.6.0e released April 15, 2010; initpackage local models tool improvements ...
Reminder That Multi-wavelength Coordination with Fermi Observations Is Important (14 Apr 2010)
The recent TOO for the Fermi mission on 3C 454.3 serves as a
reminder of the need for community input on coordinating multi-wavelength
observations with Fermi. To publicize any such observations that you plan to
make, use the project's multi-wavelength reporting page.
HEASARC Servers Have Moved to New Hardware as of Tuesday April 13th (14 Apr 2010)
The HEASARC web servers moved to new machines running in a
virtualized environment on Tuesday April 13th at 8:00am EDT. Please let us
know if you encounter any anomalies.
XSPEC Updated (08 Apr 2010)
Version 12.6.0d released April 8, 2010; fix to chi2 calculation in steppar on redshift ...
XIMAGE 4.5.1 released (07 Apr 2010)
Released March 29 2010; released with HEASoft 6.9; various improvements...
Fermi Initiates First Approved Target of Opportunity Observation (05 Apr 2010)
The first approved TOO for the Fermi mission was initiated at
19:38 UTC on April 5, 2010, a 200 ks observation of the current extraordinary
outburst of the blazar 3C 454.3. Multi-wavelength observations of this source
over the next 3 days are highly encouraged.
Swift CALDB Data updated (05 Apr 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100331)...
Fermi Maps the Active Galaxy Cen A's 'Smokestack Plumes' in Gamma-Rays (01 Apr 2010)
The Fermi Large Area Telescope has resolved high-energy gamma rays from an extended region around Cen A.
XSPEC Updated (01 Apr 2010)
Version 12.6.0b released March 31, 2010; improvements to implementation of fractional systematic errors ...
RXTE Discovers Spin Period of New SGR 1833-0832 (31 Mar 2010)
On March 19, RXTE isolated the spin period of new source SGR 1833-0832.
Ritter Catalogs of Cataclysmic, Low-Mass X-Ray and Related Binaries (31 Mar 2010)
The latest versions (7.13) of the Ritter Catalogs are now available in Browse.
XSPEC Updated (30 Mar 2010)
Version 12.6.0a released March 29, 2010 along with HEASoft 6.9; improvements to plotting capabilities ...
HEASoft 6.9 released (30 Mar 2010)
Released March 29, 2010; primarily driven by updates to the Swift and Suzaku mission software, but also includes updates to RXTE and other packages which have been revised to mirror the current development versions in
use at the HEASARC...
New calibration of Suzaku/HXD/GSO released (29 Mar 2010)
The new gain calibration of GSO data extends the usable energy range down to 50 keV.
Australia Telescope 20-GHz (AT20G) Survey Source Catalog (29 Mar 2010)
The AT20G radio source catalog (from Murphy et al. 2010, MNRAS,
402, 2403) is now available in Browse.
Updated RXTE Software Now Available (29 Mar 2010)
Four RXTE tools received minor updates.
New M Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood Catalog (25 Mar 2010)
This catalog of M dwarfs selected from a sample of 2MASS and
ROSAT correlated sources (from Riaz et al. 2006, AJ, 132, 866) is now
available in Browse.
M 31 Bulge Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (24 Mar 2010)
This catalog of Chandra sources (from Voss and Gilfanov 2007,
A+A, 468, 49) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku CALDB updated (23 Mar 2010)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the HXD (update version 20100323)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (22 Mar 2010)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the HXD (update version 20100319)...
Asiago Supernova Catalog (2010-03-14 Version) (22 Mar 2010)
The recently updated version of the Asiago supernova catalog
is now available in Browse.
RHESSI Gamma-ray Burst Catalog (19 Mar 2010)
This catalog of gamma-ray bursts (from Ripa et al. 2009, A+A,
498, 399) is now available in Browse.
8th INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity (17 Mar 2010)
ESA has released the 8th Announcement of Opportunity for
observing proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is
April 23, 2010. Additional information can be found on the ESA
INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US
GOF.
New Mission to Study Gamma-ray Flashes in Earth's Atmosphere (12 Mar 2010)
An NSF-funded satellite called Firefly to be launched in 2010 or
2011 will study the strange phenomenon of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
associated with thunderstorms.
Mysterious "Cosmic Flow" Tracked Deeper into Universe (10 Mar 2010)
A new study using the 5-year WMAP results and a large number of
galaxy clusters reports that there is a collective motion - dubbed the dark
flow - along a path roughly centered on the Centaurus-Hydra direction.
RXTE CALDB updated (09 Mar 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 09 Mar 2010)...
Fermi Probes "Dragons" of the Gamma-ray Sky (09 Mar 2010)
A new study shows that less than a third of the extragalactic
background arises from what were once considered the most likely sources, viz.,
black-hole powered AGN.
Suzaku Cycle 5 Target List Available (03 Mar 2010)
The list of accepted Suzaku Cycle 5 targets is now available.
Fermi LAT AGN catalog available in Browse (26 Feb 2010)
The Fermi LAT AGN catalog is now available in Browse...
Swift CALDB Data updated (26 Feb 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20100226)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (20 Feb 2010)
The Suzaku CALDB has been updated for the HXD (update version 20100207) and XIS (update version 20100123)...
Swift CALDB Data updated (19 Feb 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOTA (update version 20100129) and the SC (update version 20100129)...
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Closes in on Source of Cosmic Rays (16 Feb 2010)
New images from Fermi show where supernova remnants are emitting
radiation a billion times more energetic than visible light, and bring
astronomers closer to understanding the source of cosmic rays.
SSA22 Field Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (16 Feb 2010)
This catalog of Chandra sources (from Lehmer et al. 2009, MNRAS,
400, 299) is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (15 Feb 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 12 Feb 2010)...
xTime tool updated (04 Feb 2010)
xTime has improved support for the Fermi mission.
Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources and Middle-Weight Black Holes (02 Feb 2010)
Registration and abstract submission for this XMM-Newton Science
Workshop, to be held in Villafranca, Spain from May 24-26, is now open.
RXTE Team Resolves Inertial-Hold Situation (31 Jan 2010)
RXTE slewing anomaly is resolved.
ChaMPlane Galactic Bulge and Center X-Ray Point Source Catalog (29 Jan 2010)
This catalog of Chandra sources (from Hong et al. 2009, ApJ, 706,
223) is now available in Browse.
Extrasolar Planets (Exoplanets) Encyclopaedia (22 Jan 2010)
This catalog of exoplanets (based on the Web catalog of Jean
Schneider) is now available in Browse.
International X-Ray Observatory Science Meeting (22 Jan 2010)
Registration for the IXO Science Meeting, to be held in Paris,
France from Apr 27-29, is now open.
Fermi LAT 1-Year Point Source Catalog (21 Jan 2010)
This catalog of 1400+ gamma-ray sources and associated data
products (produced by the Fermi LAT Collaboration) is now available in Browse.
Fourth IBIS/ISGRI Soft Gamma-Ray Survey Catalog (21 Jan 2010)
This catalog of 723 INTEGRAL sources (from Bird et al. 2010,
ApJS, 186, 1) is now available in Browse.
RXTE HEXTE Cluster B Currently Staring (20 Jan 2010)
HEXTE Cluster B is currently not rocking.
The Million Quasars (Milliquas) Catalog (19 Jan 2010)
This catalog of 1,000,000+ probable and confirmed QSOs (Flesch
2010) is now available in Browse.
DS9 Updated (18 Jan 2010)
Version 6; Mac OSX, IRAF improvements ...
XSPEC Updated (18 Jan 2010)
Version 12.5.1o; Small fix to calculation of plot emodel/eemodel and eufspec/eeufspec when in setplot wave mode ...
CFITSIO Updated (18 Jan 2010)
Version 3.23; this release contains a number of significant enhancements related to reading and writing compressed FITS files ...
Fermi LAT 1-Year Point Source Catalog Released (15 Jan 2010)
The first catalog of Fermi LAT sources has been released and is
available in the form of a FITS table for download. Potential Fermi GIs may
find this catalog very useful when preparing Cycle 3 proposals (the deadline
is Feb 5).
All-Sky Atlas of Radio/X-Ray Associations (ARXA) (14 Jan 2010)
This catalog of 600,000+ optical objects with radio/X-ray
counterparts (Flesch 2010, PASA, 27, in press) is now available in
Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (13 Jan 2010)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20101231), and the UVOTA (update version 20101231)...
Swift Cycle 6 Accepted Targets and Proposals Announced (11 Jan 2010)
The list of proposals and targets recommended by the
Swift Cycle 6 Peer Review panel is now available.
Fermi Cycle 3 GI Proposal Deadline is Feb 5th (07 Jan 2010)
Scientists are invited to participate in Fermi's guest
investigator science program, with proposals due by Feb 5th,
2010.
RXTE CALDB updated (04 Jan 2010)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 04 Jan 2010)...
Suzaku Finds "Fossil" Fireballs from Supernovae (31 Dec 2009)
Studies of two supernova remnants using the Suzaku
observatory have revealed high-temperature fireballs that immediately followed
the explosions which have retained the imprint of temperatures 10,000 times
hotter than the sun's surface.
Viewing tool updated (31 Dec 2009)
The Swift pole constraints have been updated in the Viewing tool. The revised coefficients extrapolate the trend for the calendar year 2010.
XMM-Newton AO-9 Results Released (18 Dec 2009)
The list of XMM-Newton observing proposals accepted by the AO-9 Observing Time Allocation Committee is now available.
Chandra: CIAO 4.2 and CALDB 4.2.0 released (December 15, 2009) (17 Dec 2009)
CIAO 4.2 and CALDB 4.2.0 released, several new CIAO tools, updates to Sherpa, more...
Chandra Cycle 12 Call for Proposals Released (15 Dec 2009)
Scientists are invited to participate in Chandra's science
program, with proposals due by March 18th, 2010.
Asiago Supernova Catalog (2009-11-29 Version) (09 Dec 2009)
The recently updated version of the Asiago supernova catalog
is now available in Browse.
8th INTEGRAL Workshop (09 December 2009)
The workshop "THE RESTLESS GAMMA-RAY UNIVERSE" will take place in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland, September 27-30, 2010.
RXTE Workshop Presentations Now on the Web (08 Dec 2009)
Presentations from RXTE Workshop held November 5.
Chandra/SWIRE Lockman Hole Field X-Ray Source Catalog (08 Dec 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Wilkes et al. 2009, ApJS, 185,
433) is now available in Browse.
Deadline for Abstracts for SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation 2010
Conference (08 Dec 2009)
The abstract submission deadline for this meeting (to be held
Jun 27-Jul 2) is December 14.
Suzaku CALDB updated (07 Dec 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD has been updated (update version 20091207) ...
Updated RXTE Background Software, and other tools Now Available (06 Dec 2009)
HEASOFT 6.8 has significant updates for RXTE users.
Fermi Data Analysis Workshop Series (04 Dec 2009)
The Fermi Science Support Center will be hosting a series of
hands-on data analysis workshops for anyone interested in getting started on
Fermi data analysis.
Three Suzaku Updates (4 Dec 2009)
Three Suzaku Updates: PIN Epoch 6, XIS Burst Mode GTI, and
New Scripts
HEASoft 6.8 released (03 Dec 2009)
Released December 3, 2009; primarily driven by updates to the Swift and Suzaku mission software, but also includes updates to several packages
which have been revised to mirror the current development versions in
use at the HEASARC...
RXTE CALDB updated (02 Dec 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 02 December 2009)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (01 Dec 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD has been updated (update versions 20091112) ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (01 Dec 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the XRT (update version 20091130) and the SC (update version 20091130)...
RXTE Cycle 14 Accepted Program Now Available (25 Nov 2009)
RXTE Cycle 14 Open-Time Targets from Peer Review are now on the Web.
Suzaku Cycle 5 Now Closed (23 Nov 2009)
Suzaku Cycle 5 (Stage 1) is now closed. NASA has received
88 proposals for an oversubscription factor of 3.45
COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary (18 Nov 2009)
The Cosmic Background Explorer, launched on Nov 18, 1989,
discovered evidence to support the Big Bang theory and earned a Nobel Prize
for scientists John Mather and George Smoot.
Catalog of OB Stars Detected by XMM-Newton (17 Nov 2009)
This XMM-Newton catalog (from Naze 2009, A+A,
506, 1055) is now available in Browse.
Swift and XMM-Newton Satellites Tune into a Middleweight Black Hole (15 Nov 2009)
While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black
holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with intermediate masses has
been much harder to come by. Now, astronomers at NASA's GSFC find that an
X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one
of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.
Chandra COSMOS (C-COSMOS) Survey X-Ray Point Source Catalog (13 Nov 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Elvis et al. 2009, ApJS, 184,
158) is now available in Browse.
Markarian Galaxies Optical Database (12 Nov 2009)
This catalog of active galaxies (from Petrosian et al. 2007,
ApJS, 170, 33) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.5.1n released (06 Nov 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.1n updated Nov 5; Fix to the setplot add feature when viewing folded models while using the energies command.
Second INTEGRAL AGN Catalog (04 Nov 2009)
This INTEGRAL catalog (from Beckmann et al. 2009, A+A, 505, 417)
is now available in Browse.
RXTE CALDB updated (03 Nov 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 02 November 2009)...
Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma-Rays from "Star factories" in Other Galaxies (02 Nov 2009)
Two so-called "starburst" galaxies plus a satellite of our own
Milky Way galaxy, representing a new category of gamma-ray-emitting objects,
have been detected both by Fermi and ground-based observatories.
Near-IR Counterparts to Galactic Center Chandra X-Ray Sources (29 Oct 2009)
This catalog (from Mauerhan et al. 2009, ApJ, 703, 30)
is now available in Browse.
Fermi Telescope Caps First Year with Glimpse of Space-Time (28 Oct 2009)
During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray
Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky with unprecedented resolution and
sensitivity.
GALEX GR1/SDSS DR3 Quasar Catalog (28 Oct 2009)
This GALEX catalog (from Trammell et al. 2007, AJ, 133,
1780) is now available in Browse.
ARK/RPS Calendar (23 Oct 2009)
Subscribe to the ARK/RPS calendar (instructions) to stay informed of upcoming proposal submission deadlines.
Cyg OB2 Association Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (21 Oct 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Wright and Drake 2009, ApJS, 184,
84) is now available in Browse.
M31 XMM-Newton Spectral Survey X-Ray Point Source Catalog (20 Oct 2009)
This XMM-Newton catalog (from Shaw Greening et al. 2009, A+A,
495, 733) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12.5.1h,i,j,k,l,m released (20 Oct 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.1h,i,j,k,l,m updated Oct 16; batch mode script fix, others ...
SAO/DS9 updated to Version 5.7 (20 Oct 2009)
Updated 15-Oct-2009; Snow Leopard support, other features...
INTEGRAL's AO-7 has started (19 October 2009)
Switch from JEM-X1 to JEM-X2 and 14th SPI annealing.
Winners of ESA's INTEGRAL competition (18 October 2009)
Students from India and South Africa have been selected as the winners
of the European Space Agency's 'Be an INTEGRAL astronomer'
competition.
Catalog of USNO A-2 Optical Point Sources Associated with RASS BSC X-Ray Sources (16 Oct 2009)
This ROSAT catalog (from Rutledge et al. 2000, ApJS, 131,
335) is now available in Browse.
RXTE Workshop to follow Fermi Symposium (12 Oct 2009)
RXTE Workshop to be held Thursday, Nov. 5 in Washington, D.C.
XID II: 2MASS PSC Near-IR Sources Associated with RASS BSC X-Ray Sources (09 Oct 2009)
This ROSAT catalog (from Haakonsen and Rutledge 2009, ApJS, 184,
138) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku CALDB updated (07 Oct 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD has been updated (update versions 20091007) ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (07 Oct 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOT (update version 20090930) and the SC (update version 20090930)...
RXTE CALDB updated (05 Oct 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 05 October 2009)...
RXTE Returns to Normal Operations (02 Oct 2009)
RXTE has resumed a normal observation schedule
INTEGRAL AO-7 Data Rights Proposals approved (2 October 2009)
The ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David
Southwood) has approved the recommendation of the Time Allocation
Committee (TAC) for proposals to obtain data rights to targets within
AO-7 observations.
XMM-Newton AO-9: Proposals Due By October 9, 2009, 8:00am EDT (28 Sep 2009)
Suzaku CALDB updated (26 Sep 2009)
The CALDB for the XIS has been updated (update versions 20090925) ...
RXTE in Inertial Hold on IGR J17511-3057 due to Spacecraft Anomaly (23 Sep 2009)
RXTE slews are disabled while team investigates a spacecraft anomaly
Swift Returns to Normal Operations (22 Sep 2009)
As of 16:30 UT 22-Sep-2009, Swift is back to normal
operations (GCN Circular 9928).
Swift Cycle 6: Proposals Due September 30, 2009, 16:30 EDT (22 Sep 2009)
The deadline for Swift Cycle 6 Guest Investigator Program is
fast approaching.
Swift BAT and UVOT Instruments Temporarily Off-line (18 Sep 2009)
Due to a software problem, the BAT instrument stopped processing
science data at about 10:30 UT on 17 Sept. 2009 (GCN Circular 9922).
Consequently, BAT
is not detecting new GRBs at this time, and UVOT is not making observations.
XRT is largely unaffected.
Swift Makes Best-ever Ultraviolet Portrait of Andromeda Galaxy (16 Sep 2009)
In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic
explosions, NASA's Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of
the neighboring spiral galaxy M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) ever obtained in the
ultraviolet.
XSPEC 12.5.1e,f,g released (15 Sep 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.1e,f,g updated Sep 14; abundances, XSparse, setplot area fix ...
Fermi Data Analysis Workshop at GSFC on October 1st (14 Sep 2009)
The Fermi Science Support Center will host a hands-on data
analysis workshop for anyone interested in getting started with Fermi
data analysis.
RXTE Anomaly Effects Observations on Sept. 10-11 (11 Sep 2009)
A spacecraft anomaly caused a temporary interruption of the RXTE observing
schedule.
Swift CALDB Data updated (09 Sep 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOT (update version 20090831) and the SC (update version 20090831)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (09 Sep 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD has been updated (update versions 20090902) ...
CFITSIO updated (05 Sep 2009)
CFITSIO Version 3.2 beta released on Sep 4 2009 ...
Suzaku Cycle 5 Now Open (04 Sep 2009)
Stage 1 (science) proposals are due on Friday, November 20th, 2009.
RXTE CALDB updated (02 Sep 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 01 September 2009)...
XIMAGE 4.5 released (31 Aug 2009)
Released August 19 2009; various improvements...
Fermi GBM CALDB released (28 Aug 2009)
Initial release, corresponds to V10 of the GBM leaf file database (released 20090512) ...
XSPEC 12.5.1d released (28 Aug 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.1d updated Aug 27; plot options emodel and eemodel syntax fix ...
XSPEC 12.5.1c released (25 Aug 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.1c updated Aug 25; nchan option for the tclout command, save command permission fix, solar abundance set of Asplund, Grevesse, and Sauval (2006) ...
XMM-Newton AO-9 Solicitation Released (25 Aug 2009)
XMM-Newton observing proposals are solicited in response to the Ninth Announcement of Opportunity.
Fermi LAT Photon Data Now Available (24 Aug 2009)
The Fermi project announces the release of the LAT photon data and associated spacecraft files. Data can be downloaded from the LAT Data Server link from the Fermi Science Support Center home page.
XSPEC 12.5.1 released (21 Aug 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.1 updated Aug 19; many improvements...
HEASoft 6.7 released (21 Aug 2009)
Released August 19 2009; primarily driven by the release of the Swift software version 3.4, PCARMF version 11.7...
RXTE CALDB updated (19 Aug 2009)
PCA energy to channel file has been updated (update 17 Aug 2009)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (19 Aug 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD and XIS have been updated (update versions 20090813) ...
RXTE: Improvements to the PCA Response Matrix Now Available (19 August 2009)
New PCA response matrix software and calibration files provide significant
improvements to spectral analysis over the entire RXTE mission.
SDSS DR6 Galaxy Clusters Catalog (12 Aug 2009)
This Sloan catalog (from Wen et al. 2009, ApJS, 183,
197) is now available in Browse.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment Updated (08 Aug 2009)
update of SAE (v9r15p2) in anticipation of the release of the LAT event data; updated 09 Aug 2009 ...
RXTE CALDB updated (04 Aug 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 04 August 2009)...
RXTE Reminder: Cycle 14 Proposals are Due August 13 at 17:00 EDT (04 August 2009)
Details for proposers are included in the above link.
NGC 6334 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (04 Aug 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Feigelson et al. 2009, AJ, 138,
227) is now available in Browse.
Hipparcos New Astrometric Catalog (03 Aug 2009)
This star catalog (from van Leeuwen 2007, A+A, 474, 653) is
now available in Browse.
Rosette Molecular Cloud Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (29 Jul 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Wang et al. 2009, ApJ, 696,
47) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (28 Jul 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0an updated July 27; fix to kerrdisk and kerrconv crash under 64-bit Linux...
SDSS-DR5/XMM-Newton Quasar Catalog (18 Jul 2009)
This XMM-Newton catalog (from Young et al. 2009, ApJS, 183, 17)
is now available in Browse.
Suzaku CALDB updated (17 Jul 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD and XIS have been updated (update versions 20090713) ...
Fv 5.3 released (17 Jul 2009)
Updated July 16 2009; bug fixes, more ...
XMM-Newton Slew Survey Full Source Catalog, Version 1.3 (17 Jul 2009)
The latest version of this XMM-Newton Project catalog (and
also of the Clean Source Catalog) are now available in Browse.
Swift CALDB Data updated (11 Jul 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOT (update version 20090630) and the SC (update version 20090708)...
NGC 4636 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (07 Jul 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Posson-Brown et al. 2009, ApJ, 695,
1094) is now available in Browse.
Anomaly in Suzaku XIS0 (06 Jul 2009)
About an eigth of the CCD area, near the edge, has been
damaged.
RXTE CALDB updated (06 Jul 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 01 July 2009)...
XSPEC 12 updated (23 Jun 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0am updated June 22; provides a new option for parameter display...
XMM-Newton SAS v9.0 Released (22 Jun 2009)
RXTE Cycle 14 Information for Proposers (18 June 2009)
How and when to propose for RXTE Cycle 14.
RXTE Discovers Pulsations of New SGR (10 June 2009)
HEASoft 6.6.3 released (07 Jun 2009)
Released June 3 2009; Swift software patch
(version 3.3) ...
RXTE CALDB updated (07 Jun 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 04 June 2009)...
XIS Data with a Window Option (04 Jun 2009)
Energy scale calibration for XIS data with a window option has been updated.
Swift CALDB Data updated (03 Jun 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the UVOT (update version 20090529) and the SC (update version 20090529)...
INTEGRAL Workshop Announcement (28 May 2009)
The workshop "The Extreme sky: Sampling the Universe above 10 keV",
celebrating 7 years of INTEGRAL, will be held on 13-17 October 2009 at
Castello Aragonese, Otranto (Lecce), Italy.
XSPEC 12 updated (27 May 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0aj updated May 22; fix for model parsing, other improvements...
INTEGRAL AO-7: Call for Data Rights Proposals (26 May 2009)
ESA has released the 7th Announcement of Opportunity for data rights to targets within AO-7 observations. The deadline for proposals is July 3, 2009. Additional
information can be found on the ESA INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US GOF.
Suzaku CALDB updated (15 May 2009)
The CALDB for the HXD (update 20090511) has been updated ...
Swift CALDB Data updated (15 May 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the XRT (update version 20090515) and the SC (update version 20090430)...
RXTE Mission Extended Through Sept. 2010 (12 May 2009)
RXTE will have another proposal round this year.
CFITSIO updated (10 May 2009)
CFITSIO Version 3.181 beta released, release of a thread-safe version of CFITSIO (on Unix machines), more ...
XSPEC 12 updated (08 May 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0ag, fix for conflict between setplot wave (with WAVE_PLOT_UNITS is set to angstrom) and plot efficiency and plot icounts command...
XSPEC 12 updated (07 May 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0af, zredden multiplicative model component called the same function as redden, and therefore its redshift parameter had no effect...
OGIP Spectral File Format Document Updated (07 May 2009)
The OGIP Spectral File Format document (OGIP/92-007) has been updated by K. Arnaud, May 6 2007 ...
US INTEGRAL Guest Observer Program (4 May 2009)
NASA announces the INTEGRAL AO-7 US Guest Observer Program. Details of this program can be found on the "Proposals and Tools" webpage of the INTEGRAL GOF.
RXTE CALDB updated (03 May 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 01 May 2009)...
INTEGRAL AO-7 General Program Results (1 May 2009)
The INTEGRAL AO-7 General Program, as recommended by
the Time Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 15th of April
by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David
Southwood), has been released.
NGC 4278 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (30 Apr 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Brassington et al. 2009, ApJS, 181,
605) is now available in Browse.
New Gamma-ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record (28 Apr 2009)
NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers
have found a gamma-ray burst (dubbed GRB 090423) from a star that died when
the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five percent of its
present age...
Fermi Active Galaxies Ready for Their Close-Up (28 Apr 2009)
An international team of astronomers has used the world's biggest
radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA's Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see...
XMM-Newton COSMOS X-Ray Point Source Catalog (27 Apr 2009)
This XMM-Newton catalog (from Cappelluti et al.
2009, A+A, 497, 635) is now available in Browse.
2009 Fermi Symposium (24 Apr 2009)
The 2009 Fermi Symposium (November 2-5 in Washington, DC) is
dedicated to results and prospects for scientific exploration of the Universe
with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and related studies...
ROSAT All-Sky Survey and SDSS Sample of X-Ray Emitting Stars (24 Apr 2009)
This ROSAT catalog (from Agueros et al. 2009, ApJS, 181, 444) is
now available in Browse.
Extended Chandra Deep Field South Survey Optical Identifications Catalog (20 Apr 2009)
This catalog (from Treister et al. 2009, ApJ, 693, 1713) is now
available in Browse.
Extended Chandra Deep Field South X-Ray Point Source Catalog (17 Apr 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Virani et al.
2006, AJ, 131, 2373) is now available in Browse.
SAO/DS9 updated to Version 5.6 (16 Apr 2009)
Updated 15-Apr-2009; SAMP support, VOTABLE catalog support, X11 MacOSX 10.5 fix...
XSPEC 12 updated (16 Apr 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0ad, ae, nthcomp swind1 model fixes...
Be an INTEGRAL Astronomer (14 Apr 2009)
To mark the International Year of Astronomy ESA launched
a competition for students to use INTEGRAL data for investigating
objects in the Galactic bulge.
RXTE CALDB updated (13 Apr 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 12 Apr 2009)...
Active Galaxies Flare and Fade in Fermi Telescope All-Sky Movie (13 Apr 2009)
The gamma-ray sky comes alive in a movie made from data acquired
by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope during its first three months of
operations.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Broad Absorption Line Quasars Catalog (5th
Data Release) (13 Apr 2009)
This catalog of quasars (from Gibson et al. 2009, ApJ, 692, 758)
is now available in Browse.
Five-Year WMAP Point Source Catalog (09 Apr 2009)
This WMAP source catalog (from Wright et al. 2009, ApJS, 180,
283) is now available in Browse, replacing the 3-Year version.
HEASoft 6.6.2 released (07 Apr 2009)
Released Apr 6 2009; primarily driven by the release of the
Suzaku (version 12) and Swift (version 3.2) software, but also includes
some other bug-fix updates to other packages to mirror the current
development versions in use at the HEASARC...
XSPEC 12 updated (07 Apr 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0ac, Fixes to a couple of obscure cases of gain parameter usage...
Swift CALDB updated (07 Apr 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the XRT data (update version 20090407)...
Catalog of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars Detected by Chandra (07 Apr 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Green et al.
2009, ApJ, 690, 644) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku Software/Calibration updates (07 Apr 2009)
Suzaku software (v 12.0) and HXD/XIS Calibration updates
NGC 253 X-Ray Point Source Catalog (03 Apr 2009)
This XMM-Newton catalog (from Barnard et al.
2008, MNRAS, 388, 849) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku CALDB updated (02 Apr 2009)
The CALDB for the Suzaku XIS (update 20090402) and HXD (20090402) has been updated ...
Swift CALDB updated (02 Apr 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the spacecraft (sc) data (update version 20090331)...
XSPEC 12 updated (01 Apr 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0ab, nsmax modelfunction fix...
XSPEC 12 updated (27 Mar 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0y,z,aa, kerrconv, diskir fix, compile problem fix...
h Persei Cluster X-Ray Point Source Catalog (27 Mar 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Currie et al.
2009, AJ, 137, 3210) is now available in Browse.
Galactic Center X-Ray Point Source Catalog (25 Mar 2009)
This Chandra catalog of 9017 X-ray sources (from Muno et al.
2009, ApJS, 181, 110) is now available in Browse.
Fermi Cycle 2 Proposals (18 Mar 2009)
The Fermi Cycle 2 proposal deadline has passed. A total of 207
proposals were received in response to the Cycle 2 NRA.
Fermi Status Update (17 Mar 2009)
The Fermi spacecraft and LAT both experienced processor resets,
and data taking stopped around 2009-03-11 03:41 UT. The spacecraft and both
instruments have subsequently been completely restored...
RXTE CALDB updated (16 Mar 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 13 Mar 2009)...
Catalog of AGN in the XMM-Newton Archive (CAIXA) (13 Mar 2009)
This XMM-Newton catalog (from Bianchi et al.
2009, A+A, 495, 421) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku long term schedule 2009 Apr-2009 Jun (13 Mar 2009)
The long-term schedule for the first 3 months of Suzaku Cycle 4 is now available.
Reminder: Chandra Cycle 11 Observing Proposals Deadline (12 Mar 2009)
These proposals are due before Tuesday March 17th at 6:00 pm EDT.
INTEGRAL AO-7: Preliminary Statistics (11 Mar 2009)
Preliminary statistics on the proposals that have been
received in answer to INTEGRAL's 7th Announcement of Opportunity are
available.
Swift CALDB Data updated (10 Mar 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the sc (update version 20090228) and UVOTA (update version 20092228)...
XSPEC 12 updated (10 Mar 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0w,x, new tclout option, vequil fix...
CGRO/EGRET Revised (EGR) Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources (10 Mar 2009)
This Compton catalog (from Casandjian and Greiner
2008, A+A, 489, 849) is now available in Browse.
INTEGRAL SPI Detector Failure (10 Mar 2009)
On 19 February, following exit from a perigee passage,
another SPI Ge detector was lost.
Suzaku Cycle 4 Target List Available (05 Mar 2009)
The list of accepted Suzaku Cycle 4 targets is now available.
Swift Cycle 5 Results (27 Feb 2009)
The proposals recommended by the Swift Cycle 5 Peer Review Panel
are now available.
LMXBs and Globular Clusters in Early-Type Galaxies: Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (26 Feb 2009)
This Chandra catalog (from Humphrey and Buote,
2008, ApJ, 689, 983) is now available in Browse.
SDSS NBCKDE Catalog of Photometrically Selected Quasar Candidates (25 Feb 2009)
This catalog of 1 million quasar candidates (from Richards et al.
2009, ApJS, 180, 67) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (20 Feb 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0t,u,v released February 19; adds an option for choosing Y-axis units when plotting in setplot wave model; valgrind message clean up; mdefine command fix ...
Catalog of Galactic O Stars with Accurate Spectral Classes (18 Feb 2009)
This star catalog (from Maiz-Apellaniz et al.
2004, ApJS, 151, 103) is now available in Browse.
Fermi LAT Bright Source List Now in Browse (16 Feb 2009)
The LAT Bright Source List is now available as a Browse table.
XSPEC 12 updated (16 Feb 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0s released February 13; fix for combined loading of absori and pexriv models ...
XSPEC 12 updated (13 Feb 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0r released February 12; fix needed for all etable model calculations...
Swift and Suzaku CALDB Data updated (11 Feb 2009)
The Swift and Suzaku Caldb data have been updated...
AEGIS-X: Chandra Deep Survey of Extended Groth Strip Catalog (11 Feb 2009)
This X-ray point source catalog (from Laird et al.
2009, ApJS, 180, 102) is now available in Browse.
Fermi LAT Bright Source List (09 Feb 2009)
This list, the primary purpose of which is to assist proposers
for the second Guest Investigator Cycle, is now available.
NGC 2808 XMM-Newton X-Ray Point Source Catalog (08 Feb 2009)
This XMM-Newton source catalog (from Servillat et al.
2008, A+A, 480, 397) is now available in Browse.
Fermi Science Analysis Environment released (06 Feb 2009)
First release, enables simulations for cycle 2 proposals ...
IC 1396N Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (06 Feb 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Getman et al.
2007, ApJ, 654, 316) is now available in Browse.
NGC 2808 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (05 Feb 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Servillat et al.
2008, A+A, 490, 641) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (03 Feb 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0q released February 03, tclout gain option added...
CFITSIO updated (03 Feb 2009)
CFITSIO Version 3.13 released, containing substantial enhancements over the previous version, more ...
RXTE CALDB updated (02 Feb 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 02 Feb 2009)...
XSPEC 12 updated (30 Jan 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0p released January 30, relaxes the OGIP requirement that spectral data files must contain a RESPFILE keyword...
PIMMS updated to Version 3.9j (30 Jan 2009)
(Updated Jan 21 2009). Update for Chandra Cycle 11...
Chandra Deep Field-North (CDF-N) Updated Optical/IR Counterparts
Catalog (28 Jan 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Table 13 of Trouille et al.
2008, ApJS, 179, 1) is now available in Browse.
Chandra Large-Area Synoptic X-Ray Survey (CLASXS) Optical/IR
Counterparts Catalog (27 Jan 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Table 12 of Trouille et al.
2008, ApJS, 179, 1) is now available in Browse.
Public INTEGRAL TOO on 1E1547.0-5408 (27 Jan 2009)
INTEGRAL has observed as a public TOO the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar
1E1547.0-5408, which has recently shown intense bursting activity.
SAO/DS9 updated to Version 5.5 (23 Jan 2009)
Updated 22-Jan-2009; region improvements, Mac OS X fixes, more...
XSPEC 12 updated (23 Jan 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0o released January 21,improvement to delcomp command...
RXTE Timing Error Fixed in January 2006 data (16 Jan 2009)
A one second timing error was recently fixed in archival data from 01-12 January 2006,
inclusive.
XSPEC 12 updated (16 Jan 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0n released January 15, bug fix for a C-to-Fortran boolean conversion error...
ChaMP Extended Stellar Survey (ChESS) X-Ray Catalog (16 Jan 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Covey et al. 2008,
ApJS, 178, 339) is now available in Browse.
Chandra Deep Field South 2-Megasecond Catalog (15 Jan 2009)
This Chandra source catalog (from Luo et al. 2008,
ApJS, 179, 19) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (15 Jan 2009)
XSPEC 12.5.0l,m released January 14...
RXTE CALDB updated (15 Jan 2009)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 14 Jan 2009)...
Recommended Cycle 13 Open Time targets (15 Jan 2009)
7th INTEGRAL Announcement of Opportunity (13 Jan 2009)
ESA has released the 7th Announcement of Opportunity for
observing proposals with INTEGRAL. The deadline for proposals is
February 20, 2009. Additional information can be found on the ESA
INTEGRAL website and on the "Proposals and Tools" page of the INTEGRAL US
GOF.
Swift CALDB Data updated (12 Jan 2009)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the sc (update version 20090109...
Suzaku CALDB updated (12 Jan 2009)
The CALDB for the Suzaku XIS (update 20090109) and HXD (20090109) has been updated ...
HEASoft 6.6.1 released (07 Jan 2009)
Released Jan 5 2009; release of the
Swift (version 3.0) software, includes updates to other packages...
International X-ray Observatory (IXO) Science Meeting (02 Jan 2009)
Registration for this meeting (to be held in Cambridge, Mass
on Jan 28-29) closes on January 14.
XSPEC 12 updated (01 Jan 2009)
New Year's Eve XSPEC 12.5.0k release; improvements to dummyrsp command ...
The Coming of Age of X-ray Polarimetry (31 Dec 2008)
Registration for this meeting (to be held in Rome from April
27-30) is now open.
XSPEC 12 updated (29 Dec 2008)
XSPEC 12.5.0j released Dec 24 2008; improvements to parameter linking ...
Swift CALDB updated (23 Dec 2008)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the xrt (20081215) and sc (20081217)...
Call for Letters of Application for Membership in the ASTRO-H Mission
Science Working Group (22 Dec 2008)
This is an invitation to U.S. scientists to serve as members of the ASTRO-H Mission (formerly known as NeXT) SWG.
Fermi In The News (19 Dec 2008)
Researchers described the first data collected from NASA's new orbiting observatory, the Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope, during the recent Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics.
The 3rd Suzaku Conference Announced (17 Dec 2008)
"The Energetic Cosmos : from Suzaku to ASTRO-H"
will take place 29 June - 2 July, 2009 in Otaru, Japan.
XMM-Newton AO-8 Accepted Proposals Announced (17 Dec 2008)
The abstracts and targets for accepted AO-8 proposals are now available
XSPEC 12 updated (16 Dec 2008)
XSPEC 12.5.0g,h,i released Dec 15 2008; Fix to the swind1 function, plotting improvements, energies extend option fix ...
PCA: Filter Out Breakdown Events (16 Dec 2008)
Remove high-voltage breakdowns which contaminate RXTE PCA data.
ELAIS S1 Field X-Ray Source Optical/IR Identifications Catalog (15 Dec 2008)
This Chandra source catalog (from Feruglio et al. 2008,
A+A, 488, 417) is now available in Browse.
Chandra Lockman Area North Survey (CLANS) X-ray Source Catalog (09 Dec 2008)
This Chandra source catalog (from Trouille et al. 2008, ApJS,
179, 1) is now available in Browse.
Chandra Lockman Area North Survey (CLANS) Optical and IR Catalog (09 Dec 2008)
This Chandra source catalog (also from Trouille et al. 2008,
ApJS, 179, 1) is now available in Browse.
Suzaku Cycle 4 Closed (08 Dec 2008)
Suzaku Cycle 4 (Stage 1) is now closed. NASA has received
99 proposals for an oversubscription factor of 4.1
XSPEC 12 updated (08 Dec 2008)
XSPEC 12.5.0e,f, released Dec 05 2008; FNINIT function, Levenberg-Marquardt fitting improvements ...
XSPEC 12 updated (04 Dec 2008)
XSPEC 12.5.0b,c,d , released Dec 03 2008; addcomp, delcomp, or editmod changes, CHANTYPE warning, additional C/Fortran function wrappers ...
Swift CALDB updated (04 Dec 2008)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the bat (update version 20081026), xrt (20081010), uvota (20081028), and sc (20081125)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (04 Dec 2008)
The CALDB for the Suzaku XIS (update 20081110) and HXD (20081203) has been updated ...
RXTE CALDB updated (03 Dec 2008)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 02 Dec 2008)...
XSPEC 12 updated (02 Dec 2008)
XSPEC 12.5.0a, released Dec 01 2008; Bug fix to the kerrbb model...
Updated XIS night Earth spectra (01 Dec 2008)
BACKSCAL keyword for "Entire Field of View"
(diffuse source) versions corrected
HEASoft 6.6 released (28 Nov 2008)
Released Nov 25 2008; last distribution of HEAsoft in which we
intend to include xspec v11; many other changes...
XSPEC 12 updated (28 Nov 2008)
XSPEC 12.5.0, released Nov 25 2008; adds recornrm, mdefine, many other changes...
RICAP09 2nd Roma International Conf. on Astro-Particle Physics (26 Nov 2008)
This meeting will be held in Rome next May 13-15.
VLA Survey of Chandra Deep Field-South Radio Source Catalog (21 Nov 2008)
This VLA radio source catalog (Kellermann et al. 2008, ApJS,
179, 71) is now available in Browse.
Extension of INTEGRAL AO-6 (19 Nov 2008)
It has been decided to extend the duration of the ongoing AO-6 cycle
by two months, until 16 October 2009. The duration of AO-7 will be
extended by 2.5 months, it will therefore last from October 2009 until
end of December 2010. Subsequent AO's are expected to be annual again.
NGC 752 XMM-Newton X-Ray Point Source Catalog (18 Nov 2008)
This XMM-Newton source catalog (Giardino et al. 2008, A+A, 490,
113) is now available in Browse.
NGC 752 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (18 Nov 2008)
This Chandra source catalog (also Giardino et al. 2008, A+A,
490, 113) is now available in Browse.
Updated Suzaku Technical Description (07 Nov 2008)
Updated Suzaku Technical Description for Cycle 4 proposers
is now available
Suzaku long term schedule 2008 Nov-2009 Mar (07 Nov 2008)
The long-term schedule for the last 5 months of AO-3 period is available
Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS) X-Ray Source List (06 Nov 2008)
This XMM-Newton source catalog (Ueda et al. 2008, ApJS, 179, 124)
is now available in Browse.
PIMMS updated to Version 3.9i (05 Nov 2008)
(Updated Nov 4 2008). Correctly treats the statistical errors in the Suzaku HXD background, more...
SAO/DS9 updated to Version 5.4 (31 Oct 2008)
Updated 30-Oct-2008; Mask now support transparency , more...
Optical IDs of ChaMPlane X-Ray Sources in the Galactic Bulge (29 Oct 2008)
This Chandra source catalog (Koenig et al. 2008, ApJ, 685, 463)
is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (29 Oct 2008)
12.4.0ar
(adds automatic normalization to the covariance calculation performed at the end of a Levenberg-Marquardt fit) released on 29 Oct 2008...
XMM-Newton Optical Monitor Serendipitous UV Source Survey Catalog, Version 1.0 (28 Oct 2008)
This XMM-Newton OM UV source catalog is now
available in Browse.
RXTE Cycle 13 Proposals Due Oct. 30, 5PM EDT (28 Oct 2008)
XSPEC 12 updated (24 Oct 2008)
12.4.0aq
(tclout model improvements) released on 23 Oct 2008...
XSPEC 12 updated (22 Oct 2008)
12.4.0ao (bug fix for the margin command) and 12.4.0ap
(Levenberg-Marquardt fit improvements) released on 21 Oct 2008...
Asiago Supernova Catalog (Dynamic Version) (21 Oct 2008)
The latest (Sep 2008) version of this catalog (Barbon et al.
1999, A+A Supp, 139, 531) is now available in Browse.
PIMMS updated to Version 3.9h (21 Oct 2008)
(Updated Oct 21 2008). Updates of the effective area curves for Suzaku suitable for Cycle 4 proposers, more...
RXTE CALDB updated (20 Oct 2008)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 20 Oct 2008)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (20 Oct 2008)
XIS and HXD CALDBs updated. Update versions 20081009...
Happy Birthday INTEGRAL! (17 Oct 2008)
INTEGRAL is celebrating six successful years in space today!
Instruments and spacecraft are continuing to perform well and the
scientific output keeps the community busy as recent workshops in
Copenhagen and Rome demonstrate. We are all looking forward to more
years of discoveries and interesting results.
Two Black Holes Teach Astronomers a Lesson (15 Oct 2008)
Observations of two different systems -- both containing stellar-mass black holes -- are showing astronomers how much they have yet to learn. Coordinated observations of these systems using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer reveal surprising dips in optical brightness moments before high-energy flares erupt.
SAO/DS9 updated to Version 5.3 (14 Oct 2008)
Updated 14-Oct-2008; Region improvements, Mac OS X 10.5 firewall fix, more...
Reminder: 2009 Aspen Winter Conference on Astrophysics Application
Deadline (14 Oct 2008)
Applications to this conference on `30 Years of Magnetars: New
Frontiers' are due October 15th or shortly thereafter
RXTE CALDB updated (10 Oct 2008)
PCA breakdown history and SAA history file updated for the PCA (update 09 Oct 2008)...
Public TOO on H 1743-322 (10 Oct 2008)
INTEGRAL is observing as a public TOO the black hole X-ray transient
system H 1743-322, which recently entered an outburst. All the data
are publicly available. For the observation schedule and instructions
on how to download the data see web page linked above.
Reminder: XMM-Newton AO-8 Proposal Submission Deadline (08 Oct 2008)
These proposals are due on Friday October 10 at 8:00am EDT.
First Byurakan Survey Blue Stellar Objects Catalog (07 Oct 2008)
This catalog (Mickaelian 2008, AJ, 136, 946) is
now available in Browse.
Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Announced (02 Oct 2008)
This program, sponsored by NASA,
awards fellowships to recent Ph.D.'s in astronomy, physics, and related
disciplines, for research that is broadly related to the mission of the NASA
Physics of the Cosmos program, including high-energy, cosmological and
gravitational astrophysics.
Happy Birthday to NASA! (01 Oct 2008)
October 1st, 2008 is the 50th anniversary of the start of
operations of NASA.
Swift CALDB updated (30 Sep 2008)
spacecraft clock correction file updated in General SpaceCraft (SC) data (update 29 September 2008)...
Brera Multi-scale Wavelet (BMW) Chandra X-Ray Source Catalog (26 Sep 2008)
This Chandra catalog (Romano et al. 2008, A+A, 488, 1221) is
now available in Browse.
HEASoft 6.5.1 released (19 Sep 2008)
Released 18-Sep-2008; solely consists of an update to the Suzaku software (version 10)...
RXTE Cycle 13 Announced (19 Sept 2008)
Suzaku Software/Calibration updates (19 Sep 2008)
Suzaku software (v 10.0) and HXD/XIS Calibration updates
Fermi GBM Burst Data and Catalog Now Available (18 Sep 2008)
The Fermi GBM burst catalog, burst data products and daily data
products are now available.
PIMMS updated to Version 3.9g (16 Sep 2008)
(Updated Sep 15 2008). Effective area curves for XMM-Newton EPIC/MOS and Swift XRT have been updated. For the MOS, a new warning regarding the loss of efficiency in MOS1 timing mode data has been included.
Presentations at a one-day Suzaku Symposium (12 Sep 2008)
JHU hosted a one-day symposium for local astronomers to
celebrate the three years of science with Suzaku
Fermi LAT Monitored Source List Table Now Available in Browse (11 Sep 2008)
The Fermi project has released the Fermi LAT Monitored Source
List. This list provides daily and weekly fluxes for sources which are being
monitored by the LAT, along with bright transients.
Suzaku Cycle 4 Call for Proposals (09 Sep 2008)
Suzaku Cycle 4 regular and Key Project proposals are due on Dec 5, 2008
Suzaku CALDB updated (08 Sep 2008)
XIS Caldb updated. Update versions 20080905...
XSPEC 12 updated (03 Sep 2008)
12.4.0an released on 03 Sep 2008; fix for energies command ...
XMM-Newton ABC guide update (v4.1) (02 Sep 2008)
ABC guide to XMM-Newton data analysis for SAS v8.0
Schedule for AO-7 (02 Sep 2008)
ISOC is preparing the release of the Announcement of Opportunity for
AO-7. Key milestones are shown on the web page linked above.
XSPEC 12 updated (29 Aug 2008)
12.4.0ak,al,am released on 28 Aug 2008; fix for cutoffpl model, xsFortran.cxx subroutine, support for Fermi/GLAST GBM data ...
GLAST renamed Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (27 Aug 2008)
The GLAST mission has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope in honor of Enrico Fermi, one of the leading physicists of the 20th
century.
Viewing tool updated (26 Aug 2008)
The Viewing tool has been updated to support XMM-Newton AO-8.
Swift CALDB updated (25 Aug 2008)
spacecraft clock correction file updated in General SpaceCraft (SC) data (update 25 August 2008)...
Suzaku CALDB updated (25 Aug 2008)
HXD updated. Update versions 20080811...
XMM-Newton Serendiptous Source Catalog, Version 2XMMi (22 Aug 2008)
This XMM-Newton source catalog (Watson et al. 2008) is now
available in Browse.
CFITSIO updated (21 Aug 2008)
CFITSIO Version 3.10 released, containing substantial enhancements over the previous version, fixes some potential buffer overflows, more ...
XMM-Newton SSC 2XMMi Released (21 Aug 2008)
XMM-Newton XSA v5.0 Released (21 Aug 2008)
RXTE SOF Realtime Data Area Has Moved! (14 Aug 2008)
New location for RXTE realtime and pseudo-production data retrieval.
2008 Senior Review of NASA Astrophysics Archives (11 Aug 2008)
The report of this panel, who reviewed the HEASARC and other
astrophysics archives, is now available.
Australia Telescope 20-GHz Survey Bright Source Sample Catalog (05 Aug 2008)
This radio source catalog (Massardi et al. 2008, MNRAS, 384,
775) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (01 Aug 2008)
12.4.0aj released on 31 Jul 2008; fix for energies command ...
Browse Software updated (01 Aug 2008)
updated browse_extract_wget.pl - fixed syntax error causing the fields parameter in the created query to be ignored ...
Swift CALDB updated (31 Jul 2008)
spacecraft clock correction file updated in General SpaceCraft (SC) data (update 30 July 2008)...
Fv 5.2.1 released (29 Jul 2008)
Updated July 28 2008; bug fixes, more ...
Happy Birthday to NASA! (29 Jul 2008)
July 29th, 2008 is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of
NASA.
NGC 2244/Rosette Nebula Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (28 Jul 2008)
This Chandra catalog (Wang et al. 2008, ApJ, 675, 464) is
now available in Browse.
NASA and ESA International X-ray Observatory (IXO) meetings (25 Jul 2008)
IXO study supercedes Constellation-X and XEUS activities.
XSPEC 12 updated (25 Jul 2008)
12.4.0ai released on 24 July 2008; fix for save model command ...
XSPEC 12 updated (24 Jul 2008)
12.4.0ah released on 23 July 2008; fix for flux command when used with the err option ...
Changes to the organization of AO-7 and beyond - ISOC Newsletter Issue 20 (23 Jul 2008)
At its meeting at ESAC on June 11 and 12, 2008, the INTEGRAL User
Group recommended a new scheme for the distribution of the Open Time
that means significant changes for the organization of AO-7 and future
AOs.
Suzaku long term schedule 2008 Aug-Dec (21 Jul 2008)
The long-term schedule for the middle 5 months of AO-3 period is available
General CALDB updated (16 Jul 2008)
Update 16 July 2008: added a new leap second into leapsec_150708.fits file.
XSPEC 12 updated (15 Jul 2008)
12.4.0ag released on 14 Jul 2008; fixes for kerrd and nsa additive models ...
Suzaku CALDB updated (14 Jul 2008)
HXD, XIS, and XRT CALDB have been updated. Update versions 20080709 for all 3 instruments...
Chandra Cycle 10 Peer Review Recommended Proposals/Targets (11 Jul 2008)
The approved Guest Observer proposals, and Archive and Theory
proposals, are now available.
XSPEC 12 updated (10 Jul 2008)
12.4.0ae and af patches released on 8 Jul 2008; af improves xsect and cosmo commands more ...
SDSS Broad Absorption Line Quasar (DR3) Catalog (07 Jul 2008)
This catalog (Trump et al. 2006) is now available in Browse.
XMM-Newton SAS v8.0 Released (07 Jul 2008)
XIMAGE updated (3 Jul 2008)
Released 2-Jul-2008; bug fixes, new option out_file to skymap, more ...
HEASoft 6.5 released (30 Jun 2008)
Released 30-Jun-2008; primarily driven by the release of the
Swift (version 2.9) software, but also includes to several libraries
and packages which have been revised to mirror the current development
versions in use at the HEASARC, more...
New HEASARC Director Announced (25 Jun 2008)
Dr. Alan Smale has been appointed Director of the HEASARC.
ELAIS S1 Field XMM-Newton X-Ray Pt Source Catalog (25 Jun 2008)
This catalog (Puccetti et al. 2006) is now available in Browse.
HEASARC and LAMBDA have merged (25 Jun 2008)
These two NASA data archives are now a single organization that will use the name HEASARC.
Swift CALDB updated (25 Jun 2008)
XRT (update 09 May 2008) and general SpaceCraft (SC) data (update 17 June 2008)...
Browse Notification Service Released (20 Jun 2008)
A new HEASARC service lets you know when new data are available in the archive for any source in which you might be interested.
US INTEGRAL Guest Observer Program (20 Jun 2008)
NASA announces the INTEGRAL AO-6 US Guest Observer Program. Details of this program can be
found on our "Proposals and Tools" webpage.
INTEGRAL AO-6 General Program Results (18 Jun 2008)
The INTEGRAL AO-6 General Programme, as recommended by the Time
Allocation Committee (TAC) and approved on the 3rd of June by the ESA Director
of Science and Robotic Exploration (Prof. David Southwood) has been released.
XSPEC 12 updated (18 Jun 2008)
12.4.0ac and ad patches released on 17 Jun 2008; ac fixes a conflict with dummyrsp and plot, and ad lowers the maximum temperature for the vapec and bvapec models, more ...
Suzaku CALDB updated (18 Jun 2008)
Update 16 June 2008: XIS, XRT CALDB index files (caldb.indx) have been updated. This corrects an error in the previous release (20080602) of the XRT and XIS CALDB. Response matrices made with the previous (20080602) caldb are in error at energies less than 2 keV...
Two important Calibration Updates (18 Jun 2008)
Error in June 2 release of CALDB, and new & improved PIN non X-ray background files
RCW 108 SFR Chandra X-Ray Pt Source Catalog (13 Jun 2008)
This catalog (Wolk et al. 2008) is now available in Browse
XSPEC 12 updated (12 Jun 2008)
12.4.0ab patch released on 10 Jun 2008; adds the goodness option to the tclout command, more ...
GLAST successfully launched at 12:05 pm EDT on June 11th (11 Jun 2008)
Best wishes for a long and successful mission!
XMM-Newton Slew Survey Version 1.2 Clean Source Catalog (09 Jun 2008)
XMM-Newton Slew Survey Version 1.2 Full Source Catalog (09 Jun 2008)
The updated version of the Slew Catalog is
now available in Browse.
2008 NASA Senior Review Results (6 Jun 2008)
INTEGRAL participated in the 2008 NASA Senior Review.
In their report, the Senior Review Committee recognized the
unique capabilities of INTEGRAL in the hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray regime
as well as its important synergy with the upcoming GLAST mission. As a
result, the committee recommended continuing NASA funding for
INTEGRAL through FY10.
Small Magellanic Cloud Wing Survey Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (03 Jun 2008)
This Chandra catalog (McGowan et al. 2008, MNRAS, 383, 330) is
now available in Browse.
xTime tool updated (02 Jun 2008)
xTime has been enhanced to accept and display times with up to millisecond accuracy and to optionally incoporate mission-specific time corrections.
Suzaku CALDB updated (02 Jun 2008)
Update 02 June 2008: XIS, XRT and HXD calibration data have been updated...
Lockman Hole XMM-Newton X-Ray Point Source Catalog (31 May 2008)
This XMM-Newton catalog
(Brunner et al. 2008, A+Ap, 479, 283) is now available in Browse.
Results of the 2008 Senior Review (29 May 2008)
7th INTEGRAL Workshop Announced (19 May 2008)
The 7th INTEGRAL Workshop has been announced. It will be held
8-11 September 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Viewing tool updated (13 May 2008)
The Viewing tool has been enhanced with support for Swift's orbital pole constraints.
New RXTE Mission-Long Data Products (12 May 2008)
Urbino 2008: High Energy Astrophysics Summer School (9 May 2008)
The application deadline for attending the summer school is May 9.
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