New, Updated and/or Revised HEASARC Browse Databases in 2004

The following list is of databases that have either been newly created and/or substantially revised or updated(in bold characters) or else slightly revised or updated (normal characters), and that are now accessible via Browse. The list is in reverse chronological order, i.e., the most recently created/updated databases are listed first.

To see the online documentation for a database, click on the database name; to query any database, click on the above link to the HEASARC Browse service.


Please also check out our list of catalogs under consideration for being made into HEASARC databases.


In December 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalog (Version 1.1), XMMSSC, XMM-Newton, 2004-Dec-21.

First 8.35 and 14.35 GHz Survey of the Galactic Plane, GPA, Radio Catalog, 2004-Dec-08.

Catalog of Galactic O Stars (updated version with accurate positions), OSTARS, Star Catalog, 2004-Dec-07.

Quasars.org: All-Sky Optical Catalog of Radio/X-Ray Sources, QORGCAT, Galaxy Catalog, 2004-Dec-01.


In November 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
ROSAT Master Catalog (replaces ROSPUBLIC), ROSMASTER, ROSAT, 2004-Nov-19.

HEAO-1 A2 Piccinotti High-Latitude Sky Extragalactic Source Catalog, A2PIC, HEAO1, 2004-Nov-16.

HEAO-1 A2 Low-Energy Detector (LED) Sky Catalog, A2LED, HEAO1, 2004-Nov-12.

RXTE All-Sky Slew Survey AGN Catalog, XTEASSAGN, RXTE, 2004-Nov-04.


In October 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
XMM-Newton Catalog of X-Ray Sources in M 33, M33XMMXRAY, XMM-Newton, 2004-Oct-22.

Chandra Catalog of X-Ray Sources in the Central Region of M 31, M31CXOXRAY, Chandra, 2004-Oct-19.

ROSAT-ESO Flux-Limited X-ray (REFLEX) Galaxy Cluster Survey Catalog, REFLEX, ROSAT, 2004-Oct-19.

BAX X-Ray Galaxy Cluster and Groups Catalog, BAXGALCLUS, Galaxy Catalog, 2004-Oct-08.

Ritter Cataclysmic Binaries Catalog (7.3 Edition), RITTERCV, Star Catalog, 2004-Oct-06.

Ritter Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries Catalog (7.3 Edition), RITTERLMXB, Star Catalog, 2004-Oct-06.

Ritter Binaries Related to CVs Catalog (7.3 Edition), RITTERRBIN, Star Catalog, 2004-Oct-06.


In September 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
First IBIS/ISGRI Soft Gamma-Ray Galactic Plane Survey Catalog, IBISGPSCAT, INTEGRAL, 2004-Sep-29.

McCook & Sion White Dwarf Catalog (Web Version), MCKSION, Star Catalog, 2004-Sep-29.

INTEGRAL Reference Catalog, INTREFCAT, INTEGRAL, 2004-Sep-22.

Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Observing Log, ISOLOG, ISO, 2004-Sep-16.

INTEGRAL Observing Program, INTEGRALAO, INTEGRAL, 2004-Sep-14.


In August 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
IUE Final Merged Observations Log, IUELOG, IUE, 2004-Aug-20.


In July 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey Source Catalog, SUMSS, Radio Catalog, 2004-Jul-11.

Principal Galaxy Catalog (2003 Version), PGC2003, Galaxy Catalog, 2004-Jul-08.


In June 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
CGRO BATSE Earth Occultation Catalog of Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, BATSEEOCAT, CGRO, 2004-Jun-21.

Chandra Serendipitous Extragalactic X-Ray Source Identification (SEXSI) Catalog, CHANSEXSI, Chandra, 2004-Jun-11.


In May 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Observation Log, FUSELOG, FUSE, 2004-May-17.

XTE All-Sky Slew Survey Catalog, XTEASSCAT, RXTE, 2004-May-13.


In April 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Chandra Deep Field North 2 Megasecond X-Ray Source Catalog, CHANDFN2MS, Chandra, 2004-Apr-30.

Chandra Deep Field North 2 Megasecond Optical and Infrared Identifications Catalog, CDFN2MSOID, Chandra, 2004-Apr-30.

Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 1 Quasar Catalog, SDSSQUASAR, Galaxy Catalog, 2004-Apr-23.


In February 2004


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Rossi XTE Proposal Information on Accepted Targets, XTEAO, RXTE, 2004-Feb-09.


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Databases created and/or updated in 2002


Databases created and/or updated in 2001


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