FAUST: Far Ultraviolet Point Source Catalog from ATLAS-1 Mission

4660 galactic and extragalactic objects detected by the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST) during the ATLAS-1 space shuttle mission. The catalog lists positions, FUV fluxes, errors, and cross-identifications with stellar and galaxy catalogs, with an estimated incorrect identification rate of less than 2%. This catalog was created at the NASA HEASARC in September 1998.

Use Cases

• Cross-matching ultraviolet sources with known stellar and galaxy catalogs based on the listed identifications.
• Analyzing the distribution and flux of far-ultraviolet point sources in the surveyed sky regions.
• Assessing source identification reliability based on the multiple_ID parameter and counterpart information.
• Comparing ultraviolet survey depth against previous missions like TD1 based on the described limiting magnitude.

Strengths

• Contains 4660 detected objects with positional and flux data.
• 2239 sources are identified with objects in stellar catalogs and 172 with galaxies in the RC3 catalog.
• Limiting magnitude is approximately 10 times fainter than the previous TD1 all-sky survey.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• A discrepancy exists between the described 4660 sources and the published abstract's 4698 sources.

Provenance

Source

NASA HEASARC, based on CDS/ADC Catalog J/ApJS/96/461.

Collection Method

Photometric measurements from 22 wide-field images taken by the FAUST telescope on the ATLAS-1 mission.

Time Range

ATLAS-1 space shuttle mission timeframe.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:48:01.865052; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sky regions covered by the 22 FAUST images.