The EXOSAT Archive
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The EXOSAT archive includes : Catalogs, High level products as spectra, lightcurves and images in FITS format, all accompany by a GIF view, and the raw data in their native format which are gradually reformatted in FITS. A description of the EXOSAT archive at HEASARC appeared in Legacy (Vol 6 page 20).
Catalogs and databases :
There are 14 catalogs and databases for the EXOSAT mission from which
the data can be retrieved and/or viewed as well as information about
observations or source detected.
The catalogs and databases can be viewed via
Browse .
High level Products :
The table gives an overview of data products present in the archive for each
experiment. The experiment name links to pages that give information
about the different data products. The empty boxes, Spectra for the LE and
Images for the ME GSPC and TGS, indicate that such a product is not a direct
measurement for that experiment.
The EXOSAT products are in the EXOSAT
FTP area in the HEASARC archive, but also on
CDROMs
Experiment | Images | Lightcurves | Spectra |
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Raw data:
The table gives an overview of the raw data currently in the archive
for each experiment.
More information on the raw data, either in native or FITS
format, is available using the links on the table left side.
HEASARC is planning to convert all the raw EXOSAT data in FITS format.
Currently the LE data processing is completed and the ME is underway.
The EXOSAT Raw data (native format for all the experiment and the FITS file for the LE)
are available in the EXOSAT
FTP area in the HEASARC archive.
Data Type | LE & TGS | ME | GSPC |
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Raw FITS format |
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