Table 2: Standard Strings for TELESCOP, INSTRUME & DETNAM |
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Observatory Name | TELESCOP | INSTRUME | DETNAM | Comments |
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Table 3: (continued) |
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Observatory Name | TELESCOP | INSTRUME | DETNAM | Comments |
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aFocal plane Instrument |
bOptical path might include a grating; see Table 2.3 |
cOptical path might include a filter; see Table 3 |
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Ariel-V
| ARIEL-V | SSI | DETiXX | SSI= Sky Survey Instrument; i=number of detector module;
XX either AA or XE for Argon or Xenon layer respectively;
if XX not given then both layers |
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| | ASM | | ASM = All Sky Monitor (Expt G) |
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| | RMC | | Rotation Modulation Collimator (Expt A) |
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| | ST | | Scintillation Telescope (Expt F) |
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (Formerly ASTRO-D)
| ASCA | XRT-i | Qj | X-ray Telescope module (i=1,2,3,4);
Qj refers to the jth quadrant (j=0,1,2,3)
of XRT-i |
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| | GISi | | Gas Imaging Spectrometer (i=2,3) |
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| | SISi | CCDj | Solid State Imaging Spectrometer (i=0,1); CCDj refers to the CCD chip number (j=0,1,2,3) |
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Broad-Band X-ray Telescope
| BBXRT | XRT-a | | X-ray Telescope module (a=A,B) |
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| | Aia | | Detector-A pixel (i=0,1,..5) |
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| | Bia | | Detector-B pixel (i=0,1,..5) |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
| CHANDRA, AXAF
| ACISa | ACIS-a | Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer; a is a string giving the
array of CCD chips that are turned on (for example; ACIS-1; ACIS -01236; etc.; or a=I or S for the imaging or spectroscopic array |
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| | HRCa | HRC-b | High Resolution Camera; b is either "I"
(for the imaging array), "S", for the spectroscopic array,
or "S-i" (where i is either 1,2,3) |
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| | EPHIN | NONE | Electron Proton Helium Instrument |
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| | PCAD | ACA-P | Pointing Control and Aspect Determination System; Aspect Camera Assembly |
| | | RWA | Reaction Wheel Assembly (?) |
| | | GYRO | |
| | | IRU | Inertial Reference Unit |
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| | SIM | | |
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| | TEL | HRMA | Telescope; High Resolution Mirror Assembly |
| | | GRATING | |
See the ASC FITS File Designer's Guide by MacDowell & Rots for additional information |
Compton Gamma-Ray
Observatory | CGRO,
GRO,
COMPTON | BATSE | LAD-i | Burst and Transient Source Experiment;
Large Area Detector; i=0,1,2,¼7 |
| | | LADB | Burst-selected LAD detectors |
| | | SD-i | Spectroscopy Detector; i=0,1,2,¼7 |
| | | SDB | Burst-selected SDs |
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| | COMPTEL | D1 -i | Imaging Compton Telescope; Liquid scintillator Detector;
i=1,2,¼7 |
| | | D2 -j | Imaging Compton Telescope; NaI Detector;
j=1,2,¼14 |
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| | EGRET | | Energetic Gamma-ray Experiment Telescope |
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| | OSSE | OSSE-i | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment;
independently-pointable scintillator i,
i=1,2,3,4 |
COS-B | COS-B | COS-B | COS-B | COS-B spark chamber |
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
| EUVE | DSSc
| | Deep Survey/Spectrometer |
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| | MWSc
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| | LWSc
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| | SCANNER-Ac
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| | SCANNER-Bc
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| | SCANNER-Cc
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European X-ray Observatory Satellite
| EXOSAT | LEIT-ib | | Low-Energy Imaging Telescope (i=1,2) |
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| | CMA-ia | | Channel Multiplier Array (i=1,2) |
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| | PSD-ia | | Position Sensitive Detector (i=1,2) |
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| | GSPC | | Gas-Scintillation Proportional Counter |
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| | ME | DET-x XX
| Medium Energy Proportional Counter array; x=A,B,C,....H;
XX = AR or XE for Argon or Xenon layer respectively; XX not present:
both layers) |
| | | QUADi XX
| ME quadrant; i=1, DET-A + DET-B etc;
rules for XX as above) |
| | | HALFi XX
| ME half; i=1, QUAD1 + QUAD2 etc;
rules for XX as above |
| | | CORN XX | ME corner detectors ie DET-A, DET-D, DET-E & DET-G);
(rules for XX as above) |
| | | ALL XX | All eight ME detectors (DET-A + DET-B ... DET-G);
(rules for XX as above) |
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
| GLAST, FERMI | GBM | NAI_YY | Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor; NAI= sodium iodide detector; YY=00 to 11 |
| | | BGO_ZZ | BGO= Bismuth Germanate; ZZ=00 to 01 |
| | | ALL | |
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| | LAT | | Large Area Telescope |
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| | ACD | | Anti-coincidence detector |
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GINGA (Japanese for "Galaxy"; formerly ASTRO-C)
| GINGA | LAC | XX | Large Area proportional counter; XX = TOP or MID for
Argon or Xenon layer respectively; XX not present: both layers |
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| | ASM | | All-Sky Monitor |
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| | GBD | | Gamma-ray Burst Detector |
High Energy Astrophysical Observatory #1
| HEAO-1 HEAO-A
| A-1 | | Large Area Sky Survey Expt |
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| | A-2 | LED-i x
| Cosmic X-ray Expt; Low Energy Detector; i=1,2 x=s,l |
| | | MED x | Medium Energy Detector; x=s,l |
| | | HED-i x
| High Energy Detector; i=1,2,3 x=s,l |
| | A-3 | | Scanning Modulation Collimator |
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| | A-4 | LED-i | The A-4 High Energy Experiment; Low Energy Detector;i=3,6 |
| | | MED-i | Medium Energy Detector; i=1,2,4,5 |
| | | HED-7 | High Energy Detector |
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High Energy Astrophysical Observatory-2
| EINSTEIN, HEAO-2, HEAO-B
| HRMAb | | High Resolution Mirror Assembly |
| | FPCSa | PET | Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer; PET for pentaerythritol diffractor |
| | | ADP | ammonium dihydrogen phosphate diffractor |
| | | TAP | thalium acid phthalate diffractor |
| | | RAP | rubidium acid phthalate diffractor |
| | | PbL | lead laurate diffractor |
| | | | PbSt for lead sterate diffractor |
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| | HRI-ia | | High Resolution Imager (i=1,2,3) |
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| | IPC-ia | | Imaging Proportional Counter (i=1,2) |
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| | SSS-ia | | Solid-State Spectrometer (i=1,2) |
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| | MPC | | Monitor Proportional Counter |
High Energy Transient Experiment #2
| HETE-2, HETE
| SXC | | Soft X-ray Camera |
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| | WXM | | Wide-Field X-ray Monitor |
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| | FREGATE | | French Gamma Telescope |
International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
| INTEGRAL | SPI | | Spectrometer on INTEGRAL |
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| | IBIS | ISGRI | Imager on Board the Integral Satellite; ISGRI is a CdTe array |
| | | PICSIT | PICSIT is a CsI array |
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| | JMXN | | Joint European X-Ray Monitor; N=1,2 |
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| | OMC | | Optical Monitoring Camera |
International Ultraviolet Explorer
| IUE | FES-ia | | (Optical) Fine Error Sensor (i=1,2) |
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| | LWPa | | Long Wavelength Prime Camera |
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| | LWRa | | Long Wavelength Redundant Camera |
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| | SWPa | | Short Wavelength Prime Camera |
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| | SWRa | | Short Wavelength Redundant Camera |
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array | NUSTAR | FPM | | Focal Plane Monitor |
| | FPMx,x=A,B | | |
| | | DETi | |
Orbiting Solar Observatory #8
| OSO-8, OSO-I
| UVS | | High-resolution UV spectromter |
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| | MUVS | | Multichannel UV & visible spectrometer |
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| | CGCS | | Columbia Grating Crystal spectrometer |
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| | CXP-i | | Columbia X-ray Polarimeter (i=1,2) |
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| | XHE | | X-ray Heliometer |
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| | WSXE | | Wisconsin Soft X-ray Experiment |
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| | GCXSE | DET-X | Goddard Cosmic X-ray Spectrometer Experiment;
Detector module (X=A, B or C) |
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| | HECXE | | High-energy celestial X-ray Experiment |
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| | EUV | | Extreme UV experiment |
Röntgen Satellite
| ROSAT | XRT | | X-ray Telescope |
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| | HRIa | | High Resolution Imager |
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| | PSPCxa | | Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (x=B,C flown) |
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| | WFCc | | Wide Field Camera |
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
| XTE, RXTE | ASM | | All-sky monitor |
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| | HEXTE | PWai | The High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment; Phoswich Detector Identifier
(a=A,B; i=0,1,2,3) |
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| | PCA | PCUi | Proportional Counter Array;
Proportional Counter Unit (i=0,1,2,3,4) |
Small Astronomy Satellite #2
| SAS-2, SAS-B
| SC | | Spark Chamber |
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| | PC | | Proportional Counter |
Small Astronomy Satellite #3
| SAS-3, SAS-C
| XRT-i | | X-ray Telescope i of LED experiment (i=1,2) |
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| | LED-ia | | Low Energy Detector i (i=1,2) |
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| | RMC | | Rotating Modulation Collimator experiment |
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| | SCD-i XX | | Slat Collimator Detector i, layer XX,(i=1,2, XX=AR,XE) |
Suzaku | SUZAKU, Astro-E2
| HXD | WELL-GSO | Hard X-ray Detector |
| | | WELL-PIN | |
| | | WAM-ANTI | |
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| | XISN | | X-ray Imaging Spectrometer; N=0,1,2, or 3 |
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| | XRSc
| PIXNN | X-ray Spectrometer; NN=00,01,02,... 31 |
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| | XRT, XRT-a | | X-ray Telescope; a is either "I" or "S" for imaging or spectroscopy detectors, respectively. |
Swift
| SWIFT | BAT | | Burst Alert Telescope |
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| | UVOTAb,c | | Ultraviolet & Optical Telescope |
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| | SC | | General Spacecraft information |
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| | XRT | | X-ray Telescope |
Vela 5B
| VELA 5B | XC | | Vela=watchman in Spanish; All-sky monitor |
XMM-Newton
| XMM | EMOSna,b,c | | European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC): Metal-Oxide-Silicon CCD;
n=1,2 |
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| | EPNa,b,c | | EPIC: PN |
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| | OMa,b,c | | Optical Monitor |
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| | RGSc | RGA | Reflection Grating Spectrometer;
Reflection Grating Assembly |
| | | RFCb | RGS Focal Camera
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