- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/117/319
- Title:
- Northern RASS X-ray sources catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/117/319
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of optical identifications of a representative sample of northern ({delta})>-9{deg}) ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) sources. A full identification has been carried out for a count-rate- and area-limited complete RASS subsample comprising 674 sources. All sources are within six study areas outside the galactic plane (|b|>19.6{deg}), one area being near the north Galactic pole and one near the north ecliptic pole.
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- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/noras
- Title:
- Northern ROSAT All-Sky (NORAS) Galaxy Cluster Survey Catalog
- Short Name:
- NORASGalClus
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- In the construction of an X-ray-selected sample of galaxy clusters for cosmological studies, the authors have assembled a sample of 495 X-ray sources which were found to show extended X-ray emission in the first processing of the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS I), the Northern ROSAT All-Sky (NORAS) Galaxy Cluster Survey Catalog. The sample covers the celestial region with declination >=0 degrees and Galactic latitude |b| >= 20 degrees, and comprises sources with a Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) count rate >= 0.06 counts/s and a source extent likelihood of L >= 7. In an optical follow-up identification program, the authors found 378 (76%) of these sources to be clusters of galaxies. It was necessary to reanalyze the sources in this sample with a new X-ray source characterization technique to provide more precise values for the X-ray flux and source extent than obtained from the standard processing. This new method, termed growth curve analysis (GCA), has the advantage over previous methods in its ability to be robust, to be easy to model and to integrate into simulations, to provide diagnostic plots for visual inspection, and to make extensive use of the X-ray data. The source parameters obtained assist the source identification and provide more precise X-ray fluxes. This reanalysis is based on data from the more recent second processing of the ROSAT Survey, RASS II. The authors present a catalog of the cluster sources with the X-ray properties obtained as well as a list of the previously flagged extended sources that are found to have a non-cluster counterpart. In their paper, they discuss the process of source identification from the combination of optical and X-ray data. To investigate the overall completeness of the cluster sample as a function of the X-ray flux limit, they extended the search for X-ray cluster sources to the RASS II data for the northern sky region between 9 and 14 hours in right ascension. They included the search for X-ray emission from known galaxy clusters as well as a new investigation of extended X-ray sources. In the course of this search, they found X-ray emission from 85 additional Abell clusters and 56 very probable cluster candidates among the newly found extended sources. A comparison of the X-ray cluster number counts of the NORAS sample with the ROSAT-ESO Flux-limited X-ray (REFLEX) Cluster Survey results leads to an estimate of the completeness of the NORAS sample of ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) I extended clusters of about 50% at an X-ray flux of FX(0.1-2.4 keV) = 3 x 10-12 ergs s<sup>-1</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup>. The estimated completeness achieved by adding the supplementary sample in the study area amounts to about 82% in comparison to REFLEX. The low completeness introduces an uncertainty in the use of the sample for cosmological statistical studies that will be cured with the completion of the continuing Northern ROSAT All-Sky (NORAS) Cluster Survey project. This table was created by the HEASARC in June 2005 based on CDS table J/ApJS/129/435, table1.dat through table9.dat inclusive. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/310/384
- Title:
- Optical brightness of 3 ROSAT Seyfert galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/310/384
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The printed version of this paper describes the X-ray and optical properties of four new active galaxies discovered in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey. While one object (RX J1257.5+2412) is identified as a BL Lac object, the other three (RX J1239.3+2431, RX J1225.7+2055, and RX J1250.2+1923) are narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies. Three of these four objects are bright enough to be studied on archival photographic plates of Sonneberg Observatory. The present list contains the individual brightness measurements of these objects all of which turned out to be variable on timescales of weeks to years. Some lightcurves (long-term as well as short-term) are given in the printed version.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/274/1194
- Title:
- Optical Identifications of ROSAT EUV Sources
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/274/1194
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Optical identifications for 195 EUV sources located in the ROSAT Wide Field Camera all-Sky survey are presented. We list 69 previous unknown EUV-emitting white dwarfs, 114 active stars, 7 new magnetic cataclysmic variables and 5 active galaxies. Several of the white dwarfs have resolved M-type companions, while five are unresolved white dwarf/M-star pairs. Finding charts are given for the optical counterparts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/299/39
- Title:
- Orion Trapezium area ROSAT PSPC obs. I.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/299/39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A deep ROSAT PSPC image centred on the Orion Trapezium has revealed that most of the X-ray emission originates from discrete sources, in contrast to previous EINSTEIN data which suggested a diffuse emission component. We present a list of 171 X-ray sources all situated in the so-called inner ring of the field of view (20' radius). The field is crowded with sources. A special procedure had to be developed to cope with the severe blending of sources. The present list is not complete for L_X_<3.5*10^29^erg/s due to this reason and many more sources can still be expected by a next step in the reduction. Nearly all of the sources could be identified with pre-main sequence stars of the Ori OB 1 association in its subgroups Ic and Id. The statistics of this ensemble are discussed. It seems that members of the above subgroups can be distinguished on the basis of an additional amount of X-ray extinction seen in their spectra or hardness ratios. The O stars in the area ({teta}1 Ori C, {teta}2 Ori A and {iota} Ori) are briefly discussed. Six B stars are identified with X-ray sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AN/321/81
- Title:
- Orion Trapezium area ROSAT PSPC obs. II.
- Short Name:
- J/AN/321/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A deep ROSAT PSPC image centred on the Orion Trapezium has been reduced a second time using an improved version of the PSF to fit the data. The outer rim of the field of view was also included. The new catalogue contains 316 X-ray sources which are easily identified with pre-main sequence stars of the Ori OB1 Ic and Id association. All 316 sources were tested for variability. No variations were found inside the single exposures of about 45 minutes length each. Between the 4 exposures spaced over 5 days about 1/3 of the sources show signs of activities of various forms. As above 25% of these have somewhat regular lights curves (monotonically rising or falling or hill- shaped) we infer that at least some outbursts with time scales longer than a day are present and that past searches for X-ray flares of pre-main sequence stars were biased towards shorter time scales.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/341/L79
- Title:
- Proper motions of faint ROSAT WTT stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/341/L79
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present proper motions of 59 stars of the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) located in direction of the Chamaeleon star forming region (SFR) in the magnitude range B=5.1-17mag. Proper motions of the fainter stars were newly derived utilizing survey Schmidt plates from the GSC~II plate archive and from a set of special plates taken with the ESO Schmidt telescope. The vector point diagram (VPD) indicates that the certified weak emission-line T Tauri (WTT) stars cluster away from the region occupied by the brighter pre-main-sequence stars (PMS) in Cha I. The distance to this new association is estimated at ~100pc, sensibly smaller than the 150pc generally assumed for the SFR. This yields an upper limit of 2km/s for the velocity dispersion of this new kinematic group. The de-reddened CM diagram of the group members suggest the WTT stars are still PMS objects, but older (3-30Myr) and less massive than previous determinations. These revised age estimates, the newly derived group peculiar velocity, and current distance estimates to the Cha~I/II/III complex would favour in-situ formation against that predicted by high velocity cloud models. Finally, based on a redetermination of the peculiar motions of stars and gas, we speculate that the whole SFR originated from the local Orion spur as a result of more classical mechanisms like interactions with the spiral arms.
38. RASS AGN sample
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/139/575
- Title:
- RASS AGN sample
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/139/575
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first results of a program to identify the unknown bright active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the ROSAT All Sky Survey Bright Source Catalog (RASS-BSC). We have used logC+0.4R as an alternative expression for log(f_X_/f_opt_), where C is X-ray count rate and R stands for R magnitude. Then a high X-ray-to-optical flux ratio criterion has been used to select an AGN sample with 165 unidentified X-ray sources for optical spectroscopy. Those 165 X-ray sources have been identified in the following classes: 115 emission line AGN (QSOs and Seyferts), 2 BL Lac objects and 4 BL Lac candidates, 22 clusters of galaxies, 12 Galactic stars and 10 objects remain unidentified. This represent a success rate of about 73% for detecting AGN using our selection criteria. Plausibility is based upon the optical classification and X-ray characteristics of the sources.
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/rassasaseb
- Title:
- RASS/All-Sky Automated Survey Eclipsing Binaries Catalog
- Short Name:
- RASSASASEB
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- The authors have combined their catalog of eclipsing binaries from the All-Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) with the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) Bright and Faint Source Catalogs (RASSBSC and RASSFSC). The combination using a matching radius of 50 arcseconds results in 836 eclipsing binaries that display coronal activity and is the largest sample of active binary stars assembled to the date of publication. By using the (V-I) colors of the ASAS eclipsing binary catalog, the authors are able to determine the distances and thus bolometric luminosities for the majority of eclipsing binaries that display significant stellar activity. A typical value for the ratio of soft X-ray to bolometric luminosity is L<sub>X</sub>/L<sub>bol</sub> ~ a few x 10<sup>-4</sup>, similar to the ratio of soft X-ray to bolometric flux F<sub>X</sub>/F<sub>bol</sub> in the most active regions of the Sun. Unlike rapidly rotating isolated late-type dwarfs - stars with significant outer convection zones - a tight correlation between Rossby number and activity of eclipsing binaries is absent. The authors find evidence for the saturation effect and marginal evidence for the so-called "super-saturation" phenomena. Their work shows that wide-field stellar variability searches can produce a high yield of binary stars with strong coronal activity. The authors expect that only 1.4% (i.e., 12 out of 836) of the matches between the ASAS eclipsing binary and RASS sources will be false given their maximum angular separation criterion of 50 arcseconds. This Browse table excludes 29 contact binaries for which the separate distance estimates made by the authors using the source V-band and I-band magnitudes differed by more than 20%, and hence contains 807 (836 - 29) eclipsing and X-ray emitting binary systems. Complete information on ASAS and its freely accessible data are available at the ASAS web site: <a href="http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/asas/">http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/asas/</a>. This table was created by the HEASARC in July 2010 based on <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/AcA/58/405">CDS catalog J/AcA/58/405</a> file catalog.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/rassgb
- Title:
- RASS/Green Bank Catalog
- Short Name:
- RASS/GBC
- Date:
- 07 Mar 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- 5-GHz high-resolution VLA observations of 2,127 radio and X-ray emitting sources found in both the Green Bank (GB) 5-GHz radio catalog and the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) are presented. This is referred to as the RASS/Green Bank sample: the HEASARC has abbreviated this to RASSGB to conform with the naming convention that we have used for other RASS catalogs (notice the catalog authors use the rather shorter acronym of RGB. Core flux densities and positions accurate to +/- 0.5" are reported, as well as the GB measurements of the total radio emission, for each source. Because of the radio and X-ray selection criteria adopted, this catalog is believed to almost exclusively contain radio- and X-ray-loud active galaxies. These data are used in the paper by Laurent-Muehleisen et al. (1997) that contains the published version of this catalog to derive the core-to-lobe ratio of objects in this sample, and to discuss their core-dominance relative to samples of radio galaxies and BL Lac objects: the authors conclude that this sample is approximately an order of magnitude more core-dominated than the radio galaxy sample, but is more than an order of magnitude less core-dominated than highly-beamed BL Lac objects. The published version of this catalog comprised two main tables, Table 2 and Table 3. Table 2 gave the 5-GHz high resolution radio source properties for the 1861 ROSAT/Green Bank sources for which subarcsecond positions and core radio flux densities had been obtained, while Table 3 gave the 5-GHz radio source properties for the 436 ROSAT/Green Bank sources for which only low resolution data were obtained. A table of the 83 ROSAT/Green Bank sources for which no radio source greater than 5 sigma was observed in the follow-up VLA observations (Table 4 in the paper) is not included in the present HEASARC RASSGB Catalog but is available in data archive at <pre> <a href="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/heasarc/dbase/misc_files/rassgb/">https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/heasarc/dbase/misc_files/rassgb/</a> </pre> This HEASARC version of the ROSAT/Green Bank Catalog was created in November 1998 based on the ADC/<a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/A+AS/122/235">CDS Catalog <J/A+AS/122/235></a> (Tables 2 and 3). This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
