The ROSAT all-sky survey
Abstract
The ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) X-ray astronomy satellite has completed the first all-sky X-ray and XUV survey with imaging telescopes. About 60,000 new X-ray and 400 new XUV /1/ sources were detected. This contribution will deal with preliminary results from the ROSAT ALL-SKY X-RAY SURVEY. The ROSAT diffuse and point-source X-ray skymaps, the positional accuracy obtained for the X-ray sources, and a few results from correlations performed with available catalogues in various energy bands like the Radio, Infrared, Visible, UV, and hard X-rays as well as identifications from optical follow-up observations are presented.
- Publication:
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Advances in Space Research
- Pub Date:
- December 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0273-1177(93)90147-4
- Bibcode:
- 1993AdSpR..13l.391V
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Maps;
- Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Position (Location);
- Rosat Mission;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- Ultraviolet Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- X Ray Sources;
- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Cameras;
- Correlation;
- Imagery;
- Proportional Counters;
- Telescopes;
- Astronomy