Release Notes - ESDC
ESASky Release Notes
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 add 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 Qc3), 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.
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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):
-
XMM-Newton, SUZAKU, XMM-OM(UV), XMM-OM(Optical), HST, Herschel, ISO
Catalogues:
-
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.