Name | 014363 |
Title | Activity cycles and Maunder minima stars |
URL | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0143630101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c9a9rrt |
Author | Prof Juergen Schmitt |
Description | We propose to continue monitoring three fields containing a total of five late-type stars for long-term variability. The stars are 61 Cyg A and B, HD 81809, all of which are being monitored for Ca emission, with 61 Cyg A and HD 81809 having cyclic activity changes, and Alpha Cen A and B, the nearest solar-like star. All of these stars are known X-ray sources, which have already benn monitored in XMM-Newton AO1. The overall goal of this series of observations is to obtain a baseline of a decade for these objects in order to check whether other solar -like stars show cyclic changes in their X-ray output just like the Sun. |
Publication | No observations found associated with the current proposal |
Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2003-11-22T05:33:21Z/2005-08-17T20:34:06Z |
Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
Mission Description | The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESA's 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 Earth's 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 | 2007-12-16T00:00:00Z |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Prof Juergen Schmitt, 2007, 014363, 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-c9a9rrt |