WFCPOINT - ROSAT Archival WFC EUV Data

Overview

The WFCPOINT database table contains the list of ROSAT-Wide Field Camera calibration (CAL), performance verification (PV), and AO phase observations.

For each observation listed in WFCPOINT, the target name, celestial co-ordinates, sequence number, PI name, and proposal title are given. The date of the observation, date that the data were distributed, and the date that the data will be released to the public are also given. The public release date is nominally 1 year and 14 days after the distribution date; however, because of some processing problems with a few datasets, the actual release date will be delayed from the given date.

Provenance

One duplicate entry was removed from the HEASARC implementation of this catalog in June 2019.

Description

For a more complete description of the ROSAT spacecraft and its instruments (the WFC and the XRT-PSPC and XRT-HRI), please refer to the ROSAT AO users guide.

Parameters

Name
The name of the target.

Alt_Name
The alternate name(s) of the target, if any were given in the ROSAT AO proposal.

ROR
The ROSAT observation request (ROR) sequence number.

_Public
Are data public? (YE or NO)

RA
The Right Ascension of the target.

Dec
The Declination of the target.

LII
The galactic longitude of the target, calculated from Right Ascension in J2000 coordinates.

BII
The galactic latitude of the target, calculated from the Declination in J2000 coordinates.

PI
The name of the Principal Investigator for the observation.

Title
The title of the ROSAT AO proposal associated with this observation.

Date
The date the observation began. Dates and times are stored in BROWSE databases in shf key format, which is seconds since January 1st, 1980.

Dist_Date
The date (and time, if given) that the data were distributed to the Principal Investigator. Dates and times are stored in BROWSE databases in shf key format, which is seconds since January 1st, 1980.

Release_Date
The date (and time, if given) that the data will become public. Dates and times are stored in BROWSE databases in shf key format, which is seconds since January 1st, 1980.

File_Name
File Name

Contact Person

Questions regarding the WFCPOINT database table can be addressed to the HEASARC Help Desk.

Page Author: Browse Software Development Team
Last Modified: Monday, 16-Sep-2024 17:36:44 EDT