SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 600090

SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 600090

Title: THE X-RAY SOURCE POPULATION OF M33

Observer: MCDOWELL

Subject Category: Normal Galaxies

Seq: 600090 ObsId: 00787

Long-term Plan bin: no LTS bin

ABSTRACT

AXAF's combined high spatial and spectral resolution and wide bandpass make it an unrivalled instrument for the study of X-ray source populations in nearby galaxies. We propose a deep observation of the face-on Local Group spiral galaxy M33 with the primary goals of classifying the bright X-ray sources and of making the most sensitive determination yet of the faint source luminosity function in a late-type spiral. Our secondary goals are to study the M33 hot interstellar medium, to obtain a detailed spectrum of the nuclear source and to detect background AGN which may be used as probes of the M33 ISM.

TARGET SUMMARY

TARGET NAME RADEC TIME SI GRAT TYPE TC ROLL PRE PHASE MULTI PRI
M33 X-8
23.461667
30.660167
10.00000
ACIS-S
NONE
GO
no
no
no
no
no
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(NOTE: RASS images currently only available for targets LTS scheduled on or after Apr-09-2000)

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