Future possibilities for lunar occultation studies of faint X-ray sources

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May 1990

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Experimental Astronomy (ISSN 0922-6435), vol. 1, no. 3, 1990, p. 165-171.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Lunar Occultation, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Sources, Grazing Incidence, Mission Planning, Satellite Instruments, Moon, Astronomy, Occultations, X-Rays, Equipment, Technical Aspects, Satellite Observations, Mission Planning, Space, Exploration, Techniques, Telescope Methods

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Lunar occultation can be considered of interest for future missions dedicated to X-ray astronomy only if instruments with a large enough collecting area are used. In this case, observations of the numerous, faint X-ray sources occulted by the moon during a typical satellite lifetime of several years, can, in principle, add good source positioning as a free bonus to a high-throughput, medium-imaging mission. In the practical case of the EPIC instrument aboard the XMM ESA satellite, a simple calculation shows the potential usefulness of this technique.

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