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Overview
This database table contains the list of all Röntgen Satellite (ROSAT) X-Ray Telescope (XRT) pointing-mode observations for which data sets are available, i.e., it excludes the ROSAT All-Sky Survey observations. Users should consult the RASSMASTER database table for those XRT observations which were made in scanning mode during the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) phase (30 July 1990 to 25 January 1991, and 3 August 1991 to 13 August 1991).For each observation listed in this table, parameters such as the focal-plane instrument used, the data processing site, and the target name and coordinates are given, as well as the ROSAT Observation Request (ROR) number, the actual and requested exposure times, the date(s) on which the observation took place, etc.
For details about the ROSAT instruments, consult the ROSAT Guest Observer Facility (GOF) website at https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/. A list of the available online ROSAT documentation can be found at https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosdocs.html.
Provenance
This table was created by the HEASARC in July 2004 by combining the data from two long-standing HEASARC Browse tables into one master table. It was updated by the HEASARC in March 2022 to add start and end times for the 157 sequence IDs which did not already have start and end times.Data Products
ROSAT Data Products Categories and Descriptions:ABSTRACTS Proposal abstract for each observation in ASCII format CONTENTS List of files archived with a given observation BASIC Events and good times in FITS format DERIVED Images and derived products in FITS format CALIBRATION Calibration-related products in FITS format ANCILLARY Orbit and housekeeping data in FITS format ASCII Text output POSTSCRIPT Images and plots in PostScript format GIF IMAGES Images in GIF format
Which data products files belong in each set can be complicated because prior to the Rev2 processing, US-processed data products and German-processed data products didn't look very similar. This is further complicated because HRI data products are different from PSPC data products.
You can tell the origin of and instrument used for a data product by examining the sequence ID. The filename for each data product starts with the sequence ID. Use this sample sequence IDs as a guide in determining this information:
rp110590n00 US PSPC rf110587n00 US PSPC + BORON FILTER rh110267 US HRI wp100308 MPE PSPC wf100130 MPE PSPC + BORON FILTER wh150032 MPE HRI
Data Type Description for US-Format Filtered and Non-Filtered PSPC Data (Rev 0):
CONTENTS public contents file rp110590.public_contents ASCII
V&V report rp110590_vv2924.report ASCII
BASIC photon list rp110590.fits FITS
master data store rp110590.mds FITS
DERIVED processing parameters rp110590.par FITS
broad-band image rp110590_im1.fits FITS
hard-band image rp110590_im2.fits FITS
soft-band image rp110590_im3.fits FITS
SIMBAD source list rp110590_sky.fits FITS
extracted SIMBAD list rp110590_smx.asc ASCII
CALIBRATION response matrix rp110590.dmp FITS
instrument map rp110590.moi FITS
off-axis area rp110590.oar FITS
radiation cal results rp110590.rcr FITS
exposure map rp110590_mex.fits FITS
ANCILLARY Aspect quality rp110590.asp FITS
corrected aspect rp110590.cas FITS
event rates rp110590.evr FITS
binned housekeeping rp110590.hkb FITS
split aspect rp110590.sa FITS
smoothed aspect rp110590.sas FITS
split orbit rp110590.so FITS
housekeeping status rp110590.sta FITS
POSTSCRIPT aspect plots (1/obi) rp110590_aaq001_16.plt PS
event rate plot (1/obi) rp110590_evr001_16.plt PS
cover page rp110590_fps.plt PS
housekeep. plot (1/obi) rp110590_hks001_16.plt PS
broad-band image rp110590_im1.plt PS
hard-band image rp110590_im2.plt PS
soft-band image rp110590_im3.plt PS
SIMBAD source plot rp110590_smx.plt PS
GIF broad-band image rp110590_im1.fits GIF
hard-band image rp110590_im2.fits GIF
soft-band image rp110590_im3.fits GIF
Data Type Description for US-Format HRI Data (Rev0):
CONTENTS public contents file rh110267.public_contents ASCII
V&V report rh110267_vv2925.report ASCII
BASIC complete photon store rh110267.cps FITS
photon event list rh110267.fits FITS
merged status history rh110267.mob FITS
split status history rh110267.ots FITS
standard good intervals rh110267.sgi FITS
standard screen results rh110267.ssc FITS
temporal status history rh110267.tsh FITS
DERIVED processing parameters rh110267.anp FITS
bright earth intervals rh110267.obi FITS
bright earth event list rh110267.obt FITS
processing parameters rh110267.par FITS
HRI image rh110267_img.fits FITS
SIMBAD sky list rh110267_sky.fits FITS
CALIBRATION charged particle bkg rh110267.cpb FITS
detector background rh110267.dbm FITS
quantum efficiency map rh110267.qeg FITS
ANCILLARY aspect histogram rh110267.ah FITS
aspect offsets rh110267.ao FITS
count rate histogram rh110267.dms FITS
science frame quality rh110267.htl FITS
live-time factors rh110267.ltf FITS
observation angles rh110267.oan FITS
HRI sampling histogram rh110267.s1d FITS
HRI SAA rates rh110267.saa FITS
split orbit rh110267.so FITS
science rates rh110267.sps FITS
POSTSCRIPT SIMBAD sky plot rh110267_sky.plt PS
rates plot (1/obi) rh110267_str.plt PS
SIMBAD source list rh110267_sky.asc ASCII
GIF GIF image rh110267_img.gif GIF
Data Type Description for MPE-Format Filtered and Non-Filtered PSPC Data (Rev0):
CONTENTS public contents file wp110130.public_contents ASCII
BASIC photon list wp110130_events.tfits FITS
rejected events wp110130_difevents.tfits FITS
DERIVED broad-band image wp110130_image1.ifits FITS
hard-band image wp110130_image2.ifits FITS
soft-band image wp110130_image3.ifits FITS
energy-coded image wp110130_imagec.ifits FITS
CALIBRATION response matrix wp110130_drmpspc.ifits FITS
instrument map wp110130_moimp.ifits FITS
off-axis area, PSPC B wp110130_effarea_pspcb.tfits FITS
off-axis area, PSPC C wp110130_effarea_pspcc.tfits FITS
exposure map wp110130_mexmap.ifits FITS
ANCILLARY quality file wp110130_quality.tfits FITS
attitude file wp110130_attitude.tfits FITS
event rates wp110130_eventrates.tfits FITS
orbit wp110130_orbit.tfits FITS
GIF broad-band image wp110130_image1.gif GIF
hard-band image wp110130_image2.gif GIF
soft-band image wp110130_image3.gif GIF
energy-coded image wp110130_imageec.gif GIF
Data Type Description for MPE-Format HRI Data (Rev0):
CONTENTS public contents file wh110131.public_contents ASCII
BASIC photon event list wh110131_events.mt FITS
rejected events wh110131_difevents.mt FITS
DERIVED image file wh110131_img.fits FITS
CALIBRATION effective area wh110131_effarea_hri.mt FITS
hot spot map wh110131_hotmat.mt FITS
quantum efficiency map wh110131_qefficiency.mt FITS
ANCILLARY aspect wh110131_attitude.mt FITS
event rates wh110131_eventrates.mt FITS
orbit wh110131_orbit.mt FITS
data quality wh110131_qualitylimits.mt FITS
data quality limits wh110131_quality.mt FITS
GIF image wh110131_img.gif GIF
Data Type Description for PSPC RDF Data (Rev2, both MPE and GSFC processings):
CONTENTS public contents file rp123456n00.public_contents ASCII
BASIC photon list rp123456n00_bas.fits FITS
uncorrected events rp123456n00_raw.fits FITS
DERIVED qualified source rp123456n00_qsrc.fits FITS
broad-band image rp123456n00_im1.fits FITS
hard-band image rp123456n00_im2.fits FITS
soft-band image rp123456n00_im3.fits FITS
broad-band bkg image rp123456n00_bk1.fits FITS
hard-band bkg image rp123456n00_bk2.fits FITS
soft-band bkg image rp123456n00_bk3.fits FITS
energy-coded image rp123456n00_ime.fits FITS
exposure map rp123456n00_mex.fits FITS
lightcurve file rp123456n00_ltc.fits FITS
ANCILLARY orbit,pointing info rp123456n00_anc.fits FITS
processing history info rp123456n00_his.fits FITS
POSTSCRIPT FITS-wrapped PostScript rp123456n00_prt.fits FITS
GIF broad-band image rp123456n00_im1.gif GIF
hard-band image rp123456n00_im2.gif GIF
soft-band image rp123456n00_im3.gif GIF
energy-coded image rp123456n00_ime.gif GIF
Data Type Description for HRI Data (Rev2, both MPE and GSFC processings):
CONTENTS public contents file rh123456n00.public_contents ASCII
BASIC photon list rh123456n00_bas.fits FITS
DERIVED qualified source file rh123456n00_qsrc.fits FITS
5"/pixel Image rh123456n00_im_5.fits FITS
2"/pixel Image rh123456n00_im_2.fits FITS
broad-band image rh123456n00_im1.fits FITS
broad-band bkg image rh123456n00_bk1.fits FITS
ANCILLARY orbit,pointing info rh123456n00_anc.fits FITS
processing history info rh123456n00_his.fits FITS
POSTSCRIPT FITS-wrapped PostScript rh123456n00_prt.fits FITS
GIF 5"/pixel image rh123456n00_im_5.gif GIF
2"/pixel image rh123456n00_im_2.gif GIF
broad-band image rh123456n00_im1.gif GIF
Parameters
Seq_ID
The sequence identification number (e.g. rp123456n00), where the prefix is
'RP' for an unfiltered PSPC pointed observation, 'RF' for a filtered PSPC
pointed observation, or 'RH' for pointed HRI observations (or, rarely, 'RN'
if the observation was scheduled but not actually carried out). The next 6
characters are the ROSAT observation request sequence number or ROR, while
the following 3 characters after the ROR number are the follow-on suffix
containing the index identifier (the parameter index_id). A complete pointing
at a given ROSAT target comprises all the datasets having the same prefix
and ROR numbers.
RA
The right ascension of the target in the selected equinox.
Dec
The declination of the target in the selected equinox.
LII
The galactic longitude of the target, calculated from the right
ascension and declination.
BII
The galactic latitude of the target, calculated from the right
ascension and declination.
Instrument
The focal-plane instrument used for the observation (PSPC, HRI).
Filter
Flag to determine whether the Boron filter was used.
Site
The site where this data set was processed (GSFC, MPE).
Exposure
The actual exposure of the pointing, in seconds. For pointed ROSAT
observations (sequences beginning with RP, RF, or RH) the exposure time given
here generally indicates the amount of good science time at the center of the
field.
Requested_Exposure
The amount of observing time requested by the Principal Investigator and/or
approved by the ROSAT Peer Review, in seconds.
FITS_Type
The FITS format of the corresponding data set: RDF, PROS, EXSAS.
Start_Time
The date/time the observation began.
End_Time
The date/time the observation ended.
Name
The designation of the target.
PI_LName
The last name of the Principal Investigator for the observation.
PI_FName
The first name of the Principal Investigator for the observation.
ROR
The ROSAT observation request (ROR) sequence number.
Index_ID
The ROSAT observation index identifier.
Subj_Cat
The subject category of the observation according to a
simple classification scheme as follows:
subj_cat Meaning
1 Normal (non-degenerate) stars
2 White dwarf stars
3 Cataclysmic variables
4 Neutron stars and black holes
5 Supernova remnants
6 Normal galaxies
7 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
8 Clusters of galaxies
9 Extended and diffuse X-ray emission
10 Other types of objects
Proc_Rev
The revision number of the processing system used to generate the data
products: it can be either 0, 1, or 2.
Title
The title of the ROSAT AO proposal associated with this observation.
QA_Number
The data set identification number.
AO
The ROSAT proposal cycle (or mission year) of the observation.
Proposal_Number
The unique ROSAT number identifying the proposal that
originated the observation.
Roll
The roll angle of the spacecraft, in degrees.
Rday_Begin
The ROSAT mission day number (2 June 1990=1) of the start of the observation.
Rday_End
The ROSAT mission day number (2 June 1990=1) of the end of the observation.
Class
The HEASARC Browse object classification for this target.
Contact Person
Questions regarding the ROSMASTER database table can be addressed to the HEASARC Help Desk.Page Author: Browse Software Development Team
Last Modified: Monday, 16-Sep-2024 17:34:01 EDT
- HEASARC Director: Dr. Andy Ptak
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- Last Modified: 16-Sep-2024