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EXOSAT observations of the iron line in CEN X-3
Fabian, A. C.; Tennant, A. F.; Takalo, L. O.
Properties of the iron line in Cen X-3 have been studied, using the gas scintillation proportional counter onboard EXOSAT. The iron line energy is seen to be constant (kT = 6.59 +/- 0.06 keV) over orbital and pulse periods. On the other hand the iron line intensity is seen to vary with both periods. The pulse period variations are sinusoidal, but …
Astronomy with EXOSAT
White, N. E.
The European Space Agency's X-ray observatory EXOSAT was operational from May 1983 to April 1986 and in that time made 1780 observations of a wide variety of objects including active galactic nuclei, stellar coronae, cataclysmic variables, white dwarfs, X-ray binaries, clusters of galaxies and supernova remnants. The 90hr high earth orbit allowed …
Time variability of stellar coronal sources observed by EXOSAT
Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Pallavicini, R.
We present an overview of time variability in stellar coronal sources as observed with the EXOSAT satellite. We focus on M dwarf flare stars and we discuss both quiescent and flaring emission. We also outline recent developments in the modelling of stellar flares.
Temperatures of coronae of cool stars, derived from EXOSAT observations
Mewe, R.; Schrijver, C. J.; Lemen, J. R.
We observed the late-type stars Capella, σ2 CrB, λ And, AD Leo, GL494, GL569 and Procyon with different combinations of three instruments aboard EXOSAT : the low-energy channel multiplier array (LE), the medium-energy proportional counters (ME), and the transmission grating spectrometer (TGS). We derive crude temperature information on …