VTSCat - The VERITAS Catalog of Gamma Ray Observations

TL;DR

This paper compiles a comprehensive catalog of gamma-ray observations from VERITAS, covering 57 sources and numerous astrophysical objects, providing accessible high-level science results from 2008 to 2020.

Contribution

It presents the first extensive, publicly accessible catalog of VERITAS gamma-ray observations, consolidating data from 112 publications over 12 years.

Findings

Catalog includes data on 57 gamma-ray sources.

All high-level results are available digitally.

Data covers a wide range of astrophysical objects.

Abstract

We present a catalog of results of gamma-ray observations made by VERITAS, published from 2008 to 2020. VERITAS is a ground based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope observatory located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) in southern Arizona, sensitive to gamma-ray photons with energies in the range of ~100 GeV - 30 TeV. Its observation targets include galactic sources such as binary star systems, pulsar wind nebulae, and supernova remnants, extragalactic sources like active galactic nuclei, star forming galaxies, and gamma-ray bursts, and some unidentified objects. The catalog includes in digital form all of the high-level science results published in 112 papers using VERITAS data and currently contains data on 57 sources. The catalog has been made accessible via GitHub and at NASA's HEASARC.