ROSAT User's Handbook

A guide to the Astronomical X-Ray Satellite ROSAT, intended to provide ROSAT users with an overview of all technical aspects of ROSAT

With special emphasis on the calibration of the various instruments

edited by:

UG Briel, B Aschenbach, J Englhauser, M Freyberg, G Hasinger,
R Gruber, H Hippmann, E Pfeffermann, P Predehl, JHMM Schmitt,
O Schwentker, W Voges, U Zimmermann
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
85740 Garching, Germany

IM George, SL Snowden, TJ Turner
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

L David, FR Harnden Jr, KE Kearns, MV Zombeck
Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

MA Barstow, JP Osborne, JP Pye, M Watson, RG West, R Willingale
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

September 1997

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• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• X-ray Telescope (XRT)
• Position-Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC)
• Characteristics of the PSPC plus XMA Instrument
• High-Resolution Imager (HRI)
• Wide-Field Camera (WFC)
• Guide to PSPC Calibration Observations
• Standard Analysis Software System (SASS)
• Standard Products of the ROSAT Data Archive (RDA)
• Mission History
• Known Problems and Bugs
• Calibration-related Memos and Publications
• Assessment of Efforts to Improve the Attitude Solution
• Summary of ROSAT On-line Databases
• PSPC Calibration Files for Standard Data Processing
• References
• Index