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VizieR Online Data Catalog: XMM-Newton point-source catalogue of the SMC (Sturm+, 2013)

Citation:

Sturm R, Haberl F, Pietsch W, Ballet J, Hatzidimitriou D, Buckley DAH, Coe M, Ehle M, Filipovic MD, La Palombara N, et al. VizieR Online Data Catalog: XMM-Newton point-source catalogue of the SMC (Sturm+, 2013). [Internet]. 2013:J/A+A/558/A3.

Abstract:

The XMM-Newton survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) yields a complete coverage of the bar and eastern wing in the 0.2-12.0keV band. This catalogue comprises 3053 unique X-ray point sources and sources with moderate extent that have been reduced from 5236 individual detections found in observations between April 2000 and April 2010. Sources have a median position uncertainty of 1.3" (1σ) and limiting fluxes down to ~1*10-14erg/s/cm2 in the 0.2-4.5keV band, corresponding to 5*1033erg/s for sources in the SMC. Sources have been classified using hardness ratios, X-ray variability, and their multi-wavelength properties.

In addition to the main-field (5.58deg2) available outer fields have been included in the catalogue, yielding a total field area of 6.32deg2.

X-ray sources with high extent (>40", e.g. supernova remnants and galaxy cluster) have been presented by Haberl et al. (2012, Cat. J/A+A/545/A128)

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