Observations of celestial X-ray sources above 20 keV with the high-energy scintillation spectrometer on board OSO-8

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Oso-8, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Scintillation Counters, Spectrometers, X Ray Sources, Binary Stars, Centaurus Constellation, Crab Nebula, Cygnus Constellation, Pulsars, Satellite Observation, X Ray Spectra

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High-energy X-ray spectra of the Crab Nebula, Cyg XR-1, and Cen A were determined from observations with the scintillation spectrometer onboard the OSO-8 satellite, launched in June 1975. Each of these sources was observed over two periods of 8 days or more, allowing a search for day-to-day and year-to-year variations in the spectral and temporal characteristics of the X-ray emission. No variation in the light curve of the Crab pulsar was found from observations which span a 15-day period in March 1976, with demonstrable phase stability. Transitions associated with the binary phase of Cyg XR-1 and a large change in the emission from Cen A are reported.

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