Strongly dust obscured galaxies are believed to hold the key to understandinggalaxy evolution. This has only been revealed over the past few years, withstudies in different wavelength windows (NIR, sub-mm and X-rays) discovering animportant population of dusty galaxies. Characterizing these sources, oftenidentified through their extreme optical-NIR colours, has been so far hamperedby their faintness and large distances. Here we propose to perform the firstdetailed X-ray study of an Extremely Red Object, by observing the nearest andmost well studied ERO to date. Unlike any other galaxy in the local Universe,this source offers a unique opportunity for a detailed X-ray study of an ERO,necessary to begin understanding the more distant dusty galaxy population.
Instrument
EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage
2004-12-10T02:43:43Z/2004-12-10T10:26:07Z
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.
European Space Agency, Dr JOSE AFONSO, 2005, 'THE X-RAY PROPERTIES OF A WELL STUDIED EXTREMELY RED OBJECT', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-zf4vkg6
