Table · dataset · 2026
Swift-XRT Living Point Source Catalog (LSXPS)
Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)
This is the Live Swift X-ray Point Source (LSXPS) catalog of detections by the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) used in Photon Counting (PC) mode in the 0.3-10 keV energy range.
Description
Swift is a NASA mission with international participation dedicated to studying gamma-ray bursts. It carries three instruments.
The BAT is the large field-of-view instrument and operates in the 10-300 keV energy band; and two narrow field instruments, XRT and UVOT, that operate in the X-ray and UV/optical regime, respectively. This catalog is similar to the <a href="swift2sxps.html">2SXPS</a> catalog (Evans, P. A., et al. 2020, ApJS, 247, 54) and uses an almost identical source detection process. The primary change is that this is a living catalog: it is updated in near-real time and transient searches are carried out on each dataset as it is received.
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The improved statistics (below) compared to 2SXPS for source detections, unique and variables sources, uncatalogued sources, and temporal and total sky area coverage are a function of its ongoing live nature, compared to the static 2SXPS which was current up to 2018-08-01. On average, LSXPS grows by 49 new sources and the unique sky coverage increases 0.94 square degrees per day. This table was added to the HEASARC database in June 2026 and is based on the contents of its dedicated website at <a href="swift.ac.uk/LSXPS">https://www.swift.ac.uk/LSXPS</a>.
The version available from the HEASARC corresponds to the catalog designated as "Sources" on the Leicester website and will typically be updated at the HEASARC within a day or so of a new version appearing on the Leicester website. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/swiftlsxps.html ↗
landing page · from IVOA Registry
Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/nasa.heasarc/swiftlsxps ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- Stated by source
- X-Ray
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Tabular 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://nasa.heasarc/swiftlsxps | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:x-ray | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:tabular | enrichment · IVOA Registry | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |