Sixth SWAS Public Data Release

The sixth SWAS public data release consists of a complete set of SWAS data from mission day 0049 (the first day of usable science data) to mission day 1144. Mission day 0001 is defined as November 01, 1998.

New Sources in the 6 Public Release

b18-2_hi
b18-4_hi
b213-7_hi
be_cet
bo_mic
c_lineara2
c_linearwm1
cb37_hi
cb45_hi
cephb
fomalhaut
g294.5-1.6
g301.1-0.2
g336.5-1.5
g34.3+0.1
g59.78+0.06
gsh139-arc1
hd_172555
hh211-mm
ivc135.6
l1152
l1495_hi
l1498_hi
l1506-b_hi
l1507-2_hi
l1512_hi
l1517b-2_hi
l1517b_hi
l1517c_hi
l1521b-2_hi
l1521e_hi
l1523_hi
l1524-1_hi
l1524-2_hi
l1527a-1_hi
l1534_hi
l1535_hi
l1536-1_hi
l1536-2_hi
l1544
l1544_hi
l1551_isob2
l1574_hi
l1578-2_hi
l1582a_hi
l1621-1_hi
l1622a_hi
l1633_hi
ngc6946-120
ngc7129
ngc7129-30
ngc7538irs1
re1816+541
s125irs1
s156a
tmc1cp_hi
tmc2-3_hi
vega
wx_psc

Additional data are available in the 6^th relerase for these previously observed sources:

afgl3068
betapic
cit_6-60
dr21
epseridani
g10.6-0.4-no1
g265.1+1.5
g333.1-0.4
helix
ic5146-30
ir20126-30
ivc135.5
m101-mf83
m101-mf83-30
mars
monr2
n2264sc-s
ngc3576
omc-1
rcra
rho_oph_a
rx_boo
rz_sgr
s134
w3
w49
w49-no1
w_hya

Known Issues With Data Files

• There are duplicate entries in the FITS-format archive where individual positions of several sources appear to have duplicate, identical grand co-adds for each spectra line (in other words, the line spectra are 725x2 in dimension instead of 725x1). This appears to be an IRAF problem. The SWAS-Science Operations Center (SWAS-SOC) will try to correct this problem in a future public release.
• As with public data release #3, the SWAS Science Operations Center has chosen not to provide FITS-format grand co-add files for moving targets/time-variable targets at this time. Such a grand co-add would be misleading and confusing to archive users. The SWAS SOC recommends that archive users work with the Class-format files for these targets.

Moving Targets/Time-Variable Targets

	Comet Lee	(c_lee)
	Comet McNaught	(c_mcnaught)
	Comet LINEAR A2	(c_lineara2)
	Comet LINEAR WM1	(c_linearwm1)
	Jupiter	(jupiter)
	Mars	(mars)
	Saturn	(saturn)

A Note On Nomenclature:

SWAS targets are identified by the science team internally using nomenclature that often conveys information about the nature of the observation as well as abbreviations of more standard naming schemes in order to accommodate the limited number characters that can be used for target names in the source database.

Although the SWAS naming scheme does not follow any formal astronomical nomenclature standards, most target names are easily recognizable without explanation. Source names that may cause confusion are given below:

This notes have been prepared by IRSA from release notes provided by the archive scientist for SWAS, Dr. Brian M. Patten

January 2003