Swift Archive
Swift Archive Access
The Swift archive can be accessed via the following interfaces:
| Special Swift interface | Query Swift observation logs using GRB names and/or specific Swift parameters: searches and data
retrieval are powered by the HEASARC Browse. For a given GRB name or position, query the GCN and NVO. |
| HEASARC interface | Make searches across multiple missions, including Swift |
| Anonymous FTP via HTTPS or wget or script | Do direct data retrieval without browsing the observatory logs. |
The Swift data may also be accessed at:
Swift Data Availability
- Within Minutes: Soon after a GRB is detected, TDRSS messages are broadcast via the GCN
- Within Hours/days: Soon after the telemetry arrives from the Malindi ground station, the data are available from the Quick look area
- About a Week Later: After an observation is completed, the data are made available in the archive and removed from the Quick-look area.
Swift Archive Documentation
- Overview of the Swift Data Archive [PDF]
- Getting Started, & Processing version
- The Swift "As-Flown Timeline". It is a time-ordered table that records the time of specific events such as SAA passages, slews, automatic and pre-planned target observations. It is updated weekly and is generated by the Mission Operation Center (MOC).
Note: Swift-discovered sources are to be named using the following convention:
SWIFT JHHMM.m +/- DDMM SWIFT JHHMMSS.s +/- DDMMSS
Swift Calibration Data Archive
The calibration data are archived in the HEASARC calibration database (CALDB). The latest releases of the calibration data and their supporting information are available in the Swift Caldb page.
The Swift GRBs
- Curator: J.D. Myers
- NASA Official & Swift PI: Brad Cenko
- PAO Contact: Francis Reddy
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