- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/162/304
- Title:
- ROSAT NEP X-ray source catalog
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/162/304
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The sky around the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP), at 18:00:00+66:33:39, has the deepest exposure of the entire ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS, Cat. <IX/10>). The NEP is an undistinguished region of moderate Galactic latitude, b=29.8{deg}, and hence suitable for compiling statistical samples of both Galactic and extragalactic objects. We have made such a compilation in the 80.6{deg}^2^ region surrounding the NEP. Our sample fully exploits the properties of the RASS, since the only criteria for inclusion are source position and significance, and it yields the deepest large solid angle contiguous sample of X-ray sources to date. We find 442 unique sources above a flux limit ~2x10^-14^ergs/cm^2^/s in the 0.5-2.0keV band. In this paper we present the X-ray properties of these sources as determined from the RASS. These include positions, fluxes, spectral information in the form of hardness ratios, and angular sizes. Since we have performed a comprehensive optical identification program we also present the average X-ray properties of classes of objects typical of the X-ray sky at these flux levels. We discuss the use of the RASS to find clusters of galaxies based on their X-ray properties alone.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/149/29
- Title:
- ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole Survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/149/29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The X-ray data around the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) of the ROSAT All Sky Survey have been used to construct a contiguous area survey consisting of a sample of 445 individual X-ray sources above a flux of ~2x10^-14^erg/cm^2^/s in the 0.5-2.0keV energy band. The NEP survey is centered at RA=18:00 (2000) DE=+66:33 and covers a region of 80.7deg^2^ at a moderate Galactic latitude of b=29.8{deg}. Hence, the NEP survey is as deep and covers a comparable solid angle to the ROSAT serendipitous surveys but is also contiguous. We have identified 99.6% of the sources and determined redshifts for the extragalactic objects. In this paper we present the optical identifications of the NEP catalog of X-ray sources including basic X-ray data and properties of the sources. We also describe with some detail the optical identification procedure. The classification of the optical counterparts to the NEP sources is very similar to that of previous surveys, in particular the Einstein Extended Medium Sensitivity Survey (EMSS). The main constituents of the catalog are active galactic nuclei (AGNs) (~49%), either type 1 or type 2 according to the broadness of their permitted emission lines. Stellar counterparts are the second most common identification class (~34%). Clusters and groups of galaxies comprise 14%, and BL Lacertae objects 2%. One non-AGN galaxy and one planetary nebula have also been found. The NEP catalog of X-ray sources is a homogeneous sample of astronomical objects featuring complete optical identification.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/461/977
- Title:
- Rosat North Ecliptic survey stellar population
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/461/977
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- X-ray surveys are a very efficient mean of detecting young stars and therefore allow us to study the young stellar population in the solar neighborhood and the local star formation history in the last billion of years. We want to study the young stellar population in the solar neighborhood, to constrain its spatial density and scale height as well as the recent local star formation history. We analyze the stellar content of the ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole survey, and compare the observations with the predictions derived from stellar galactic model. Since the ROSAT NEP survey is sensitive at intermediate fluxes is able to sample both the youngest stars and the intermediate age stars (younger than 10^9^years), linking the shallow and deep flux surveys already published in the literature. We confirm the existence of an excess of yellow stars in our neighborhood previously seen in shallow survey, which is likely due to a young star population not accounted for in the model. However the excellent agreement between observations and predictions of dM stars casts some doubt on the real nature of this active population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/514/148
- Title:
- ROSAT survey of bright galaxies clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/514/148
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe the selection of an X-ray flux-limited sample of bright clusters of galaxies in the southern hemisphere, based on the first analysis of the ROSAT All-Sky Survey data (RASS1). The sample is constructed starting from an identification of candidate clusters in RASS1, after which their X-ray fluxes are remeasured using the steepness-ratio technique. This method is better suited than the RASS1 standard algorithm to measuring flux from extended sources. The final sample is count-rate-limited in the ROSAT hard band (0.5-2.0 keV), so that as a result of the distribution of N_H_, its effective flux limit varies between {~}3 and 4x10^-12^ ergs cm^-2^ s^-1^ over the selected area. This covers the {delta} < 2.5{deg} part of the south Galactic cap region (b < -20{deg}), excluding patches of low RASS1 exposure time and of the Magellanic Clouds area, for a total of 8235 deg^2^. One hundred and thirty candidate sources fulfill our selection criteria for bona fide clusters of galaxies in this area. Of these, 101 are Abell/ACO clusters, while 29 do not have a counterpart in these catalogs. Of these clusters, 126 (97%) have a redshift, and for these we compute an X-ray luminosity. 20% of the cluster redshifts come from new observations, as part of the ESO Key Program survey of RASS clusters that is currently under completion. Considering the intrinsic biases and incompletenesses introduced by the flux selection and source identification processes, we estimate the overall completeness to be better than 90%. The observed number count distribution, log Nlog S, is well fitted by a power law with slope {alpha} =1.34{+/-}0.15 and normalization A=11.87{+/-}1.04 sr^-1^ (10^-11^ ergs cm^-2^ s^-1^)^{alpha}^, in good agreement with other measurements.
1475. ROSAT Ultra Deep Survey
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/371/833
- Title:
- ROSAT Ultra Deep Survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/371/833
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The ROSAT Ultra Deep Survey in the Lockman Hole consists of a sample of 94 X-ray sources reaching a limiting flux of 1.2x10-15erg/s/cm^2^ in the 0.5-2.0keV energy band. About 90% of the X-ray sources have been spectroscopically identified using low-resolution Keck spectra.
- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/skyview/wfcf
- Title:
- ROSAT Wide Field Camera: F1
- Short Name:
- WFCF
- Date:
- 25 Apr 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This survey is a mosaic of images taken by the ROSAT Wide Field Camera and comprises of 12,743 seperates fields in each of two filters. Each field covers a region 2.6&#176;; x 2.6&#176;; with a 0.3&#176;; overlap. Currently, this data is not a complete coverage of the sky; regions near the northern ecliptic pole are currently not included. Provenance: University of Leicester. This is a service of NASA HEASARC.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/388/100
- Title:
- ROSAT X-ray sources in LMC. II.
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/388/100
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- About 200 X-ray sources from a sample of spectrally hard ROSAT PSPC sources, given in the catalog of Haberl & Pietsch (1999, Cat. <J/A+AS/139/277>), and observed in a ~60 square degree field of the LMC during several archival pointed observations with a wide range of exposure times have been reanalyzed. For these sources accurate count rates and hardness ratios have been recalculated. In comparison to Haberl & Pietsch (1999, Cat. <J/A+AS/139/277>) we used merged data from all available observations and we derived average source parameters by investigating each source individually. From a simulation power-law spectral tracks have been derived in the HR1-HR2 plane and ~170 sources have been classified as background X-ray sources or as LMC X-ray binaries. 80% of the spectrally hard X-ray sources with more than 50 observed counts have been found to be consistent with background X-ray sources and 20% with LMC X-ray binaries (53 sources with AGN and 15 with X-ray binaries).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/603/A106
- Title:
- Rotational periods in Cygnus OB2
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/603/A106
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a near-infrared time-series photometry study in the field of Cygnus OB2 association (RA~20.55h, DE~41.2{deg}). Observations were carried out in the JHK bands at the WFCAM/UKIRT telescope over 112 observed nights. We investigated the occurrence of periodicity in the time-series and we found reliable periods for 894 candidate members.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/702/1230
- Title:
- Rotation measure image of the sky
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/702/1230
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have re-analyzed the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) data to derive rotation measures (RMs) toward 37543 polarized radio sources. The resulting catalog of RM values covers the sky area north of declination -40{deg} with an average density of more than one RM per square degree. We have identified five regions of the sky where the foreground median RM is consistently less than 1rad/m^2^ over several degrees. These holes in the foreground RM will be useful for future studies of possible small-scale fluctuations in cosmic magnetic field structures. In addition to allowing measurement of RMs toward polarized sources, the new analysis of the NVSS data removes the effects of bandwidth depolarization for |RM|>~100rad/m^2^ inherent in the original NVSS source catalog.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/560/A4
- Title:
- Rotation periods of active Kepler stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/560/A4
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present rotation periods for thousands of active stars in the Kepler field derived from Q3 data. In most cases a second period close to the rotation period was detected, which we interpreted as surface differential rotation (DR).
