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Feb 25, 2000 HEASARC Users Group X-Ray Data Archives/ Stephen A. Drake USRA and NASA/GSFC Early X-ray Observatories Progress in the late 1970s to1980s: X-Ray Missions for the Masses Progress in the 1990s: X-Ray Missions The 2000s: The Great X-Ray Missions HEASARC Overview Astrophysics Data Information Services The Astrophysics Data Infrastructure HEASARC is part of a confederation of wavelength specific astrophysics archive centers dedicated value added services EUVE, X-ray, Gamma ray: CXC, HEASARC UV/Optical: STScI/MAST IR: IPAC CMB/Submm: Lambda Data Services: NED, ADS Coordinated via the Astrophysics Data Executive Committee (ADEC) Representatives from each data center or service Meets 3 times a year Currently increasing archive interoperability HEASARC Overall Organization HEASARC Mission Support The HEASARC Customers The HEASARC Web Data Format Standards The Physical Archive Usage Data Statistics Data Transfers by Mission over Time Some Useful HEASARC Short Cuts Many HEASARC datasets analyzed in the literature are accessible via the Astrophysics Data System /abstract_service.html and/or CDS’s Simbad service http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pl A good high-level introduction to X-ray astronomy is available in the X-Ray Astronomy School 2003 presentations at /docs/xrayschool/ (Next X-Ray Astronomy School will be held in 2005) Pick up a copy of the `Short Guide to the HEASARC’ at the HEASARC booth: it has lots of tips and URLs describing the HEASARC’s services Conclusions The HEASARC is NASA’s gateway to the X-ray and gamma-ray data archives of the last few decades and to the currently operating high-energy missions Next milestones are the opening of the Integral Archive (Jul 2004) and the launches of Swift (Fall 2004) and Astro-E2 (Spring 2005) X-Ray and Radio Connections Meeting, Santa Fe, NM: 2004 Feb 5th 1948 - 49: Sun is discovered to be bright (dim?) X-ray source: L_x = 10^27 erg/s 1962: First extrasolar X-ray emission de