546. The EUVE Bright Source List (Stroozas, 1993)

Abstract

Initial results for bright extreme ultraviolet sources discovered during the EUVE all-sky (50--740 A) and deep ecliptic (65--360 A) surveys have been published as a Bright Source List (BSL) and released to the astronomical community with the recent NASA research announcement (NRA 93-OSS-02, Appendix F). This paper describes the data processing software, the EUVE survey data set, and the production of the BSL at the Center for EUV Astrophysics. The contents, format, and selection criteria for sources, the data processing strategy, some problems encountered, and a summary of the BSL results are presented.

Paper

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Tables

• Table 1: Source Breakdown by Classification (see Paper)
• Table 2: Source Breakdown by Filter (see Paper)

Figures

• Figure 1 (9kbyte gif) : Distribution of the 356 BSL sources in celestial (RA/DEC) coordinates. The center of the map represents zero hours RA and zero degrees DEC. RA increases toward the left edge of the map (+12h), wraps to the right edge and continues back toward the center. DEC is mapped vertically (+90 deg at top, -90 deg at bottom).
• Figure 2 (18kbyte gif) : Example exposure contour maps for the EUVE all-sky survey Lexan/B and Al/Ti/C filters. The exposure time for the regions of the sky that were mapped is represented by several contour levels. The maps show areas of the sky (within the contours for 100 sec exposure) where no data have yet been obtained; these gaps are currently being re-observed, but the data from these areas were not available for the BSL analysis.