Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, 85740 Garching, Germany
Astronomy and Astrophysics 349, 389-405 (1999).
The catalogue can be used for scientific purposes as long
as the above publication is referenced.
For each source the ROSAT name, the position in equatorial co-ordinates, the positional error, the source countrate and error, the background countrate, exposure time, hardness-ratios HR1 and HR2 and errors, extent and likelihood of extent, and likelihood of detection are provided. For 94% of the sources visual inspection confirmed the results of the standard processing with respect to existence and position. The remaining 6% have been analyzed using interactive methods; these sources have been flagged. Broad band images are available for a subset of the flagged sources.
A list containing correlations with other catalogues and identifications will follow soon.
Questions or comments may be directed to
xray-info (at) mpe . mpg . de
In particular we would be grateful if any errors or inconsistencies
found in the data would be reported to this e-mail address.