The Guide Star Catalog, Version 2.4.2 (GSC2.4.2) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Lasker B.
  2. Lattanzi M.G.
  3. McLean B.J.
  4. Bucciarelli B.
  5. Drimmel R.,Garcia J.
  6. Greene G.
  7. Guglielmetti F.
  8. Hanley C.
  9. Hawkins G.
  10. Laidler V.G.,Loomis C.
  11. Meakes M.
  12. Mignani R.
  13. Morbidelli R.
  14. Morrison J.
  15. Pannunzio R.,Rosenberg A.
  16. Sarasso M.
  17. Smart R.L.
  18. Spagna A.
  19. Sturch C.R.,Volpicelli A.
  20. White R.L.
  21. Wolfe D.
  22. Zacchei A.
  23. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The GSC II is an all-sky catalog based on 1" resolution scans of the photographic Sky Survey plates, at two epochs and three bandpasses, from the Palomar and UK Schmidt telescopes (DSS). Positions, magnitudes, and classifications are produced for all objects on each plate. The objects are then loaded into the COMPASS database, where multiple observations of the same object are matched and assigned a unique name. GSC 2.4.1 is the first release of the augmented GSC by adding object parameters (and new objects) from deeper surveys. - GSC 2.4.0 - UCAC5 (proper motions for GAIA sources - no new objects) - APASS dr9 (optical photometry - no new objects added) - 2MASS+6x (IR photometry, classifications + positions of new objects) - SDSS dr13 (optical photometry, classifications + positions of new objects) - VISTA - VHS dr4 (IR photometry, classifications + positions of new objects) - VISTA - VIKING dr2 (IR photometry, classifications + positions of new objects) - VST - ATLAS dr3 (optical photometry, classifications + positions of new objects) - VST - KIDS dr3 (optical photometry, classifications + positions of new objects) GSC 2.4.1.2 Added the following catalogs - PanSTARRS dr1/2 - SMSS dr1 - WISE - GALEX - ultraVISTA GSC 2.4.2 has the astrometric information updated to GAIAdr2 and became the default operational catalog mid-December 2020.

Keywords
  1. surveys
  2. astrometry
  3. photographic-magnitude
  4. galaxy-classification-systems
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2008AJ....136..735L
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/353
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/353

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=I/353
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=I/353
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=I/353
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/I/353/gsc242?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/I/353/gsc242?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/I/353/gsc242?

History

2022-01-17T15:42:22Z
Resource record created
2022-01-17T15:42:22Z
Created
2024-09-03T11:47:40Z
Updated

Contact

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CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
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