• New ecsv file included. This and the fits file now include astropy units.
• This and future GitHub releases will only include the combined data files (e.g., comb_all.csv). The table can be use to select the previous sub-tables. (I'm considering this the v1.1 update as the structure has changed).
• 20 new systems added plus property updates in ~340 systems.
• Some MW systems have changed classification based on new spectroscopy (e.g., Cerny et al. 2026).
• There are new updates to many MW satellites based on new spectroscopy (e.g., Geha et al. 2026a, b).
• There has been a number of new unit tests added that overall have helped validate the yaml files and find previous errors.

• LVDB overview paper is published (ADS).
• confirmed_dwarf column renamed to confirmed_galaxy.
• distance_measurement_method column added to the catalogs.
• All of the value added columns are now rounded. rhalf columns are also rounded due to arcsec/arcmin conversions.
• 5 new systems added plus property updates in ~100 systems.
• In future releases, I plan for only the comb_all files to be released as the other datafiles are subsets of this file and the comb_all includes a table column.

• The catalog is complete to 6 Mpc with respect to the HyperLeda database now.

• The dwarf galaxies catalogs are mostly complete to D < 5-6 Mpc. More missing systems have been added. The LVDB is complete to 6 Mpc compared to EDD and LVG catalogs.
• release tag file (code/release_version.txt)
• New readthedocs page covering other catalogs. This includes many helpful links..

• Dwarf galaxies are mostly complete to D < 5-6 Mpc. The completeness is lower due to some (not yet included) new candidates/discoveries and some other catalogs/databases that are in the process of being checked.
• All of the ELVES sample (hosts and satellites) and included (link)
• YAML files now support ra,dec errors, pmra_pmdec_corr, diameter_holm
• more external dwarf GCs have been added.
• More support for adding columns to tables and units tests added.

• New combined data file comb_all.csv. This is the union of all systems in the LVDB. There is a new column table to specify the origin of each system.
• Dwarf galaxies are complete to D < 5 Mpc.
• More dwarf galaxy GCs added.
• New unit_tests.py script.

• Dwarf galaxies are complete to D < 4 Mpc now.
• Overview plots are now created with the create_database script.
• Notes have been adding to the summary pdf in the release (lvdb_table.pdf). This update included editing most of the existing YAML notes.
• More SMC/LMC clusters have been added.

This is the first release of the local volume database package. The package is currently primarily composed of data files (both input YAML files and combined user friendly csv/fits files). Development is planned for interface with datafiles/input files and expanding the database.

A summary pdf document of the LVDB content is include in the release.

Final pre-release?

• The python package is installable.
• The candidate and misc_host tables are new.
• There might be some table names updates.

Table updates and preparing for initial release.