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Summary of GSC releases

This table summarizes the history of GSC versions including the main sources of data for each version (see photographic surveys, catalogs, passbands). 

There are various options to access each version -

  • API - VO compliant webservice
  • FITS - Entire catalog as a zip file containing a nested directory structure with a FITS file for each GSC2 region
  • CDS - Also available from Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg
CatalogNumber of ObjectsDescriptionPassbandsNotesDateAvailability
GSC 1.0

All-Sky 1st gen. photographic surveys prototype

Vpg, Jpg
1990Internal only
GSC 1.125,253,151

All-Sky 1st gen. photographic surveys + Tycho reference frame

Vpg, JpgHST Ops1992

CDS FITS API

GSC 1.225,253,151

All-Sky 1st gen. photographic surveys reprocessed

Vpg, Jpg
1996

CDS FITS API

GSC 2.2455,851,237

Partial sky 2nd gen. photographic surveys prototype

Vpg, Jpg, Fpg, Npg
2001

CDS FITS API

GSC 2.3.2945,592,683All-sky 2nd gen. photographic surveysVpg, Jpg, Fpg, Npg
2006

CDS FITS API

GSC 2.3.41,020,503,745All-Sky Photographic surveys + 2MASS, Sky2000, Tycho2

Opg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, B, V, J, H, Ks

HST Ops2006

FITS API

GSC 2.4.0

945,443,930GSC 2.3.4 with GAIAdr1 astrometry

Opg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, B, V

HST Ops

10/2017

FITS API

GSC 2.4.12,516,066,427

GSC 2.3 + GAIAdr1+ SDSSdr13 + VHSdr2 + VSTdr3

Opg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, G, B, V, u, g, r, i, z, Z, Y, J, H, Ks

HST and JWST Ops

07/2018

 API

GSC 2.4.23,485,671,481GSC 2.4.1 + GAIAdr2 + PS1best + ALLWISE + SMSSdr1 + GALEXOpg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, G, U, B, V, u, g, r, i, z, Z, Y, J, H, Ks, FUV, NUV, W1, W2, W3, W4Current HST Ops

05/2020

FITS CDS API

GSC 2.4.2.13,485,671,481GSC 2.4.1 + GAIAdr2 + PS1best + ALLWISE + SMSSdr1 + GALEXOpg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, G, U, B, V, u, g, r, i, z, Z, Y, J, H, Ks, FUV, NUV, W1, W2, W3, W4Current JWST Ops

03/2022

 API

GSC 2.4.32,703,623,899
GSC 2.4.0 + GAIAdr3 + PS1best + SDSSdr16 + SMSSdr2 + VHSdr5Opg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, G, Gbp, Grp, U, B, V, R, I,  u, g, r, i, z, Z, Y, J, H, Ks

HST, JWST and ROMAN testing

09/2022

API

GSC 3.0
GAIAdr3 + AtlasRefcat + PS1best + SDSSdr16 + SMSSdr2 + VHSdr5 + NSCdr2Opg, Jpg, Vpg, Fpg, Epg, Npg, G, U, B, V, u, g, r, i, z, Z, Y, J, H, Ks

In development

TBD

Internal only