| Proposal ID | 012393 |
| Title | EPIC Optical Vignetting - Alph Pic |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0123930301 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-tm7g8o5 |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Fred Jansen XMM-Newton PS |
| Abstract | CAL- we measure the optical vignetting of the EPIC/Mirror combination bydetecting the optical light with EPIC in diagnostic or offset modes. As thesemodes are not GO available, this proposal is only used as a placeholder todefine pointing positions and times for later manual editing. |
| Publications | No publications found for current proposal! |
| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2000-05-14T20:22:19Z/2000-05-15T10:29:32Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2001-10-31T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "optical vignetting", "optical light", "EPIC", "offset modes", "mirror combination" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Fred Jansen XMM-Newton PS, 2001, 'EPIC Optical Vignetting - Alph Pic', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-tm7g8o5 |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |