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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion CHANGELOG.md
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## \[Unreleased\]

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## Added

- Data listings and references for Swift/BAT-GUANO

## \[v0.3.15\] - 2025-05-12

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including image cutouts and metadata. Each alert is stored as a separate Avro file.
The filename syntax is: `<schema_version>/<alert_date>/<diaObjectId>/<diaSourceId>.avro`.
For example, `v7_3/2026-10-01/3516505565058564097/3527242976319242284.avro`.

.. _data swift:

Swift/BAT-GUANO
-------------------------------

:ref:`Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory <survey swift>` is a space-based observatory designed to study gamma-ray bursts and currently produces an alert stream at a rate of less than 1 alert per week.

Pub/Sub Alert Streams
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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* - Topic
- Description

* - .. centered:: *Data Streams*
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* - swift-alerts
- Swift alert stream in Pub/Sub.
Messages contain the original alert bytes and metadata.

BigQuery Tables
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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:class: tight-table
:widths: 15 15 70
:header-rows: 1

* - Dataset
- Table
- Description

* - swift_alerts
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Just flagging to check this dataset name before merging (https://github.com/mwvgroup/Pitt-Google-Broker/pull/277/files#r2162347772).

- alerts_v4_5_0
- Alert data for Swift/BAT-GUANO schema version 4.5.0. This table is an archive of the swift-alerts Pub/Sub stream.
It has the same schema as the original alert bytes.
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.. _survey swift:

Swift
======================

Swift is a MidEx class mission operated by NASA in partnership with agencies in Italy and the United Kingdom.
It produces an alert stream of gamma ray transients at a rate of less than 1 alert per week.

Collaboration resources:

- `Swift Homepage <https://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov>`__
- `Swift's Burst Array Telescope (BAT) Homepage <https://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/about_swift/bat_desc.html>`__

Data products:

- Alert Stream. Complete documentation can be found at `<https://gcn.nasa.gov/missions/swift#json-serialized-gcn-notice-types-in-gcn-kafka>`__.