XMMOMSUOB - XMM-Newton Optical Monitor SUSS Catalog, v6.1: Observation IDs

Overview

The 2023 release of the XMM OM Serendipitous Ultraviolet Source Survey (XMM-SUSS6.1) Catalog, a catalog of optical/UV sources detected by the Optical Monitor (OM) on-board the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton observatory, spans the period of observations from 2000 to November 2022. The data processing was performed at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC, Madrid, Spain) using the XMM Science Analysis Software system (SAS) versions 18 and 19. In addition to covering a larger observation period, this sixth release reflects a change in philosophy with regard to the origin of the incorporated data. In previous releases, the data were generated via a bespoke processing of the OM Observation Data Files (ODFs) while in this new release, the catalog has been guided by the XMM user community and the authors have sought to harmonize the contents of the catalog with those of the OM data in the XMM-Newton Science Archive (XSA), which derive from the standard XMM-Newton pipeline processing system. While the bespoke processing and pipeline systems are fundamentally very similar, they are not identical and the differences lead to some differences in the output.

The number of observations (OBSIDs) included in the catalog is 12,057. This table (XMMOMSUOB) contains the list of these observations and their characteristics, giving for each observation the filters used, the exposure time for each filter, the number of sources detected in each filter and the detection magnitude limit for each filter. The total number of entries in this release is 9,920,390. They correspond to 6,659,554 unique sources, of which 1,225,117 have multiple entries in the source table, corresponding to different observations. This list of sources is available at the HEASARC as the XMMOMSUSS table.

The documentation on the first release of this catalog is available at http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/XMM-OM-SUSS/Summary.shtml.

Catalog Bibcode

2012MNRAS.426..903P

References

The XMM-OM Serendipitous Ultraviolet Source Survey (SUSS) has been created at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC, Madrid, Spain). The reference paper given below, notice, refers to release 1 of the SUSS. The documentation on the first release of this catalog is also available at http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/XMM-OM-SUSS/Summary.shtml.

The XMM-Newton serendipitous ultraviolet source survey catalogue.
   Page M. J., Brindle C., Talavera A., Still M., Rosen S. R., Yershov V. N.,
   Ziaeepour H., Mason K. O., Cropper M. S., Breeveld A. A., Loiseau N.,
   Mignani R., Smith A., Murdin P.
   <Mon. Not. Royal Astr. Soc., 426, 903-926 (2012)>
   =2012MNRAS.426..903P

Provenance

This HEASARC database table contains the sixth release of the XMM-OM SUSS catalog, XMM-SUSS6.1, released by ESA in October 2023, obtained from the XMM-Newton Science Archive (http://xmm.esac.esa.int/xsa), and ingested into the HEASARC database in October 2023. It is also available at the HEASARC as the gzipped FITS file https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/xmm/data/catalogues/XMM-OM-SUSS6-1.1.fits.gz.

Parameters

N_Summary
This is a reference number index for the XMM-Newton pointing in which the particular detection was made, providing a cross-referencing system allowing users to couple a source to its parent observation.

XMM_Revolution
The XMM-Newton revolution number in which the observation occurred, i.e., the number of 48-hour orbits which had elapsed since the launch of XMM-Newton up to the date of the observation. The observations contained in this table extend from revolution number 34 (February 14, 2000) to revolution number 2850 (July 3, 2015).

ObsID
This parameter contains the exclusive 10-digit XMM-Newton observation identification number or ObsID of the observation.

Name
The name of the target of the XMM-Newton pointing as given by the proposer of the observation.

RA
The nominal Right Ascension of the XMM-Newton pointing, in the requested equinox. This was given in J2000.0 decimal degrees in the original table.

Dec
The nominal Declination of the XMM-Newton pointing, in the requested equinox. This was given in J2000.0 decimal degrees in the original table.

LII
The Galactic Longitude of the nominal XMM-Newton pointing

BII
The Galactic Latitude of the nominal XMM-Newton pointing

Time
The start time of the OM observation (not necessarily the same as the start time of the X-ray observation, notice).

End_Time
The end time of the OM observation (not necessarily the same as the end time of the X-ray observation, notice).

Filters
The list of OM filters that were used during the observation.

U_Exposure
The exposure time during the observation in the U-band filter, in seconds.

B_Exposure
The exposure time during the observation in the B-band filter, in seconds.

V_Exposure
The exposure time during the observation in the V-band filter, in seconds.

UVW2_Exposure
The exposure time during the observation in the UVW2-band filter, in seconds.

UVM2_Exposure
The exposure time during the observation in the UVM2-band filter, in seconds.

UVW1_Exposure
The exposure time during the observation in the UVW1-band filter, in seconds.

Number_Sources
The total number of sources detected by the OM in the specified observation.

U_Number_Sources
The number of sources detected by the OM in the U-band filter in the specified observation.

B_Number_Sources
The number of sources detected by the OM in the B-band filter in the specified observation.

V_Number_Sources
The number of sources detected by the OM in the V-band filter in the specified observation.

UVW2_Number_Sources
The number of sources detected by the OM in the UVW2-band filter in the specified observation.

UVM2_Number_Sources
The number of sources detected by the OM in the UVM2-band filter in the specified observation.

UVW1_Number_Sources
The number of sources detected by the OM in the UVW1-band filter in the specified observation.

Umag_Detlim
The 3-sigma detection limiting magnitude in the U-band filter in the specified observation, in the Vega photometry system, in magnitudes.

Bmag_Detlim
The 3-sigma detection limiting magnitude in the B-band filter in the specified observation, in the Vega photometry system, in magnitudes.

Vmag_Detlim
The 3-sigma detection limiting magnitude in the V-band filter in the specified observation, in the Vega photometry system, in magnitudes.

UVW2_Mag_Detlim
The 3-sigma detection limiting magnitude in the UVW2-band filter in the specified observation, in the Vega photometry system, in magnitudes.

UVM2_Mag_Detlim
The 3-sigma detection limiting magnitude in the UVM2-band filter in the specified observation, in the Vega photometry system, in magnitudes.

UVW1_Mag_Detlim
The 3-sigma detection limiting magnitude in the UVW1-band filter in the specified observation, in the Vega photometry system, in magnitudes.

Contact Person

Questions regarding the XMMOMSUOB database table can be addressed to the HEASARC Help Desk.

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