ROSAT Status Report #56:

May 6, 1993

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        *** Initial US release of Public German, UK Data ***
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The US ROSAT Project is pleased to announce the initial distribution of German and UK public ROSAT data to the US ROSAT Public Data Archive. This initial release consists of 42 datasets which went public during the month of Jan 1993. Distribution of German and UK public data is continuing. It is expected that within a few days of this announcement, data that went public during February 1993 will also be available through the USRPDA, followed by data which went public during March and April 1993. Present plans call for the distribution to the USRDPA of German and UK data with public dates prior to 1 Jan 1993 after the ingest of the April 1993 data.

The list of data sets included in the initial distribution is appended below. Information about German and UK datasets in the USRPDA will soon be available through the MIPS DistribList database and the HEASARC BROWSE tables.

How to Request German/UK data from the USRPDA:

Users will shortly have the capability to request German or UK data from the USRPDA via MIPS or BROWSE. Until that time, users can request electronic transfer of data directly from NDADS via the ARMS interface. Users should send an e-mail message to

NDADS::ARCHIVES

or

archives@ndads.gsfc.nasa.gov

The subject line should read

request rosat

where = FITS, BASIC, DERIVED, ANCILLARY, CALIBRATION or ALL. The correspondence between NDADS data_type and the ROSAT data products is given below:

		Data Type Description for German-Format PSPC Data		
NDADS		
DATA TYPE	File description	Sample file
FITS		photon list		wp110130_events.tfits
		broad-band image	wp110130_image1.ifits
		hard-band image		wp110130_image2.ifits
		soft-band image		wp110130_image3.ifits
		energy-coded image	wp110130_imageec.ifits
		Exposure map		wp110130_exposure.ifits
BASIC		photon list		wp110130_events.tfits
		rejected events		wp110130_difevents.tfits
DERIVED		broad-band image	wp110130_image1.ifits
		hard-band image		wp110130_image2.ifits
		soft-band image		wp110130_image3.ifits
		energy-coded image	wp110130_imageec.ifits
CALIBRATION	response matrix		wp110130_drmpspc.tfits
		instrument map		wp110130_moimp.ifits
		Off-axis area, pspc b	wp110130_effarea_pspcb.tfits
		Off-axis area, pspc c 	wp110130_effarea_pspcc.tfits
		exposure map		wp110130_mexmap.ifits
ANCILLARY	Quality file		wp110130_quality.tfits
		attitude file		wp110130_attitude.tfits
		event rates		wp110130_eventrates.tfits
		orbit			wp110130_orbit.tfits
ALL		all the above		all the above


		Data Type Description for German-Format  HRI Data
NDADS		
DATA TYPE	File description	Sample file
FITS		photon event list	wh110131_events.tfits
		SIMBAD sky list		wh110131_simbad.tfits
BASIC		photon event list	wh110131_events.tfits
		rejected events		wh110131_difevents.tfits
DERIVED	SIMBAD 	sky list		wh110131_simbad.tfits
CALIBRATION	effective area		wh110131_effarea_hri.tfits
		hot spot map		wh110131_hotmat.tfits
		quantum efficiency map	wh110131_qefficiency.tfits
ANCILLARY	aspect 			wh110131_attitude.tfits
		event rates		wh110131_eventrates.tfits
		orbit			wh110131_orbit.tfits
		data quality		wh110131_qualitylimits.tfits
		data quality limits	wh110131_quality.tfits
ALL		all the above		all the above

The body of the letter should contain the dataset_id(s) in the form

w

where = p for unfiltered PSPC, f for filtered PSPC, or h for HRI and = the six digit ROR number.

You may request more than one dataset at a time

For example, to request FITS-type data from om the datasets 200423 (filtered) and 200194 (unfiltered) a DECNet user would send the following e-mail:

To:     ndads::archives
Subj:   request rosat fits

wf200423
wp200194

SITE	ROR #	INST	FILT	PUBLIC	        ExpT	 RA (2000)       Dec (2000)
MPE 	200423	PSPC	Y	23-Jan-93	7001	05h 52m 26.4s	15d 53m 24.0s
MPE 	200426	PSPC	Y	30-Jan-93	7001	23h 12m 21.6s	10d 46m 48.0s
MPE 	200802	PSPC	Y	23-Jan-93	7001	10h 32m 07.2s	53d 29m 24.0s
MPE 	200804	PSPC	Y	30-Jan-93	7001	18h 20m 31.2s	58d 04m 48.0s
MPE 	200820	PSPC	Y	30-Jan-93	7052	10h 16m 28.8s	-5d 20m 24.0s
MPE 	200194	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5027	18h 03m 52.8s	-24d 21m 36.0s
MPE 	200213	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5000	11h 14m 07.2s	20d 31m 12.0s
MPE 	200219	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5000	03h 24m 31.2s	49d 21m 00.0s
MPE 	200283	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5000	08h 32m 50.4s	19d 54m 36.0s
MPE 	200333	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5042	08h 27m 04.8s	31d 30m 00.0s
MPE 	200411	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5072	01h 41m 31.2s	83d 34m 48.0s
MPE 	200423	PSPC	N	4-Oct-92	7001	05h 52m 26.4s	15d 53m 24.0s
MPE 	200441	PSPC	N	30-Dec-92	7010	04h 21m 12.0s	14d 42m 00.0s
MPE 	200444	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	7010	04h 32m 31.2s	14d 42m 00.0s
MPE 	200692	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	5055	05h 30m 45.6s	-65d 54m 36.0s
MPE 	200776	PSPC	N	30-Dec-92	7010	04h 20m 52.8s	13d 51m 36.0s
MPE 	200848	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	7059	15h 11m 50.4s	61d 51m 36.0s
MPE 	300058	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5050	18h 36m 24.0s	-23d 55m 48.0s
MPE 	300145	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	7011	11h 08m 12.0s	44d 57m 36.0s
MPE 	300146	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	7011	11h 08m 12.0s	44d 57m 36.0s
MPE 	300160	PSPC	N	23-Jan-93	7049	07h 12m 33.6s	-36d 05m 24.0s
MPE 	500052	PSPC	N	21-Jan-93	5008	05h 13m 55.2s	-67d 20m 23.5s
MPE 	500118	PSPC	N	30-Dec-92	6059	04h 56m 16.8s	51d 15m 00.0s
MPE 	500120	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5054	05h 25m 43.2s	42d 31m 12.0s
MPE 	600107	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	5046	00h 15m 09.6s	-39d 13m 12.0s
MPE 	600179	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	5046	12h 17m 31.2s	37d 48m 36.0s
MPE 	600189	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	5070	12h 16m 43.2s	69d 28m 12.0s
MPE 	600197	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	5070	01h 13m 24.0s	-72d 49m 12.0s
MPE 	700145	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5003	13h 48m 36.0s	26d 22m 12.0s
MPE 	700199	PSPC	N	27-Jan-93	6016	05h 38m 50.4s	-44d 04m 48.0s
MPE 	700232	PSPC	N	21-Jan-93	5064	12h 04m 43.2s	27d 54m 00.0s
MPE 	700277	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	7017	12h 10m 31.2s	39d 24m 36.0s
MPE 	700284	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	7024	13h 48m 36.0s	26d 22m 12.0s
MPE 	700540	PSPC	N	30-Jan-93	7013	10h 24m 33.6s	47d 09m 00.0s
MPE 	700557	PSPC	N	23-Jan-93	7031	12h 03m 12.0s	44d 33m 00.0s
MPE 	800171	PSPC	N	24-Jan-93	5046	04h 12m 55.2s	-65d 51m 00.0s
MPE 	800193	PSPC	N	30-Dec-92	7005	04h 13m 26.4s	10d 28m 12.0s
MPE 	900130	PSPC	N	21-Jan-93	5062	19h 00m 02.4s	-23d 19m 12.0s
MPE 	900137	PSPC	N	21-Jan-93	6034	12h 30m 43.2s	41d 38m 24.0s
MPE 	900189	PSPC	N	30-Dec-92	5000	05h 40m 45.6s	-2d 28m 12.0s
MPE 	900211	PSPC	N	3-Jan-93	5044	17h 05m 04.8s	59d 37m 12.0s
MPE 	900214	PSPC	N	23-Jan-93	7017	10h 10m 12.0s	50d 45m 00.0s