Rosat Status Report #93

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		ROSAT Status Report # 93
		    May 4th 1994


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=              ROSAT NEWS No. 28   ---      1-May-1994                  =
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=                 ROSAT Scientific Data Center at the                   =
=       Max-Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)        =
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=  XUV Center: 29382::GXUVDC or  GXUVDC@AIT.PHYSIK.UNI-TUEBINGEN.DE     =
=   WFC Archive access via telnet/ftp ait.physik.uni-tuebingen.de       =
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SATELLITE STATUS
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With the exception of one longer break (April 25 to 28) the satellite has 
performed quite stable throughout the past month.


MISSION PLANNING
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179 proposals for ROSAT AO-5 observations were submitted to MPE.  The
corresponding numbers on the US and UK side are 160 and 58 respectively.
The oversubscription in time is more than 4:1 on the German ROSAT time.

The preparations for the timeline of the rest of the AO-4 observations
has begun.  The timeline covering the rest of AO-4 is expected to be
available in the middle of May; AO-5 observations are expected to
commence in October 1994.


WWW access to the ROSAT SERVICE AREA
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During the last weeks we have started to make the ROSAT Service Area 
also available through so-called 'world wide web (www)' services like
mosaic. This very comfortable interface (comfortable if adequate network 
capacities are present) offers an easy-to use alternative to the usual 
anonymous ftp channel.

More info on mosaic can be obtained by reading the file mosaic.info in 
directory general. The ROSAT Service Area address for mosaic is given 
in the header of this NEWS.


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Note: The MPE World Wide Web (WWW) area is also accessible via the 
Goddard Space Flight Center ROSAT GOF page 

(document URL  http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosgof.html)