New, Updated and/or Revised HEASARC Browse Databases In 2006

The following list is of databases now accessible via Browse that have either been newly created and/or substantially updated, or are updated 'master' catalogs (as indicated by being in bold characters), or were slightly revised or are regularly updated (normal characters). 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, use the HEASARC Browse service.


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


Swift Master Catalog, SWIFTMASTR, Swift, updated daily.
Swift TDRSS Messages, SWIFTTDRSS, Swift, updated daily.
Swift BAT Instrument Log, SWIFTBALOG, Swift, updated daily.
Swift UVOT Instrument Log, SWIFTUVLOG, Swift, updated daily.
Swift XRT Instrument Log, SWIFTXRLOG, Swift, updated daily.


In December 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
ATNF Pulsar Catalog, ATNFPULSAR, Radio Catalog, 2006-Dec-31.

INTEGRAL Science Window data, INTSCW, INTEGRAL, 2006-Dec-31.

INTEGRAL Public Pointed Science Window Data, INTSCWPUB, INTEGRAL, 2006-Dec-31.

Washington Double Star Catalog, WDS, Star Catalog, 2006-Dec-31.

Spitzer Space Telescope Log of Executed and Scheduled Observations, SPITZMASTR, SPITZER, 2006-Dec-24.

Crab Pulsar Timing Ephemeris, CRABTIME, Radio Catalog, 2006-Dec-24.

HEASARC Master X-Ray Source Catalog, XRAY, Master Catalog, 2006-Dec-24.

HEASARC Master Radio Source Catalog, RADIO, Master Catalog, 2006-Dec-21.

INTEGRAL Public Data Results Catalog, INTPUBLIC, INTEGRAL, 2006-Dec-17.

INTEGRAL Bright Source Catalog, INTBSC, INTEGRAL, 2006-Dec-17.

NGC 2516 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog, NGC2516CXO, Chandra, 2006-Dec-12.

NGC 6530 Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog, NGC6530CXO, Chandra, 2006-Dec-08.

XMM-Newton XAssist Source List, XMMXASSIST, XMM-Newton, 2006-Dec-07.

Chandra Typical Galactic Plane Region Point Source Catalog, CHANTYPGPR, Chandra, 2006-Dec-06.

INTEGRAL Reference Catalog, INTREFCAT, INTEGRAL, 2006-Dec-04.

RXTE Proposal Information and Abstracts, XTEAO, RXTE, 2006-Dec-04.


In November 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
XBootes: NDWFS Bootes Field Optical & Near IR Counterparts Catalog, XBOOTESOID, Chandra, 2006-Nov-30.

Chandra Nearby Spiral Galaxies Point Source Catalog (Kilgard et al. 2005), CHANNSGPSC, Chandra, 2006-Nov-16.

XMM-Newton Accepted Targets (Most expired unobserved Priority C targets now removed), XMMAO, XMM-Newton, 2006-Nov-14.

New Optically Visible Open Clusters and Candidate Catalog (Web Version), OPENCLUST, Star Catalog, 2006-Nov-06.


In October 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) Point Source Catalog (Kim et al. 2006), CHAMPPSC, Chandra, 2006-Oct-27.

XMM-Newton Bright Serendipitous Survey Catalog (Della Ceca et al. 2004), XMMBSS, XMM-Newton, 2006-Oct-24.

Chandra Catalog of Point Sources in Nearby Galaxies (Colbert et al. 2004), CHPNGPTSRC, Chandra, 2006-Oct-18.


In September 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project (COUP) Point Source Catalog, Chandra, 2006-Sep-27.

Catalog of High-Mass X-Ray Binaries in the Galaxy (4th Edition), HMXBCAT, Star Catalog, 2006-Sep-20.

HETE-2 GCN Triggers Catalog, HETE2GCN, HETE-2, 2006-Sep-14.


In August 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Chandra Serendipitous Extragalactic X-Ray Source Identification (SEXSI) Program of Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy, CHANSEXOID, Chandra, 2006-Aug-29.

Chandra Catalog of X-ray Sources in the Central 150 pc of the Galaxy, CHANC150PC, Chandra, 2006-Aug-17.

HEASARC Master EUV Source Catalog, EUV, 2006-Aug-13.

Veron-Cetty and Veron Catalog of Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei, 12th Edition, VERONCAT, Galaxy catalog, 2006-Aug-09.

Chandra Deep Field North 1-Megasecond Catalog, CHANDFN1MS, Chandra, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

Chandra Deep Field North 2-Megasecond Catalog, CHANDFN2MS, Chandra, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

Chandra Deep Field South 1-Megasecond Catalog, CHANDFS1MS, Chandra, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

Chandra Galactic Center Point Source Catalog, CHANGALCEN, Chandra, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

EUVE Archive and Observation Log, EUVEMASTER, EUVE, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

EUVE Right Angle Program, 2nd Catalog, EUVERAP2, EUVE, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

Second IBIS/ISGRI Soft Gamma-Ray Survey Catalog, IBISCAT2, INTEGRAL, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

XMM-Newton M31 Survey Catalog, M31XMMXRAY, XMM-Newton, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

XMM-Newton M33 Survey Catalog, M33XMMXRAY, XMM-Newton, 2006-Aug-08. (Units of exposure are now seconds rather than kiloseconds).

HETE-2 Pointings Timeline, HETE2TL, HETE-2, 2006-Aug-06.

XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalog, Second Version (Pre-Release), XMMSSC, XMM-Newton, 2006-Aug-04.

McCook & Sion White Dwarf Catalog (Web Version), MCKSION, Star Catalog, 2006-Aug-04.


In July 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Faint Sky Variability Survey (FSVS) Catalog of Galaxy Clusters and Rich Groups, FSVSCLUSTR, Galaxy Catalog, 2006-Jul-25.

Spectroscopic Binary Orbits, Ninth Catalog (replaces Eighth Catalog aka BATTEN), SBORBITCAT, Star Catalog, 2006-Jul-14.

CGRO/BATSE Earth Occultation Catalog of Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, BATSEEOCAT, CGRO, 2006-Jul-10.

New Catalog of Compact 6cm Sources in the Galactic Plane, WBHGP6CM, Radio Catalog, 2006-Jul-07.

New Catalog of Compact 20cm Sources in the Galactic Plane, WBHGP20CM, Radio Catalog, 2006-Jul-06.


In June 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey, MAGPIS, Radio Catalog, 2006-Jun-30.

SDSS Quasar Catalog (3rd Data Release), SDSSQUASAR, Galaxy Catalog, 2006-Jun-12.

Sydney University Molonglo Sky Survey (SUMSS) Source Catalog, SUMSS, Radio Catalog, 2006-Jun-11.

Byurakan/Hamburg/ROSAT Catalog of Optical Identifications of FSC X-Ray Sources, BHRFSCID, ROSAT, 2006-Jun-07.

Gamma-Ray Bursts from the Interplanetary Network, IPNGRB, Gamma-Ray Bursts, 2006-Jun-06.

CGRO/BATSE Spectral Catalog of Bright Gamma-Ray Bursts, BATSEGRBSP, CGRO, 2006-Jun-01.


In May 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
XMM-Newton Slew Survey Clean Source Catalog, v1.0, XMMSLEWCLN, XMM-Newton, 2006-May-16.

XMM-Newton Slew Survey Full Source Catalog, v1.0, XMMSLEWFUL, XMM-Newton, 2006-May-16.


In April 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Observation Log, FUSELOG, FUSE, 2006-Apr-28.

Hubble Space Telescope Planned and Archived Exposures Catalog, HSTPAEC, HST, 2006-Apr-09.

HETE-2 Gamma-Ray Bursts Catalog, HETE2GRB, HETE-2, 2006-Apr-06.


In March 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Hubble Space Telescope Archived Exposures Catalog, HSTAEC, HST, 2006-Mar-05.


In February 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole Survey X-ray Source Catalog, ROSNEPXRAY, ROSAT, 2006-Feb-26.

INTEGRAL Observing Program (up to and including AO-3), INTEGRALAO, INTEGRAL, 2006-Feb-22.

XMM-Newton Accepted Targets (up to and including AO-5), XMMAO, XMM-Newton, 2006-Feb-17.

XBootes: NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey (NDWFS) Bootes Field X-Ray Point Source Catalog, XBOOTES, Chandra, 2006-Feb-15.

ASCA GIS Source Catalog (ASCA Medium Sensitivity Survey: AMSS-I + AMSS-II), ASCAGIS, ASCA, 2006-Feb-13.


In January 2006


Database, Brief Name, Database Type, Date Created/Updated (Year-Month-Day)
Cataclysmic Variables Catalog (2006 Final Edition), CVCAT, Star Catalog, 2006-Jan-27.

Chandra Extended Deep Field South Point Source Catalog, CHANEXTDFS, Chandra, 2006-Jan-25.


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Databases created and/or updated in 2001


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