HECATEv2 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kyritsis E.
  2. Zezas A.
  3. Kovlakas K.
  4. Daoutis C.
  5. Kouroumpatzakis K.,Hornschemeier A.
  6. Basu-Zych A.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present HECATEv2, the second release of the Heraklion Extragalactic Catalogue (HECATE), an all-sky, value-added galaxy catalogue comprising 204733 galaxies from the HyperLEDA database with recession velocity <14000km/s (D~200Mpc). This release focuses on qualitative upgrades of the provided information while maintaining the same parent galaxy sample as HECATEv1. Improvements include a new cosmology-based distance framework, expanded and homogenised optical and mid-infrared photometry from SDSS-DR17/NSA, PS1-DR2, and AllWISE, and new quality-control flags for stellar contamination, incorrect photometry, and coordinate inconsistencies. We also extend the galaxy-size coverage and derive stellar population parameters for a substantially larger fraction of the sample. Star-formation rates (SFR) and stellar masses (Mstar) are now available for >70% of galaxies using updated mid-IR/optical calibrations that account for stellar population age and dust attenuation, while gas-phase metallicities are derived for ~90%. Activity classifications are provided for >50% of galaxies based on spectroscopic and/or photometric diagnostics, and supermassive black hole masses for ~86%. In terms of L_B_, L_Ks_, SFR, and Mstar , HECATEv2 is among the most complete local-Universe catalogues with spectroscopic redshifts. We also provide spatial completeness maps as a function of distance and luminosity, highlighting variations across the sky. Compared to other catalogues (e.g. GLADE+, NED-LVS), HECATEv2 offers broader (optical, near- and far-IR photometry, metallicity, activity classifications) or comparable (mid-IR photometry, SFR, Mstar) coverage, making it a robust reference for studies of SMBH-host galaxy connections, gravitational-wave and high-energy transient hosts, population analyses, and rare galaxy subpopulations.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. catalogs
  3. infrared-photometry
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. broad-band-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2026MNRAS.548ag522K
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/548/G522
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/548/G522

Access

Web browser access HTML
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/548/G522
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/548/G522
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/548/G522
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://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).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/548/G522/hecatev2?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/548/G522/hecatev2?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/548/G522/hecatev2?

History

2026-04-08T13:18:12Z
Resource record created
2026-04-08T13:18:12Z
Created
2026-05-04T07:43:19Z
Updated

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