XMM-NEWTON
MSSL is involved in two XMM-Newton instruments: the OM and RGS. This page gives information about the OM serendipitous source catalogue, XMM-SUSS, a joint project between MSSL and ESAC.
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MSSL is involved in several aspects of XMM-Newton, in particular the Optical Monitor (OM) and the Remote Grating Spectrometer (RGS). Please see theÌýÌýfor further information on the instrumentation and projects.
The XMM-OM SUSS catalogues
The XMM-OM Serendipitous Ultra-violet Source Survey (XMM-SUSS) is a catalogue of Optical and UV sources detected serendipitously by the Optical Monitor (OM) on-board the European Space Agency's (ESA's)ÌýXMM-NewtonÌýobservatory. The data were processed at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC, Madrid, Spain) and at the University College London's (UCL's) Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) on behalf of ESA and is a partner resource to the 4XMMÌýserendipitous X-ray source catalogue.
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XMM-SUSS5.0
Summary
This XMM-SUSS5.0Ìýcatalogue is the fifth version of the XMM-OM Serendipitous Ultra-violet Source Survey, released in DecemberÌý2020. The data, cover the period March 2000 to February 2020.Ìý
XMM-SUSS5.0Ìýincludes:Ìý
- 10,628 observationsÌý
- 8,863,922Ìýindividual source entriesÌý
- 5,965,434Ìýunique sources
- 1,120,754Ìýsources with repeated observationsÌý
- Ìý(~1.2ÌýGb, ~4.5 Gb unzipped)
- or the reduced version (385ÌýMb zipped)Ìý
- pdf file (from previous version) withÌýÌý
- known issuesÌý
- FurtherÌýinformation and analysisÌý(on XMM-SUSS2 but mostly still relevant for XMM-SUSS5)
- Ìýwhich describes the original XMM-SUSS catalogue (Page et al. MNRAS 426, 903 (2012))
Supplementary catalogue
The catalogue using readout streak photometry for sources too bright to be included in XMM-SUSS3 is also available.Ìý
- Download theÌý
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Other useful links:
- serendipitous X-ray source catalogue from ESAC
- Further information on theÌý
- information from ESAC
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