MAXI/SSC All-sky X-ray maps
Overview
Description
The All-sky X-ray maps made by Nakahira et al. (2020), accumulated from the Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC) on board the MAXI mission for 2 years from 2009 to 2011. They are the first ones that were derived with a solid-state instrument.
Pseudo-Color All-Sky Map by the SSC
In this map, blue, green, and red represent X-ray brightness within the energy bands of 2.0−4.0 keV, 1.0−2.0 keV, and 0.7−1.0 keV, respectively. Images are processed using the contbin method.
| Creation Date | Energy (keV) | PI Channel | Data Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20191202 | 0.7-1.0 | 192-273 | FITS |
| 20191202 | 1.0-2.0 | 274-547 | FITS |
| 20191202 | 2.0-4.0 | 548-1095 | FITS |
FitsDATA Formats
Data is provided in FITS format as follows.
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Primary Header
Binary image in Aitoff-Hammer projection using Galactic coordinates, with units of counts deg$^{-2}$ cm$^{-2} sec,${^-1}. -
Secondary Header
HEALpix image data array in Equatorial coordinates, using NESTED ordering and an NSIDE of 128. The RATE and ERROR columns indicate the X-ray intensity of emissions, also in counts deg$^{-2}$ cm$^{-2} sec,${^-1}, $respectively.
Request for using this data
MAXI users are courteously requested to acknowledge in any resulting publications, as follows:
“This research has made use of MAXI data provided by RIKEN, JAXA and the MAXI team.”
and to cite the paper:
“The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All-Sky X-Ray Images”, Matsuoka, M. et al., PASJ, 61, 999 (2009) [doi:10.1093/pasj/61.5.999]
“MAXI/SSC All-sky maps from 0.7 keV to 4 keV”, Nakahira, S. et al., PASJ, Volume 72, Issue 2, id.17 (2020) [doi:10.1093/pasj/psz139]
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Keywords
Publication Date
2020
Temporal Coverage
from 2009-08-17 to 2011-08-17
Identifier
- Title: MAXI/SSC All-sky X-ray maps
- ID: darts:maxi-ssc-allsky
- URL: https://darts.isas.jaxa.jp/datasets/darts:maxi-ssc-allsky
Data Distribution
https://data.darts.isas.jaxa.jp/pub/maxi/products/ssc/ (image/fits, image/png)
Creator
- NAKAHIRA, Satoshi (中平 聡志), ISAS > Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所) [ORCID: 0000-0001-9307-046X]
- ISAS > Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所) [ROR: 034gcgw60]
Copyright Holder
- JAXA > Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (宇宙航空研究開発機構) [ROR: 059yhyy33]
- ISAS > Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (宇宙科学研究所) [ROR: 034gcgw60]
License
References
- Matsuoka, M. et al. (2009) Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - The MAXI Mission on the ISS: Science and Instruments for Monitoring All-Sky X-Ray Images. https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/61.5.999
- Nakahira, S. et al. (2020) Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan - MAXI/SSC all-sky maps from 0.7 keV to 4 keV https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psz139