ROSAT Status report#125: ROSAT - 5 years in orbit

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		ROSAT Status Report # 125
			1 June 1995



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=              ROSAT NEWS No. 39   ---      1-June-1995                 =
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=                 ROSAT Scientific Data Center at the                   =
=       Max-Planck-Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)        =
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Contents:  ROSAT FIVE YEARS IN-ORBIT
           SATELLITE STATUS
           FIRST ROSAT CATALOG UPDATE
           EXSAS - LINUX VERSION


ROSAT FIVE  YEARS IN-ORBIT
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Today, on 1st June 1995, the R"ontgen Satellite has completed its fifth 
year of operation. These years have been a very busy and productive time 
for many of us. We at MPE are very happy about the great scientific 
success of this mission which has provided a wealth of data for a wide
scientific community. We thank all our partners and friends for the
excellent collaborations.

ROSAT represents the only high resolution X-ray telescope available for 
years to come. The strong response to the 6th Announcement of 
Opportunity demonstrates the continuing scientific interest. We hope
for a long life of ROSAT.

Joachim Tr"umper
for the ROSAT Team at MPE


SATELLITE STATUS 
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All operations during the last month ran without major problems.


First ROSAT CATALOG UPDATE
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An updated version of the "First ROSAT Source Catalog of Pointed 
Observations with the PSPC" has been installed on May 11, 1995. The new 
version contains now 74301 sources from 3927 pointings.

The Source Catalog is available under the database name  rosatsrc 
(ROSAT sources). The command dbhelp within BROWSE displays general 
info on the catalog including explanations of the applied  source 
selection and  completeness criteria.


EXSAS - LINUX VERSION
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A LINUX version of the most recent EXSAS version is now available from 
the ROSAT Service Area (directory exsas/95JAN_EXP_Linux).


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