Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 130, Number 2, June I 1998
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Page(s) | 233 - 234 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998222 | |
Published online | 15 June 1998 |
The WATCH solar X-ray burst catalogue*
1
DASOP URA2080, Observatoire de Paris, Section d'Astrophysique, 5 Place J. Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France
2
LPCE, UPR 4010 du CNRS, conventionnée avec l'Université d'Orléans, 3A avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans la Source Cedex 2, France
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Danish Space Research Institute, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Space Research Institute, Profsoyuznaja 84/32, 117296 Moscow, Russia
Send offprint request to: N. Crosby
Received:
22
July
1997
Accepted:
18
November
1997
The WATCH experiment aboard the GRANAT satellite provides observations of the Sun in the deka-keV range covering the years 1990 through mid-1992. An introduction to the experiment is given followed by an explanation of how the WATCH solar burst catalogue was created. The different parameters listed for each burst is given and are furthermore explained.
Key words: catalogs / sun: activity; flares; X-rays, gamma rays
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1998