Proposal ID | 020389 |
Title | X-RAY OBSERVATION OF THE WATER MEGAMASER GALAXY IC 2560 |
Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0203890101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-meg44b4 |
Principal Investigator, PI | Dr PHILIP MALONEY |
Abstract | We propose a moderately long (80 ksec) observation of IC 2560, a Seyfert 2galaxy with a luminous water megamaser that shows many similarities to thearchtypical megamaser NGC 4258. IC 2560 is likely to be a key object for ourunderstanding of accretion disks around supermassive black holes. A briefChandra observation showed that the X-ray source is hidden behind Compton-thickobscuration, with an extremely strong (EW = 3.6 keV) Fe K alpha line. Ourobservation will collect approximately 10,000 source photons, allowing us toobtain a high-quality spectrum of the central source, which will be used todetermine the source parameters, search for a Compton shoulder on the Fe K alphaline, and obtain a vastly improved spectrum of the soft X-ray emission. |
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Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
Temporal Coverage | 2003-12-26T03:34:29Z/2003-12-27T02:19:37Z |
Version | 17.56_20190403_1200 |
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 | 2005-04-22T00:00:00Z |
Last Update | 2025-01-27 |
Keywords | "quality spectrum", "alpha line", "supermassive black holes", "x ray", "kev fe", "collect approximately", "NGC 4258", "compton thick obscuration", "xray source", "brief chandra", "source parameters", "000 source photons", "ic 2560", "central source", "compton shoulder", "luminous water megamaser", "key object", "vastly improved spectrum", "accretion dis", "soft xray emission" |
Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr PHILIP MALONEY, 2005, 'X-RAY OBSERVATION OF THE WATER MEGAMASER GALAXY IC 2560', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-meg44b4 |