The GALEX Flare Catalog (GFCAT)

We have performed the first systematic search of the full Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) data archive for astrophysical variability on timescales of seconds to minutes by rebinning data across the whole mission to 30s time resolution. The result is the GALEX Flare Catalog (GFCAT), which describes 1426 ultraviolet variable sources, including stellar flares, eclipsing binaries, {delta} Scuti and RR Lyrae variables, and active galactic nuclei. Many of these sources have never previously been identified as variable. We have also assembled a table of observations of ultraviolet flares and accompanying statistics and measurements, including energies, and of candidate eclipsing stars. This effort was enabled by a significantly enhanced version of the gPhoton software for analyzing time-domain GALEX data; this "gPhoton2" package is available to support follow-on efforts.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/268/41/table1 (GFCAT object catalog)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/268/41/table2 (GFCAT visit catalog)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/268/41/table3 (GFCAT flare catalog)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJS/268/41/table4 (Candidate GALEX visits that may contain stellar eclipses)

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/268/41
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/268/41
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/268/41
Provenance
Creator Million C.C.; Clair M.S.; Fleming S.W.; Bianchi L.; Osten R.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2024
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy