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Optical and UV monitor (OM) on-board XMM-Newton
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-008-9760-4 Bibcode: 2009Ap&SS.320..177T

Talavera, Antonio; OMCal Team

The Optical and UV Monitor (OM), is a small telescope co-aligned with the main XMM-Newton X-ray telescopes. It can perform imaging with six broad band lenticular filters covering the range 180 nm to 600 nm. In addition, two grisms allow the user to obtain low resolution spectra in the same range. The detector is an intensified CCD. The instrument …

2009 Astrophysics and Space Science
XMM-Newton 12