• DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20000044
Corpus ID: 53630714

The XMM-Newton optical/UV monitor telescope

@article{Mason2001TheXO,
  title={The XMM-Newton optical/UV monitor telescope},
  author={K. Mason and A. Breeveld and R. Much and M. Carter and F. Cordova and M. S. Cropper and J. Fordham and H. Huckle and C. Ho and H. Kawakami and J. Kennea and T. Kennedy and J. Mittaz and D. Pandel and W. Priedhorsky and T. Sasseen and R. Shirey and P. Smith and J.-M. Vreux Mssl and Estec and University of California at Santa Barbara and Ucl and University of Liege Belgium and Los Alamos Nat Lab.},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2001},
  volume={365}
}

K. Mason, A. Breeveld, +21 authors Los Alamos Nat Lab.

Published 2001

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The XMM-OM instrument extends the spec- tral coverage of the XMM-Newton observatory into the ul- traviolet and optical range. It provides imaging and time- resolved data on targets simultaneously with observations in the EPIC and RGS. It also has the ability to track stars in its field of view, thus providing an improved post- facto aspect solution for the spacecraft. An overview of the XMM-OM and its operation is given, together with cur- rent information on the performance of the instrument.