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A new High-Level Science Project adds a collection of lightcurves from variable sources observed with GALEX, along with a set of catalogs describing the analyzed sources. Regular updates were also made to the TESS-based collections QLP and TICA.
The SDSS Legacy Archive at MAST (SLAM) now includes spectra and catalogs from the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS). The eBOSS survey provides optical-wavelength spectra for nearly 4 million targets, including quasars, stars, and galaxies.
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LCviz, a light curve visualization interface, is now available on TIKE! Try the demo notebook to see it for yourself.
Updates were made to the OPAL and QLP High-Level Science Product collections this month, adding new images of Jupiter and Uranus, and light curves from the latest TESS observing Sectors.
The astroquery.mast.MastMissions class now includes enhanced capabilities for retrieving and downloading data products! As a Python wrapper for the modern mission-specific search forms, MastMissions allows users to search mission-specific metadata and access data products more efficiently.
The latest version of the Astrocut software includes a number of improvements, including a new function for making cube cuts from cloud-based data, and bug fixes.
New High-Level Science Products at MAST include two new collections based on data focused around the Andromeda Galaxy; one surveying the low-mass satellite galaxies surrounding M31, the other mapping the southern half of the galaxy itself in optical and near-ultraviolet wavelengths.
The cloud copy of MAST data in AWS now includes public JWST data!
Just the usual updates to the TICA collection this month, with the latest data from TESS Sector 86.
The SDSS Legacy Archive at MAST (SLAM) now includes spectra and catalogs from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE). APOGEE provides high-resolution, infrared spectra of over 650,000 unique stars in the Milky Way and some nearby galaxies.
MAST will be at AAS 245 in Washington, DC! Read on to learn about the opportunities to interact with us throughout the week.
Updated HLSP November was a quiet month for MAST! We had only one update: to the TICA collection. TICA quick-look calibrated full frame images from the following orbits are now available at MAST: Sector 85, Orbits 1A, 1B, and 2A, and 2B. This sector is now complete. Example calibrated full frame image from Sector 27, Camera 1, CCD 1.
MAST will be at AAS 245 in Washington, DC. Register for our joint TESS-MAST workshop, attend a hyperwall talk, or come say hello to us at the booth!
This month, a new HST HLSP was released: Scylla is a multi-wavelength survey of areas of the SMC intended to resolve dust properties, constrain the structure, and probe the star formation history of the Magellanic Clouds. Updates were also made to GLASS-JWST, the OPAL outer planets survey, the REFERENCE-ATLASES survey, and two of our TESS-based HLSPs. A busy month!
