Detection of iron line emission in the Ariel V X-ray spectrum of the Centaurus cluster of galaxies.
Abstract
Summary. Observations of the Centaurus cluster with the MSSL proportionalcounter spectrometer on the Ariel V satellite reveal the presence of a 7-keV feature which is identified with emission from Fe xxv and Fe xxvi ions.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- March 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/178.1.75P
- Bibcode:
- 1977MNRAS.178P..75M
- Keywords:
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- Ariel 5 Satellite;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Galactic Clusters;
- Iron;
- Line Spectra;
- X Ray Sources;
- X Ray Spectra;
- Abundance;
- Emission Spectra;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Astronomy