Universe Viewer catalogs

Here is a summary of currently supported catalogs for Universe Viewer.

Setup

Pick up a release and install it in your Universe Viewer installation, under catalogs folder.

Supported catalogs list

In this repository, you will find tools and instructions to convert the following catalogs to Universe Viewer format.

Hewitt & Burbidge QSO Catalog

• Authors: A. Hewitt and G. Burbidge.
• Date: 1993.
• Website

IRAS Point Source Catalog Redshift (PSCz)

• Authors: Saunders W., Sutherland W.J., Maddox S.J., Keeble O., Oliver S.J., Rowan-Robinson M., McMahon R.G., Efstathiou G.P., Tadros H., White S.D.M., Frenk C.S., Carraminana A., Hawkins M.R.S.
• Date: 2000.
• Website
• More details here

2dF QSO Redshifr Survey

• Authors: Croom et al.
• Date: 2001
• Website

6dF Galaxy Survey

• Authors: Jones et al.
• Date: 2009
• Website
• More details here

Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (13th Ed.) (Veron-Cetty+)

• Authors: Veron-Cetty M.P., Veron P.
• Date: 2010
• Website
• More details here

2MASS Redshift Survey

• Authors: Huchra J.P., Macri L.M., Masters K.L., Jarrett T.H., Berlind P., Calkins M., Crook A.C., Cutri R., Erdogdu P., Falco E., George T., Hutcheson C.M., Lahav O., Mader J., Mink J.D., Martimbeau N., Schneider S., Skrutskie M., Tokarz S., Westover M. <Astrophys. J. Suppl. 199, 26 (2012)>
• Date: 2012
• Website
• More details here

SDSS QSO Catalog: DR16Q (v3 Superset and v4)

• Authors: Lyke et al.
• Date: 2020
• Website
• More details here

Million Quasars Catalog, Version 8

• Authors: Eric W. Flesch
• Date: 2023
• Website
• More details here

Quaia: The Gaia-unWISE Quasar Catalog (G20.0 and G20.5)

• Authors: Storey-Fisher Kate, Hogg David W., Rix Hans-Walter, Eilers Anna-Christina, Fabbian Giulio, Blanton Michael, Alonso David
• Date: 2023
• Website
• More details here
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

AGN/Galaxy Classification Value-Added Catalog for DESI DR1

• Authors: DESI Collaboration et al.
• Date: 2025
• Website
• More details here
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License