http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:19 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/current_thumbnail.jpg http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/gmrtelain1.html 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 <a href="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/gmrtelain2.html"> <b>similar catalog</b></a> (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. id_20 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/caldb_wotsnew.html#swift_20120209 The Swift Caldb has been updated for the SC (update version 20120206). id_19 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/gmrtlhcat2.html 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 <a href="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/gmrtlhcat.html"> <b>previous catalog</b></a> (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. id_18 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/g350.html 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 id_17 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/ic348cxo2.html 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. id_16 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/nustar/120201update/ 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. id_15 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/milliquas.html The latest version (v2.8, 29 January 2012) of this catalog (<a href="http://quasars.org/milliquas.htm">from E. Flesch 2012</a>) containing more than a million quasars is now available in Browse. id_14 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/lqac.html 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. id_13 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/tools/pimms.html Includes a minor update of effective area curves for the Chandra instruments, suitable for use for Cycle 14 proposals id_12 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:28:01 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/caldb_wotsnew.html#gen_20120127 Update 27 Jan 2012: added a new leap second, to occur on July 1, 2012, into leapsec_010712.fits file. id_11 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:18:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xanadu/xspec/issues/issues.html Released Jan 18, 2012. Adds a new tclout option, tclout rerror... id_10 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:40:00 -0500 http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/ 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. id_9 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:01:00 -0500 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/news/nustar20120124.html 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. id_8 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/W3Browse/w3table.pl?Observatory_xray1=PLANCK&Action=More+Options 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. id_7 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0500 http://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/energetic-astronomy.html 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. id_6 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/xhp_new.html#16years1 Symposium and banquet to commemorate RXTE, March 29-30 at GSFC. id_5 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Tools/Viewing.html 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&deg;; this version uses the software limit of 47&deg;. id_4 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:19:40 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/lockmanoir.html 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. id_3 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov//product/map/dr4/mcmc_maps_info.cfm The WMAP Monte Carlo Markov Chain foreground maps underwent a FITS header update to make them compatible with HEALPIX file I/O software. id_2 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/champsdssa.html 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. id_1 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0500