Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002stin...0229084s&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA United States
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Exposure, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Identifying, Gamma Ray Sources (Astronomy), Gamma Ray Observatory, Rosat Mission
Scientific paper
This project was awarded funding from the CGRO program to support ROSAT and ground-based observations of unidentified sources from data obtained by the EGRET instrument on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The critical items in the project are the individual ROSAT observations that are used to cover the 99% error circle of the unidentified EGRET source. Each error circle is a degree or larger in diameter. Each ROSAT field is about 30 deg in diameter. Hence, a number (>4) of ROSAT pointings must be obtained for each EGRET source to cover the field. The scheduling of ROSAT observations is carried out to maximize the efficiency of the total schedule. As a result, each pointing is broken into one or more sub-pointings of various exposure times. This project was awarded ROSAT observing time for four unidentified EGRET sources, summarized in the table. The column headings are defined as follows: 'Coverings' = number of observations to cover the error circle; 'SubPtg' = total number of sub-pointings to observe all of the coverings; 'Rec'd' = number of individual sub-pointings received to date; 'CompFlds' = number of individual coverings for which the requested complete exposure has been received. Processing of the data can not occur until a complete exposure has been accumulated for each covering.
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