Release Notes - ESDC
ESASky Release Notes
ESASKY 7.0
RELEASED 5 November 2024
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Public time-series data from Gaia DR3 epoch photometry, XMM-Newton EPIC photometry and XMM-Newton OM photometry, available for visualisation and download from the new interactive Time-Series Viewer
Catalogues:
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- ROSAT X-Ray All-Sky Survey
TECHNOLOGY:
- Upgrade to Aladin Lite 3 including FITS viewer, different sky projections, HiPS settings to change the stretch, cut, blending and opacity, FITS HiPS support.
- Time-Series Viewer updates and enhancements.
- API updates for Euclid (CAS-protected HiPS maps).
- Ingestor improvements for ingesting tables with 500+ columns.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 6.3
RELEASED 9 JULY 2024
SCIENCE READY DATA:
Catalogues:
- The 4XMM-DR14 XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source catalogue.
- The 4XMM-DR14s XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue from Overlapping Observations.
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- New XMM-Newton Optical Monitor Ultraviolet colour HiPS (red:UVW1; green:UVM2; blue:UVW2).
- New XMM-Newton Optical Monitor Optical colour HiPS (red:V; green:B; blue:U).
TECHNOLOGY:
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 6.2
RELEASED 11 JUNE 2024
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Two eROSITA DR1 catalogues: eRASS1 main catalogue and eRASS1 hard catalogue.
- XMM-Newton OM Serendipitous Ultraviolet Source Survey catalogue (SUSS6.1).
- Second Swift X-ray telescope point source catalogue (2SXPS).
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- Three eROSITA DR1 HiPS maps:
TECHNOLOGY:
- Chinese and Spanish translations of the latest target lists.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 6.1
RELEASED 23 MAY 2024
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Five more Euclid Early Release Observation (ERO) PR images made available in the Euclid Outreach Images feature.
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
TECHNOLOGY:
- Solid fixes on TAP ratings.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 6.0
RELEASED 22 February 2024
SCIENCE READY DATA:
Catalogues:
- The 4XMM-DR13 XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source catalogue.
- The 4XMM-DR13s XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue from Overlapping Observations.
- Column added to the IBIS/ISGRI Soft Gamma-Ray Source Catalog linking to the Multi-messenger Online Data Analysis (MMODA) product gallery per source, when products are available.
TECHNOLOGY:
- User area (includes uploading tables, saving sessions, customising the layout of ESASky, quotas of 1 GB).
- Planning tool updates (CCD numbers added to the XMM-Newton EPIC-pn footprint; and sexagesimal coordinates included, as well as decimal degrees).
ESASKY 5.4.1
RELEASED 8 November 2023
TECHNOLOGY:
- Euclid Early Release Targets list added.
ESASKY 5.4
RELEASED 7 November 2023
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Five Euclid Early Release Observation (ERO) PR images made available in a new Euclid Outreach Images feature.
TECHNOLOGY:
- A generic XMM-Newton EPIC-pn footprint added to the Observations Planning tool (to aid users preparing XMM-Newton proposals).
- API updates
ESASKY 5.3
RELEASED 10 October 2023
SCIENCE READY DATA:
TECHNOLOGY:
- API updates
- Bug fixes
ESASKY 5.2
RELEASED 2 October 2023
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Wide-angle view of the Orion Nebula Webb PR images added to ESASky:
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- 5 WMAP HiPS added to the Radio:
- 8 QUIJOTE HiPS added to the Radio:
- GALEX HiPS updated to GALEX GR6/7 AIS color
TECHNOLOGY:
- Upgrade to latest TAP and DataLink IVOA recommendations.
- Improved performance and resolution of outreach images.
- Updates to the target list feature and the Orion Nebula Interesting Features target list added.
ESASKY 5.1.1
RELEASED 19 June 2023
TECHNOLOGY:
- First release of the Touchpoint Explorer Kiosk (touchscreen) version for Astrolabe (ESA Headquarters visitor centre).
- Copy the coordinates of cursor position in the sky.
- API fixes.
ESASKY 5.1
RELEASED 1 June 2023
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- 'Up-to-the-minute' Gravitational Wave Alerts from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observing Run 4.
Catalogues:
TECHNOLOGY:
- API updates for the Euclid archive.
- Automatic 'listening' to GCN for the latest GW alerts.
- Astrometric catalogues bug fix.
- Nested Datalinks bug fix.
ESASKY 5.0.2
RELEASED 28 MARCH 2023
TECHNOLOGY:
- API HiPS updates.
ESASKY 5.0.1
RELEASED 17 MARCH 2023
TECHNOLOGY:
- API updates for the Euclid archive.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 5.0
RELEASED 2 MARCH 2023
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Access to the VizieR Catalogue Service from the Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center (CDS).
- Access to all Table Access Protocols (TAPs) in the Virtual Observatory TAP Registry, including to:
- Vizier (as mentioned above)
- NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
- ESA Archives: Gaia, XMM-Newton, JWST, HST, Herschel, ISO, INTEGRAL, PSA
- ESASky TAP and ESASky Legacy TAP (including data from ESA Legacy missions such as Hipparcos, Cos-B, CoRoT, and EU funded projects using ESA data).
- German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory Data Centre
- The Javalambre-Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS)
- and many more, plus the previously included Data Centres in ESASky from ESO, CADC, MAST, HEASARC and ASTRON.
TECHNOLOGY:
- ADQL access to TAPs in the VO TAP Registry.
- Improved internal data handling - removing hard coded information in favour of information from the source data (like UCD’s, units, column order, default visible columns, etc).
ESASKY 4.6
RELEASED 1 DECEMBER 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
Catalogues:
- eROSITA eFEDS main: Catalogue of X-ray sources detected in the 0.2-2.3 keV band in the eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS) field.
- eROSITA eFEDS hard: Catalogue of hard X-ray sources detected in three bands (1: 0.2-0.6; 2: 0.6-2.3; 3: 2.3-5 keV) in the eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey (eFEDS) field.
- eROSITA etaCha main: Catalogue of X-ray sources in the eta Chamaeleontis field scan observation.
- eROSITA etaCha hard: Catalogue of X-ray sources in the eta Chamaeleontis field scan observation.
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- eFEDS single band: eFEDS (eROSITA Final Equatorial Depth Survey) rate image (0.2-2.3 keV, smoothed with a gaussian of sigma=4) sky map.
- eFEDS RGB sky map (red: 0.2-0.5 keV; green: 0.5-1 keV; blue: 1-2 keV).
ESASKY 4.5.4
RELEASED 10 November 2022
TECHNOLOGY:
- Upload target list bug fix.
ESASKY 4.5.3
RELEASED 31 October 2022
TECHNOLOGY:
- Bottom right icon added for quick access to the EVA Virtual Assistant.
ESASKY 4.5.2
RELEASED 24 October 2022
TECHNOLOGY:
- Bug fixes for the ESA/Webb Outreach Images feature.
ESASKY 4.5.1
RELEASED 13 October 2022
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- CHIPASS 1.4 GHz: Radio continuum map of the atomic hydrogen line, of the sky south of declination +25deg. Reprocessing of archival data from the HI Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS) and the HI Zone of Avoidance (HIZOA) survey.
- CGPS-VGPS CONT: Combination of the 1420 MHz continuum of the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS) with the VLA Galactic Plane Survey (VGPS).
- GASS NH: 21-cm emission from Galactic neutral hydrogen for the entire sky south of delta=+1 deg, using the Parkes radio telescope.
TECHNOLOGY:
- Updated Target Lists URLs.
- API updates.
- Mobile phone bug fixes.
- Updated URL in download file to Acknowledge ESASky.
ESASKY 4.5
RELEASED 30 SEPTEMBER 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
Catalogues:
- The 4XMM-DR12 XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source catalogue.
- The 4XMM-DR12s XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue from Overlapping Observations.
ESASKY 4.4
RELEASED 15 SEPTEMBER 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- ESA/Webb Outreach Images.
TECHNOLOGY:
- HiPS Greyscale (Reverse) colour palette added.
ESASKY 4.3
RELEASED 13 JULY 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
TECHNOLOGY:
- Webb Early Release Targets added to the targets list
ESASKY 4.2.1
RELEASED 23 JUNE 2022
TECHNOLOGY:
- JWST Observations planning tool updates.
ESASKY 4.2
RELEASED 13 JUNE 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
ESASKY 4.1.3
RELEASED 16 MAY 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- HST HAP (Hubble Advanced Products) Multi Visit Mosaics included in ESASky.
TECHNOLOGY:
- EVA Virtual Assistant improvements and inclusion in hamburger menu.
ESASKY 4.1.2
RELEASED 12 APRIL 2022
TECHNOLOGY:
- How to acknowledge ESASky added to data download and hamburger menu.
- New ESASky API command.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 4.1.1
RELEASED 30 MARCH 2022
TECHNOLOGY:
- New ESASky API queries.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 4.1
RELEASED 22 March 2022
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- IceCube Neutrino Observatory events (in the multi-messenger tool).
- Search for Solar System Objects imaging data from the XMM-Newton OM instrument.
Catalogues:
- IceCube All-Sky Point Source Events Catalogue (2008-2018; Icecubepsc).
- The Second ROSAT All-Sky Survey Point Source Catalog (2RXS).
- 2WHSP Catalog of High Synchrotron Peaked Blazars and Candidates (2WHSP).
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) DR2 high resolution HiPS
TECHNOLOGY:
- Search by cone, box or polygon.
- Save and restore an ESASky session.
- Multi-messenger column settings and descriptions.
- Purple cross in the centre of the screen deactivated in screenshots.
- ESA/Hubble outreach images shown inside and outside the field of view.
ESASKY 4.0.1
RELEASED 9 NOVEMBER 2021
TECHNOLOGY:
- HST outreach image included in share URL.
- Screenshot improvements.
- ESASky API capabilities expanded.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 4.0
RELEASED 20 OCTOBER 2021
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- ESA/Hubble Outreach Images.
- LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Waves.
- CHEOPS optimal light-curves and data reduction report.
Catalogues:
- Fermi-LAT 10-year source catalog (4FGL-DR2).
- Third Fermi-LAT Catalog of High-Energy Sources (3FHL).
- Fourth Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei - Data Release 2 (4LAC-DR2).
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- PanSTARRS DR1 color (i, r, g).
TECHNOLOGY:
- Possibility to overlay high-resolution zoomable images anywhere on the sky.
- Possibility to show and select elliptical footprints.
ESASKY 3.9
RELEASED 13 SEPTEMBER 2021
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- ASTRON and most requested HEASARC tables added to external TAPs.
Catalogues:
- Data Release 11 of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source catalogue (4XMM-DR11).
- 4XMM-DR11s EPIC Stacked catalogue.
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
- TGSS ADR progressive survey and Apertif Data release 1 survey HiPS by ASTRON.
TECHNOLOGY:
- Selection Tool - allowing selection of multiple sources within a delimited area.
- Adding HiPS from url and local computer and browsing HiPS registry for globally available HiPS.
- PyEsasky: Updates to handle ESASky 3.9, adding function to browse HiPS and adding support for newer ipython kernels.
ESASKY 3.8
RELEASED 26 April 2021
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Automatic updating of HST and XMM-Newton observations (images and spectra, updated daily).
TECHNOLOGY:
- Linking to ESA Earth Online, the Planetary Science Archive and the Solar Orbiter Archive when a relevant object is searched for.
- Javascript API improvements: select/ deselect footprints and sources; updating content in custom treemaps; updates in response on events. See here for a full list of the API functionalities.
- Bug fixes
ESASKY 3.7.1
RELEASED 19 February 2021
TECHNOLOGY:
- Publications order of authors fix
- Count update fix
ESASKY 3.7
RELEASED 21 December 2020
SCIENCE READY DATA:
- Data Release 10 of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source catalogue (4XMM-DR10)
- 4XMM-DR10s EPIC Stacked catalogue
- XMM-OM-SUSS-5.0 catalogue
TECHNOLOGY:
- Bug fixes
ESASKY 3.6
RELEASED 3RD December 2020
Science ready data:
- Gaia Early Data Release 3 catalogue
- Updated ISO metadata and MOC
- Updated INTEGRAL metadata
TECHNOLOGY:
- More catalogue and data columns now available and can be added to or removed from the data panel.
- All available columns automatically downloaded when the table is downloaded.
- Database optimisation and performance improvement.
- Improved Javascript API.
ESASKY 3.5.1
RELEASED 8TH October 2020
TECHNOLOGY:
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 3.5
RELEASED 24TH September 2020
Science ready data:
- Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products (SEIP)
- Automatic updating of Chandra images (daily)
TECHNOLOGY:
- New interactive observation and catalogue coverage maps (using Q3c), with the ability to filter on large amounts of data (up to 10M rows).
- Data panel user experience improved with the integration of the third party library Tabulator, including moveable columns, handling of large tables, close all tables button.
- Switch between equatorial coordinate formats (sexagesimal <-> decimal) in header and data panel.
- Database optimisation and performance improvement.
- Improved Javascript API.
ESASKY 3.4.3
RELEASED 11TH June 2020
Science ready data:
- Chandra imaging and spectra metadata update
TECHNOLOGY:
- Internationalisation: Chinese (Mandarin)
- Matomo integration
ESASKY 3.4.2
RELEASED 1ST April 2020
Science ready data:
- Updated XMM OM metadata and MOC
- Updated HST metadata and MOC
TECHNOLOGY:
- Improved the dynamic count (SQL functions in the db)
- Improved/fixed cache issue in the client browser (please let us know if you experience cache issue with ESASky not loading on your browser)
ESASKY 3.4.1
RELEASED 14TH March 2020
TECHNOLOGY:
- Internal patch release - configuration updates.
ESASKY 3.4
RELEASED 12TH March 2020
Science ready data:
- The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations and associated footprints
- Updated HST metadata
Catalogues:
- Chandra Source Catalog version 2 (CSC2)
- Data Release 9 of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue (4XMM-DR9)
- 4XMM-DR9s EPIC Stacked Catalogue
- XMM-Newton Slew Catalogue version 2 (XMMSL2)
- Hubble Source Catalog version 3.1
TECHNOLOGY:
- Treemap slider
- ExtTAP filtered to show only public data (non-proprietary data).
- Ability to switch between sexagesimal and decimal degrees
ESASKY 3.3.2
RELEASED 29TH January 2020
TECHNOLOGY:
- Updated JWST footprints in planning tool to latest SIAF.
- Bug fixes.
ESASKY 3.3.1
RELEASED 12TH December 2019
TECHNOLOGY:
- External TAP MOC bug fix.
ESASKY 3.3
RELEASED 11TH December 2019
DATA:
TECHNOLOGY:
- HTTPS
- Bug fixes
ESASKY 3.2.1
RELEASED 29TH November 2019
TECHNOLOGY:
- Improvements on the external TAP access.
- ESO, CADC and MAST MOC updates.
- Update to IMCCE service accessing SSODNet.
- Bug fixing
ESASKY 3.2
RELEASED 15TH November 2019
Science ready data (IMAGES):
Catalogues:
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
MID-IR:
TECHNOLOGY:
- Access to external TAPs (from ESO, CADC and MAST)
- HiPS slider
- Coordinates Grid
- Publications upgrade
- Search by author and bibcode
- Download subsets of tables, either through selection or filter
- Significant performance upgrade for resolving large target lists
- Resizable data panel columns
- Both horizontal & vertical FoV
- Bug fixes
ESASKY 3.1.3
RELEASED 16TH JULY 2019
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
Soft X-RAY:
TECHNOLOGY:
- Improved Javascript API
- Improved coordinate parser
- Science mode switch setting now persists through sessions
- Bug fixes
ESASKY 3.1.2
RELEASED 28TH JUNE 2019
TECHNOLOGY:
- Expanded ESASky Javascript API (used by external applications such as pyESASky).
- Improved mobile and desktop responsiveness.
-
Bug fixes, including improved support for the screenshot feature.
ESASKY 3.1.1
RELEASED 10TH MAy 2019
TECHNOLOGY:
- Automatically starting ESASky in Spanish, if user's preferred browser is set in Spanish.
- Improved move behaviour and more movable elements.
- Horizontally scrollable tables in data panel.
- Banner conveying information messages to all active users.
- Support for pyESASky 1.0
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
ESASKY 3.1
RELEASED 7TH MARCH 2019
TECHNOLOGY:
- Improved SSO metadata and model.
- Upgrade to TAP version 7.
- Treemap separation
- Update of example target lists and random target list (from Dice).
- Pagination of the Data Panel
- Colour blind colours
- Internationalisation: Spanish
- Startup target description:
- Properly integrated in the same box as the target list and random target.
- Added a status while looking up position of startup object. “Loading a random object” / “Cargando un objeto aleatorio”.
- Buttons on the movable panels are now properly clickable on touch
- Small bugfix to correctly adjust dialog boxes width when browser window shrinks or expands.
- Removed the parentheses around the s for texts never used for a singular object.
- A target description no longer disappears when using galactic coordinates.
- The Status Panel now has two types of messages: important and regular.
- Improvements in the object search:
- It is no longer possible to initiate a search while search box is empty or whitespace.
- Character ‘ is now ignored instead of causing SIMBAD query problems. Proper handling will be included in 3.2 or later.
ESASKY 3.0
RELEASED 6TH NOVEMBER 2018
TECHNOLOGY:
- Explorer mode/Science mode with different functionalities.
- Links to the World Wide Telescope (WWT).
- Improved SSO functionality, with refined cross-matches and new objects.
- New look-and-feel, including improved Header and resizable data panel
- Significant improvements to touch devices
- Improved cross browsers support
- Improved reliability
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
Mid-Infrared:
ESASky 2.3
released 27th September 2018
DATA:
- Updated Chandra data.
- Updated XMM-Newton EPIC data.
- Updated HST data.
TECHNOLOGY:
- Improved column filtering capabilities, including filtering by ranges of numbers and dates.
Catalogues:
- Data Release 8 of the XMM-Newton Serendipitous Source Catalogue (3XMM-DR8)
- 3XMM-DR7s EPIC Stacked Catalogue
ESASky 2.2
released 25th April 2018
TECHNOLOGY:
- Visualisation of proper motion arrows when applicable on catalogues.
- Ability to change footprint colours and line size (images and spectra) and catalogue colours, source shapes and sizes.
- Additional information in data panel tabs (via question mark icon).
- Improved publications usability workflow.
- Improvement of the HSC experience.
- [Experimental feature] HiPS JPEG cut out service.
- [Experimental feature] Open graph share metadata generation (to share ESASky images in social media).
- Bug fixing
Catalogues:
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
Radio:
- Haslam 408 MHz HiPS (Desourced) [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)].
- HI4PI NHI [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg].
ESASky 2.1
released 15th February 2018
TECHNOLOGY:
- Publications tool
- Improved usability for smartphones and tablets
- Explore random targets feature
- Example source lists added to Target List feature
- Improved performance
- Bug fixing
ESASky 2.0
released 20th October 2017
TECHNOLOGY:
- Search for Solar System Objects (currently planets, satellites and comets) imaging data from HST, Herschel and XMM-Newton.
- New and improved user interface with support to mobile devices.
- Improved representation of available data: numbers and tree-map.
- Improved usability and user experience: Interactive footprints with the data panel; filtering of results and automatic interaction with footprints; centre on observation/source; improved search; 'share' button ..
- Solar System Object orbits drawn on the sky (for the start date to end date of the searched mission).
- Faster access to users outside Europe.
- More robust application with better support for different browsers and browser settings.
- Bug fixing
Science ready data (Spectra):
- XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory, spectra from the RGS instrument.
- International Ultraviolet Explorere (IUE), spectra from LWP, LWR and SWP instruments.
- Hubble Space Telescope, spectra from the ACS, COS, FOS, HRS, NICMOS, STIS, WFC3 instruments.
- Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), spectra from the SWS and LWS instruments.
- Herschel spectra from the HIFI, PACS and SPIRE instruments.
- Chandra X-ray observatory (NASA), spectra from the ACIS, HRC, LETG and HETG instruments.
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
Far-Infrared:
- Updated Herschel PACS and SPIRE HiPS [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)].
Radio:
- Updated Haslam 408 MHz HiPS [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)].
Others (physical models):
- Planck Polarised Dust smoothed [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)].
- Planck Polarised Synchrotron smoothed [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)].
Catalogues:
- Hubble Source Catalog version 2.1.
ESASky 1.5
released 10th March 2017
Science ready data (imaging):
Catalogues:
-
Chandra Source Catalog version 1.1.
ESASky 1.4
released 23rd February 2017
TECHNOLOGY:
- Observations planning tool for JWST
- Case insensitivity of target searches
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
Soft X-RAY:
- Updated XMM-Newton EPIC color [European Space Agency (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]. It now includes all public observations up to 9th August 2016.
Catalogues:
-
Herschel SPIRE Point Source Catalogue (SPSC) version 1.
ESASky 1.3
released 20th December 2016
TECHNOLOGY:
- Improved name resolving
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
All the following HiPS have been updated with the live feature:
Soft X-Ray:
- XMM-Newton EPIC color [European Space Agency (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Ultraviolet:
- XMM-Newton UV color [European Space Agency (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Optical:
- HST ACS [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST WFPC2 [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST WFC3 [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST FOC [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST WFPC [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Near-Infrared:
- HST NICMOS [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Catalogues:
ESASky 1.2
released 11th October 2016
TECHNOLOGY:
- Astroquery.ESASky module
- Improved target list functionality
Catalogues:
ESASky 1.1
released 15th JULY 2016
TECHNOLOGY:
- Upgrade of TAP server from 0.6 to 4.0.0
- Screenshot functionality
- Bookmarks functionality
DATA CONTENTS:
- INTEGRAL pointing metadata added (INTEGRAL IBIS observations).
ALL-SKY HIPS MOSAICS:
HARD X-RAY:
- INTEGRAL-IBIS RGB [European Space Agency (INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- INTEGRAL-IBIS 20 - 35 KeV [European Space Agency (INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- INTEGRAL-IBIS 35 - 65 KeV [European Space Agency (INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- INTEGRAL-IBIS 65 - 100 KeV [European Space Agency (INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
ESASky 1.0
Released 9th May 2016
Technology:
- Organisation of the sky menu by wavelength
- Interoperability with VO tools
- SAMP integration
- Exporting data in CSV and VOTable format
- Refactoring of the skies menu
- Refactoring of the multitarget list file upload
- Refactoring of the simple search
- Improvment of the Data panel
- Tooltip with description for Skies and Sources
- Servers high availability and load balancing
- Improvement of the data download manager
- Improvement of the AladinLite GWT widget
- Video tutorials
All-sky HiPS mosaics:
Gamma-Ray:
- Fermi color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
Hard X-Ray:
- INTEGRAL-IBIS [European Space Agency (INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- SWIFT-BAT [Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA)]
Soft X-Ray:
- XMM-Newton EPIC color [European Space Agency (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- XMM-Newton PN color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- SUZAKU [Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA)]
- EXOSAT-LE [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Ultraviolet:
- GALEX GR6 AIS color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- XMM-Newton UV color [European Space Agency (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Optical:
- DSS2 color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- DSS2 red [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- HST ACS [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST WFPC2 [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST WFC3 [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST FOC [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- HST WFPC [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- XMM UBV color [European Space Agency (XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- SDSS9 color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- SuperCOSMOS Ha [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- VTSS Ha [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- Mellinger color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- Finkbeiner Ha [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
Near-Infrared:
- 2MASS color (J+H+K) [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- HST NICMOS [European Space Agency (European HST Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Mid-Infrared:
- AllWISE color [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- ISOCAM [European Space Agency ( & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Far-Infrared:
- Herschel PACS RGB (70+160) [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- All Herschel color [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Herschel PACS 70 micron [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Herschel PACS 100 micron [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Herschel PACS 160 micron [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- AKARI FIS color [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- AKARI N60 [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- AKARI WideS [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- AKARI WideL [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- AKARI N160 [European Space Agency (ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- IRIS color [Centre de Donees Astronomiques d?Strasbourg]
Submilimetre:
- Herschel SPIRE RGB (250+350+500) [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Herschel SPIRE 250 micron [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Herschel SPIRE 350 micron [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Herschel SPIRE 500 micron [European Space Agency (Herschel Science Archive & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 857 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 545 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 353 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
Radio:
- Planck HFI 217 GHz[European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 143 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 100 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 070 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 044 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 030 GHz [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 353 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 217 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck HFI 143 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 100 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 070 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 044 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- Planck LFI 030 GHz Pol [European Space Agency (Planck Science Office & ESAC Science Data Centre)]
- CO composite survey [LAMBDA]
- CHIPASS 1.4GHz [IRAP/CADE]
- NVSS intensity maps [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
- CGPS-VGPS CONT [IRAP/CADE]
- GASS NH [IRAP/CADE]
- SUMSS 843 MHz [IRAP/CADE]
- Haslam 408 MHz [LAMBDA]
- WENSS 325 MHz [Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]
Science ready data (imaging):
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XMM-Newton, SUZAKU, XMM-OM(UV), XMM-OM(Optical), HST, Herschel, ISO
Catalogues:
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INTEGRAL, 3XMM EPIC, XMM Slew, XMM OM, Hipparcos-2, Tycho-2, HSC, PGCC2, PCCS2E, PCCS2-HFI, PCCS2-LFI, PSZ
ESASky Beta 1.0
Released 25th October 2015
Technology:
- Scientific validation of footprints and ESA all-sky HiPS.
- Download management
- Multi-target summary table
- Documentation
- Integration with Simbad search engine
- Helpdesk Support
- Hardware scaling requirements
All-sky HiPS mosaics:
- INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton, HST, ISO, AKARI, Herschel, Planck.
Science ready data (imaging):
- XMM-Newton, XMM OM(UV and UVB), HST(core), Herschel, ISOCAM.
Catalogues:
- INTEGRAL (v.39), 3XMM EPIC, XMM Slew, XMM OM, Tycho-2, Hubble, Planck.