About RXTE
milliCrab
One thousandth of the intensity of the Crab nebula. X-ray astronomers use this unit when comparing observations from different X-ray detectors on different instruments. On RXTE, for example:
Instrument |
1 mCrab= |
PCA |
2.786 counts/s/pcu |
HEXTE |
0.250 counts/s per cluster |
ASM |
0.075 counts/s per camera |
