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Important
Upcoming
Meetings
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The latest meetings added to the HEASARC's Meeting Page include:
the 16 Years of Discovery with
RXTE: A Celebration of the Mission symposium to be held
in Greenbelt, Martland from March 29 to 30, 2012,
the
Tidal Disruption Events and AGN Outbursts Workshop to be held
near Madrid, Spain from June 25 to 27, 2012,
the COSPAR 2012 Events
E1.1: Radio Meets Hard X-Rays: Two Skies in Comparison and E1.14:
X-Ray Polarimetry in Astrophysics to be held in Mysore, India
during the period of the COSPAR Scientific Assembly (July 14 to 22, 2012),
the 4th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
ON ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS (NIJMEGEN12) to be held in Gnadenthal, Kleve,
Germany from July 25 to August 3, 2012,
the Half a Century of X-Ray
Astronomy conference to be held in Mykonos, Greece from September
17 to 21, 2012, and
the X-Ray
Astronomy: Towards the Next 50 Years! conference to be held in
Milan, Italy from October 1 to 5, 2012.
Upcoming meeting and proposal deadlines include:
The deadline for the Chandra
Cycle 14 Call for Proposals is March 15, 2012.
The deadline for the Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) and
the Strategic Astrophysics Technology components
of NASA's
ROSES-2011 program is March 23, 2012.
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Recent News
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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.
Swift CALDB Data updated (09 Feb 2012)
The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20120206).
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.
Updated WMAP MCMC-Chain Foreground Maps (19 Jan 2012)
The WMAP Monte Carlo Markov Chain foreground maps underwent a FITS header update to make them compatible with HEALPIX file I/O software.
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.
Swift Cycle 8 Results (22 December 2011)
Swift Cycle 8 Accepted Targets and Proposals Have Been Posted
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.
NASA's Swift Finds a Gamma-Ray Burst With a Dual Personality (30 November 2011)
A peculiar cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory on Christmas Day 2010 was caused either by a novel type of supernova located billions of light-years away or an unusual collision much closer to home, within our own galaxy. Papers describing both interpretations appear in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Nature.
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.
NASA's Swift Observatory Catches Asteroid Flyby (10 November 2011)
As asteroid 2005 YU55 swept past Earth in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9, telescopes aboard NASA's Swift satellite 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 (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.
Now There's an App for the Swift Observatory (25 October 2011)
Interested in the latest discoveries of NASA's Swift satellite? The Swift team has released a free iPhone application that gives you the details of all the latest gamma-ray-burst discoveries that the Swift observatory is making throughout the universe. The app also allows users to track, in real time, the location of Swift as it orbits the Earth, to see where Swift is pointed right now, and to view an informative gallery of beautiful images obtained by the Swift satellite.
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...
Swift Cycle 8 proposals due September 28, 2011, 4:30PM EDT (07 September 2011)
For details on the Swift Cycle 8 program elements and how to submit proposals, see the Swift Cycle 8 information page and the Cycle 8 FAQ.
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.
Swift Science Conference Oct 24-26 in Clemson, SC (30 August 2011)
We invite you to contribute a paper to a meeting of the Swift community, in Clemson, SC, on Oct 24 - 26, 2011. Abstracts are due by Sep 15. More information about the conference is available at http://www.clemson.edu/ces/physics-astro/conferences/Swift/.
XSPEC 12.7.0h Released (25 Aug 2011)
Version 12.7.0h released 25-Aug-2011; Fix for PyXspec only...
Researchers Detail How A Distant Black Hole Devoured A Star (24 August 2011)
Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satellite first alerted astronomers to intense and unusual high-energy flares from the new source in the constellation Draco.
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.
Nearby Galaxy Boasts Two Monster Black Holes, Both Active (10 June 2011)
A study using NASA's Swift satellite and the Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a second supersized black hole at the heart of an unusual nearby galaxy already known to be sporting one.
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.
SkyView Support for SDSS DR8 (31 May 2011)
We have updated SkyView to use the DR8 release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The DR8 includes substantially greater sky coverage and is a major reprocessing of all data in the SDSS. There are a fair number of changes both in the content and internal formats. The changes are summarized by the SDSS [...]
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.
Cosmic Explosion is New Candidate for Most Distant Object in the Universe (25 May 2011)
A gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift satellite in April 2009 has been newly unveiled as a candidate for the most distant object in the universe.
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.
NASA's Swift and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris (28 Apr 2011)
Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named Scheila had unexpectedly brightened, and it was sporting short-lived plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite and Hubble Space Telescope showed these changes likely occurred after Scheila was struck by a much smaller asteroid.
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.
Sandy Barnes retires as conference coordinator and administrative aid for Swift and Fermi. (19 Apr 2011)
Sandy Barnes retires as conference coordinator and administrative aid for Swift and Fermi.
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 tool.
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 tool.
Suzaku Cycle 6 Target List Available (01 Mar 2011)
The list of accepted Suzaku Cycle 6 targets is now available.
SkyView Fermi LAT Surveys (28 Feb 2011)
We have just released two gamma-ray all-sky surveys based upon the Fermi LAT weekly data. Fermi images go much deeper and have somewhat higher resolution than the old EGRET surveys. Fermi is also sensitive to gamma-rays at significantly higher energies, up to 300 GeV. The two surveys cover the bands 0.1-5.4 GeV and 5.4-300 GeV. [...]
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.
SkyView updates GALEX survey (16 Feb 2011)
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) surveys have been updated to use the GALEX GR6 release. As mentioned in a previous post GR6 improvements include more sky coverage and a bit better calibration. Image generation for GALEX may be slow for a period of time as the data file caches get rebuilt. More GALEX mission information can [...]
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...
Astro-Update added to the AstroShare Twiki (17 Sep 2010)
Astro-Update has been added to the AstroShare Twiki, a collaborative site designed to encourage communication within the astronomical software community...
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.
'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.
XMM-Newton International Users Group Presentations (09 May 2008)
Westerlund 1 Cluster Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog (6 May 2008)
This catalog (Clark et al. 2008) is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (02 May 2008)
12.4.0aa patch released on 01 May 2008; fakeit command bug fix, more ...
Swift CALDB updated (01 May 2008)
UVOTA (updated 28 Apr 2008) and general SpaceCraft (SC) data updated...
PIMMS updated (01 May 2008)
(Updated Apr 14 2008) includes revised effective area curves for future missions Constellation-X and XEUS, as well as updated curves for Swift UVOT (except grisms) and for INTEGRAL ISGRI and JEM-X ...
XMM-Newton ABC guide update (v4.0) (01 May 2008)
ABC guide to XMM-Newton data analysis for SAS>7.1
RXTE Discovers Stellar Ticking Time Bomb Explodes on Cue (30 April 2008)
U.S. XMM-Newton GOF 2008 Senior Review science section (30 Apr 2008)
XMM 2008 NASA Senior Review science section
IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer Observation Log (25 Apr 2008)
The updated 2008 version is now available in Browse.
CCFits updated (24 Apr 2008)
new version of the object oriented interface to the cfitsio library, more ...
XSPEC 12 updated (24 Apr 2008)
12.4.0y patch released on 23 Apr 2008; bug fixes relating to the case where a fit parameter is pegged in a Lev-Marq fit, more ...
Candidate Gamma-Ray Blazar Survey (CGRaBS) Source Catalog (23 Apr 2008)
The CGRaBS Catalog is now available in Browse.
XSPEC 12 updated (23 Apr 2008)
12.4.0x patches released on 21 Apr 2008; updated for HEASOFT 6.4.1
HEASoft 6.4.1 released (22 Apr 2008)
Released 21-Apr-2008; release of the
Suzaku (version 8) software, but also includes Suzaku-related updates
to xselect/extractor, bugfixes, more...
SAO/DS9 updated to Version 5.2 (18 Apr 2008)
Updated 15-Apr-2008; Windows native printing, gui enhancements, more...
HESS (High Energy Stereoscopic System) Source Catalog (15 Apr 2008)
HESSCAT is now available in Browse.
Suzaku CALDB updated (04 Apr 2008)
Update 01 Apr 2008: XIS and HXD calibration data have been updated, no foolin'...
XSPEC 12 updated (March 28, 2008) (01 Apr 2008)
12.4.0u,v,w patches released; model, weight command updated
RXTE Finds Smallest Known Black Hole (1 April 2008)
Swift CALDB updated (March 28, 2008) (28 Mar 2008)
Swift SC and BAT CALDB updated, more...
Suzaku long term schedule 2008 Apr-Jul (26 Mar 2008)
The long-term schedule for the first 4 months of AO-3 period is available
XSPEC 12 updated (21 Mar 2008)
12.4.0s,t patches released; plot efficiency, data commands updated
XMM-Newton OM data in MAST (20 Mar 2008)
Optical Monitor data and a source catalog are available
XSPEC 12 updated (14 Mar 2008)
12.4.0q,r patches released
XSPEC 12 updated (07 Mar 2008)
12.4.0n,o,p patches released; Levenberg-Marquardt fitting, xmmpsf and suzpsf mixing components, other fixes
XSPEC 12 updated (06 Mar 2008)
12.4.0m patch released; The start-up statistic, method, and weight settings in the user's Xspec.init file were effectively ignored.
Suzaku AO-3 target list released (6 Mar 2008)
The list of accepted AO-3 targets is available
XSPEC 12 updated (05 Mar 2008)
12.4.0l patch released; Problem with error command.
RXTE Press: Powerful Explosions Suggest Neutron Star Missing Link (21 Feb 2008)
XMM-Newton SAS 7.1.2 released (14 Feb 2008)
Download through the SOC or the
GSFC Mirror
Suzaku HXD/XIS Calibration update (13 Feb 2008)
XSPEC 12 updated (01 Feb 2008)
12.4.0j and 12.4.0k patches released; When loading its model initialization file, XSPEC is not properly parsing model parameters with multi-word unit labels, such as the xi parameter of the pexriv model(12.4.0j). Unfolded spectrum plots (plot ufspec, eufspec, eeufspec) cannot be performed on energy bins with widths smaller than 10^-4 keV. (12.4.0k).
RXTE PCA SAA History File Production Resumes! (1 Feb 2008)
Swift CALDB updated (31 Jan 2008)
Spacecraft (SC) calibration data updated for Swift.
XSPEC 12 updated (30 Jan 2008)
12.4.0h and 12.4.0i patches released; The Y-axis label for plot chisq should include sign(data-model) rather than |data-model| (12.4.0h). Table model calculations ignore theredshift parameter z if it is set to a negative value (12.4.0i).
Suzaku News (29 January 2008)
Latest Mission News and Object of Interest - How Many Supernovae Are There in the Milky Way?
XSPEC updated (28 Jan 2008)
updated ignore and notice commands in certain contexts, increased response matrix convolution capability....
XSPEC updated (27 Jan 2008)
plot ufspec does not plot spectral data points whose corresponding folded model values are negative....
Swift CALDB updated (26 Jan 2008)
Spacecraft (SC) calibration data updated for Swift.
NASA XMM-Newton Budget AO Released for AO-7 (25 Jan 2008)
Suzaku CALDB updated (24 Jan 2008)
XIS and HXD calibration data have been updated...
Xspec 12 updated (Dec 27 2007) (21 Jan 2008)
DOS-mode scripts (with their extra carriage-return characters) are not properly handled for multi-line commands, more ...
Integral Key Programs released (21 Jan 2008)
ESA has released the Key Programs selected to be observed during the upcoming AO-6 observing cycle. They include
observations of the Galactic Center region, the Cygnus region, the Virgo Cluster, the North Ecliptic Pole, and the SMC.
Xspec 12 updated (Dec 19 2007) (19 Jan 2008)
bkn model abbreviation fixed ...
Fv 5.1 released (Dec 19 2007) (18 Jan 2008)
bug fixes ...
PIMMS updated (Dec 19 2007) (17 Jan 2008)
new set of effective area curves for Chandra Cycle 10 ...
XMM CCF updated (Dec 18 2007) (16 Jan 2008)
RGS offset values update...
Suzaku HXD/GSO background files for Version 2 Processed Data (16 Jan 2008)
HEASoft 6.4a released (Dec 12 2007) (13 Jan 2008)
Improved Mac OSX 10.5 support, more...
XSPEC 12.4.0a released (Dec 10 2007) (10 Jan 2008)
Markov Chain Monte Carlo updated, more...
Swift and Suzaku CALDBs updated (08 Jan 2008)
XRT calibration data for Swift and HXD calibration data for Suzaku updated.
Swift CALDB updated (07 Jan 2008)
Spacecraft (SC) calibration data updated for Swift.
Suzaku CALDB updated (06 Jan 2008)
XIS calibration data have been updated...
Xspec 12 updated (05 Jan 2008)
The gabs model is wrong and gives results dependent on the energy bin size. Our thanks to Takao Kitaguchi for pointing this out. Report added on Nov 26, 2007 ...
Swift CALDB updated (03 Jan 2008)
UVOTA calibration data updated for Swift.
Suzaku, Swift CALDBs updated (02 Jan 2008)
HXD and XIS on Suzaku, and XRT, UVOTA and SC updated on Swift.
XSPEC Updated (01 Jan 2008)
When a fakeit run is using a response with first legal channel number (TLMIN4) = 0, and is NOT based on an already existing spectrum, the last channel is erroneously ignored and always ends up with 0 counts. Our thanks to David Morris for pointing this out. Report added on Oct 31, 2007.
RXTE ASM Source Intensity Errors for Sources in Crowded Fields (1 Jan 2008)
Infrequent but significant errors can occur in ASM source intensities.
CALDB Updated (31 Dec 2007)
XIS and HXD data updated 16-Oct-2007
XSPEC patch 12.3.1an (30 Dec 2007)
Updated 15-Oct-2007; tclout plink option change, more...
HEASoft updated to Version 6.3.2 (26 Dec 2007)
Updated 24-Sep-2007; patch release primarily for the Swift (version 2.7.2) software, but also includes an update to the XTE task 'pcabackest', more...
XSPEC patch 12.3.1am (25 Dec 2007)
Updated 20-Aug-2007; some output formatting improvements, more...
ESA XMM-Newton AO-7 Results Released (19 Dec 2007)
Listed by RA.
nH tool updated (2 Nov 2007)
The nH tool has been updated with support for additional coordinate systems.
Viewing tool updated (24 Oct 2007)
Viewing tool updated to support Swift Cycle 4.
AKBAR becomes ARK (16 Oct 2007)
The AKBAR system has been renamed ARK: the Astrophysics Research Knowledgebase
Browse version 8.4 (9 Oct 2007)
Added a progress box on the tabbed results display page to show how many tables have been processed. When processing
is complete the table and row totals are displayed.
Viewing tool updated (6 Sep 2007)
Viewing tool updated to support XMM-Newton AO-7.
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