XMM-NEWTON

MSSL is involved in two XMM-Newton instruments: the OM and RGS. This page gives information about the OM serendipitous source catalogue, XMM-SUSS, a joint project between MSSL and ESAC.

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MSSL is involved in several aspects of XMM-Newton, in particular the Optical Monitor (OM) and the Remote Grating Spectrometer (RGS). Please see the听听for further information on the instrumentation and projects.

The XMM-OM SUSS catalogues

The XMM-OM Serendipitous Ultra-violet Source Survey (XMM-SUSS) is a catalogue of Optical and UV sources detected serendipitously by the Optical Monitor (OM) on-board the European Space Agency's (ESA's)听XMM-Newton听observatory. The data were processed at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC, Madrid, Spain) and at the University College London's (UCL's) Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) on behalf of ESA and is a partner resource to the 4XMM听serendipitous X-ray source catalogue.

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XMM-SUSS5.0

Summary

This XMM-SUSS5.0听catalogue is the fifth version of the XMM-OM Serendipitous Ultra-violet Source Survey, released in December听2020. The data, cover the period March 2000 to February 2020.听

XMM-SUSS5.0听includes:听

10,628 observations听
8,863,922听individual source entries听
5,965,434听unique sources
1,120,754听sources with repeated observations听

听(~1.2听Gb, ~4.5 Gb unzipped)
or the reduced version (385听Mb zipped)听
pdf file (from previous version) with听听
known issues听
Further听information and analysis听(on XMM-SUSS2 but mostly still relevant for XMM-SUSS5)
听which describes the original XMM-SUSS catalogue (Page et al. MNRAS 426, 903 (2012))