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The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) is the
primary archive for NASA's (and other space agencies') missions studying
electromagnetic radiation from
extremely energetic cosmic phenomena ranging from
black holes to the Big Bang. Since its
merger with the Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis
(LAMBDA) in 2008, the HEASARC
archive contains data
obtained by high-energy astronomy missions observing in the
extreme-ultraviolet (EUV), X-ray, and gamma-ray bands, as well as data from
space missions, balloons, and ground-based facilities that have studied the
relic cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation in the sub-mm, mm and
cm bands.
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Latest News
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- Viewing tool updated (08 Mar 2016)
The Viewing software has been updated to version 3.4. Chandra's
Sun-angle constraint has been updated. For Chandra, it will also now report
the visibility windows for unrestricted observations.
- NuSTAR Cycle 2 Results (04 Mar 2016)
The list of NuSTAR targets accepted by the Cycle 2 peer review is
now available. Cycle 2 observations will start to be routinely performed on
May 1, 2016. Written evaluations will be sent to all NuSTAR Cycle 2 PIs in
the next few weeks. As specified in the AO, U.S. PIs of proposals with
category A or B targets will be invited to submit phase-2 funding proposals.
Note that 0.5 Ms of NuSTAR observing time is also available through the
Chandra Cycle 18 CfP, due March 15, 2016.
- Roma-BZCAT Multi-Frequency Catalog of Blazars (03 Mar 2016)
The 5th edition of this catalog containing information on the
multi-frequency properties of 3561 blazars and blazar candidates (from
Massaro et
al. 2013, Ap&SS, 357, 75) is now available in
Browse and
Xamin.
- Viewing and WebPIMMS tools updated (01 Mar 2016)
These tools have been updated to reflect the renaming of Astro-H
to Hitomi.
- The Hitomi Satellite Has Completed Its Critical Initial Operation Phase (29 Feb 2016)
The JAXA X-ray astronomy satellite Hitomi, formerly known as
Astro-H, has successfully completed a sequence of important operations,
including turning the cooling system on, test operation of the Soft X-ray
Spectrometer (SXS), and extending the Extensible Optical Bench (EOB) for the
Hard X-ray imager (HXI). Hitomi is now in a stable condition and will perform
the initial functional verification of the onboard instruments for the next
month and a half.
- Joint NuSTAR/INTEGRAL Observing Time is Available in INTEGRAL AO-14 (29 Feb 2016)
In the just-released INTEGRAL
Fourteenth
Announcement of Opportunity, ESA is providing the
opportunity to propose for coordinated observations with NuSTAR for a total of
100 ks of available time. The deadline for INTEGRAL AO-14 proposals is April
8th, 2016.
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