MAXI Nova Alert System and the Latest Scientific Results
Abstract
MAXI, Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image, is the first astronomical telescope onboard the ISS. One of the main goals of our mission is to discover new transient objects by scanning more than 95% of the sky every ~92 min with two types of X-ray cameras, Gas Slit Camera (GSC) and Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC) [1].
We have developed a completely new data analysis system, a nova alert system, to find transient objects and send alerts to the world as soon as possible. Here we describe the current status of the system, and transient objects discovered with the system.- Publication:
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X-ray Astronomy 2009; Present Status, Multi-Wavelength Approach and Future Perspectives
- Pub Date:
- July 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3475348
- Bibcode:
- 2010AIPC.1248..589N
- Keywords:
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- astronomical telescopes;
- novae;
- gamma-ray sources (astronomical);
- sky surveys;
- 95.55.Ka;
- 97.80.Gm;
- 98.70.Rz;
- 95.80.+p;
- X- and gamma-ray telescopes and instrumentation;
- Cataclysmic binaries;
- symbiotic stars;
- gamma-ray sources;
- gamma-ray bursts;
- Astronomical catalogs atlases sky surveys databases retrieval systems archives etc.