Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 145, Number 2, August 2000
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Page(s) | 351 - 364 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:2000246 | |
Published online | 15 August 2000 |
Simulations of observations with the Optical Monitor of the X-ray Multi-Mirror Satellite
Institut d'Astrophysique, Université de Liège, 5 avenue de Cointe, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Send offprint request to: P. Royer, e-mail: proyer@ulg.ac.be
Received:
21
January
2000
Accepted:
19
May
2000
This paper addresses the question of the observations
to be performed with the Optical Monitor (OM) of the
X-ray Multi-Mirror Satellite (XMM) under several aspects.
First, we discuss XMM-OM's photometric system and its
colour transformations towards the standard system.
Second, we establish a set of procedures to determine
the temperature and the amount of interstellar absorption
affecting the observed stars. Last, we address the possibility
of isolating quasars in multidimensional colour diagrams
based on the XMM-OM filter set.
Key words: satellite: XMM / photometry: colour transformations; interstellar absorption; quasars: identification of candidates
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