SWAS and WIRE Guide Star Comparison


Version #2 of SWAS catalog down to mag=6.3 (which Debbie pulled off web site and converted to RA and DEC): swas2radec.cat ...

NEW Version #3 of SWAS catalog down to mag=6.3 (which Debbie pulled converted to RA and DEC): swas3radec.cat ... (All following plots use version#3).

Star counts for WIRE GS catalog, SWAS with a magnitude 6.0 cutoff and SWAS with a 6.3 cutoff:

                          WIRE   SWAS(6.0)  SWAS#3    SWAS#2

             All          3400    5847        8073    10044

         |Gal.Lat.|>30.   1477    2236        3056     3877

Comparison: Histogram of SWAS down to mag=6.3 and WIRE: hig5.ps ... hig6.ps (log number).

Comparison: Histogram of SWAS down to mag=6.3 and WIRE with |galactic latitude| > 30 degrees: hig7.ps ... hig8.ps (log number).

Comparison: WIRE (x) and SWAS(o): DEC vs. RA (mag down to 6.3): ps


Jason's SWAS/WIRE guide star comparison.

SWAS catalog in IPAC table format: SWASp23.tbl

WIRE Catalog in X,Y,Z format: guide_star_nominal

WIRE Catalog converted to Number, RA, Dec, Magnitude (by Debbie et al.): nominal.cat

Comparison: Histogram of SWAS and WIRE catalog Magnitudes: hig1.ps ... hig2.ps (log number).

Comparison: Histogram of SWAS and WIRE catalog Magnitudes with |galactic latitude| > 30 degrees: hig3.ps ... hig4.ps (log number).

Comparison: WIRE (x) and SWAS(o): DEC vs. RA: ps

WIRE Catalog: DEC vs. RA: ps

WIRE Catalog: Mag vs. RA: ps

SWAS: DEC vs. RA ps

SWAS: V vs. RA ps

SWAS: imag vs. RA ps

SWAS: B-V vs. RA ps

SWAS: RApm vs. RA ps

SWAS: DECpm vs. RA ps


swastxt1.ps ... swastxt2.ps ... swastxt3.ps