EXOSAT Databases and Catalogs
The access for the listed databases and catalogs is via the HEASARC on-line service Browse.
Databases
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| Name | Description | Associated data |
|---|---|---|
| CMA | Source List Detected in the Soft X-Ray Band (0.05-2.0 keV) using EXOSAT Low Energy Telescopes and the CMA Detectors. | Images and Lightcurves (FITS & GIF) |
| LE | Results from the EXOSAT Low Energy Imaging Telescopes | *Images, Lightcurves (FITS & GIF) |
| CMAIMAGE | Images obtained with the LE Telescopes CMA Detectors | Images (FITS) |
| TGS | Source Spectra and Lightcurves from the Transmission Grating Spectrometer. These Grating Spectra are averaged over the positive and negative orders | *Source and Background Spectra, Lightcurves (FITS & GIF), and Response Matrices (FITS) |
| TGS2 | Source Spectra and Lightcurves from the Transmission Grating Spectrometer: The Postive and Negative Ordering in the Grating Spectra are kept separate | *Source and Background Spectra, Lightcurves (FITS & GIF), and Response Matrices (FITS) |
| ME | Source Spectra and Lightcurves for each EXOSAT pointing using the Medium Energy Detector. | Source Spectra and Lightcurves (FITS & GIF), Response Matrices (FITS) |
| GS | Source Spectra and Lightcurves obtained using the EXOSAT GSPC Detector for Observations that have a count rate above 5 count/sec per Half in the EXOSAT ME Detector. | Source Spectra and Lightcurves (FITS & GIF), Response Matrices (FITS) |
| EXOLOG | Complete list of all of the EXOSAT Observations | None |
| EXOMASTER | Complete list of all of the EXOSAT observations and reference to the Raw Data in FITS and the Original Format (FOT) | Raw data in FITS (LE only) |
| EXOFOT | Log of the EXOSAT Final Observation Tapes (FOTS). | Raw Data in their Native Binary Format (FOT) |
*For sources detected in the ME & GS, the "TGS" & "TGS2" database tables also have associated ME and GS spectra available.
**The "LE" database table is a subset of the "CMA" database table. It contains sources detected only from the central 6 arcminutes.
Catalogs
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| Name | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| EXOGPS | List of Sources Detected in the Galactic Plane Survey (0.05 - 2.0 keV) Using the EXOSAT ME | Warwick, R.S. et al. 1988 MNRAS 232:55 |
| EXOHGLS | List of Sources Detected in the in the soft X-ray band (0.05 - 2.0 keV) at High Galactic Latitude using the EXOSAT Low Energy Telescopes and CMA Detector | Giommi et al. 1991, Ap.J., 378, 77 |
| EXMS | EXOSAT ME Slew Catalog | Reynolds et al. A&A Supplemet Series, 1999, 134, 287 |
| EXOPUBS | EXOSAT Publications in Refereed Journals that Make Use of EXOSAT Data | None |