Routine Calibration - RGS wavelength scaleobs2 is the standard setup with EPIC closed ff and should be copied forscheduling. OM blocked to be replaced by internal calibration observationsaccording to recipe.Obs#13 and #14 for rev. ca. 868 (Chandra coord)Obs#16 and #17 for Chandra coord obs March 28 2005Obs#20 for Chandra coord March 2006Obs#21 for XCAL Feb-March 2007
Instrument
EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage
2001-03-15T19:19:40Z/2007-02-21T10:53:40Z
Version
PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE
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.
European Space Agency, Dr Fred Jansen XMM-Newton PS, 2007, 'Capella: RGS wavelength scale calibration', PPS_NOT_AVAILABLE, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-tf0cisa
