MOXE - An X-ray all-sky monitor for the Soviet Spectrum-X-Gamma missionA Monitoring X-Ray Equipment (MOXE) is being developed for the Soviet Spectrum-X-Gamma Mission. MOXE is an X-ray all-sky monitor based on array of pinhole cameras, to be provided via a collaboration between Goddard Space Flight Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The objectives are to alert other observers on Spectrum-X-Gamma and other platforms of interesting transient activity, and to synoptically monitor the X-ray sky and study long-term changes in X-ray binaries. MOXE will be sensitive to source as faint as 2 milliCrab (5 sigma) in 1 day, and cover the 2 to 20 KeV band.
Document ID
19900063212
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Priedhorsky, W. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Fenimore, E. E. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Moss, C. E. (Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Kelley, R. L. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Holt, S. S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenebelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Meeting Information
Meeting: EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics