The XMM-Newton optical/UV monitor telescope

By K. Mason, A. Breeveld, R. Much, M. Carter, F. Córdova, M. Cropper, J. Fordham, H. Huckle, C. Ho, H. Kawakami and 14 more. 2000

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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.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Further calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope (2010, background): “Both these features are also seen in XMM-OM Newton (Mason et al. 2001) but the diffuse background scattered light is much reduced in the UVOT because of changes in the housing coating.”
In-orbit Calibrations of the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (2017, background): “Other missions that have common features with UVIT are Galex (Martin et al. 2005 and Morrissey et al. 2007), Swift-UVOT (Roming et al. 2005), and XMM-OM (Mason et al. 2001).”
AN ATLAS OF GALAXY SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ULTRAVIOLET TO THE MID-INFRARED (2013, methodology): “While some galaxies have ultraviolet imaging from the XMM-Newton optical monitor (Mason et al. 2001), these images often suffer from scattered light and were not used in the analyses presented here.”
XMM-Newton observatory. I. The spacecraft and operations (2001, background): “The spacecraft Service Module contains most of the spacecraft sub-systems, as well as the Optical Monitor instrument (Mason et al. 2001), star trackers and the three X-ray Mirror Modules.”
Highlights from the XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST) (2006, background): “The Optical Monitor (Mason et al. 2001) has detected a total of 2148 point sources mostly in the U band, but partly also in ultraviolet (UV) bands (Audard et al. 2007); of these, 1893 objects have 2MASS counterparts, i.e., are most likely to be stellar.”
The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (2002, methodology): “The TM and ICU possess a strong legacy from the Optical/UV Monitor Telescope (OM) on ESA's XMM-Newton mission (Mason et al. 2001).”
The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission (2004, methodology): “The Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) design is based on the Optical Monitor (OM) on-board ESA’s XMM-Newton mission (see Mason et al. (1996, 2001) for a discussion of the XMM-OM).”
A high-velocity ionized outflow and XUV photosphere in the narrow emission line quasar PG1211+143 (2003, methodology): “A simultaneous observation with the Optical Monitor on XMM-Newton (Mason et al. 2001) showed the energetically dominant BBB to be at a typical value, with a bolometric luminosity of order 4×1045 erg s−1.”
THE SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL-TO-X-RAY SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF SOFT X-RAY SELECTED ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI OBSERVED BY SWIFT (2010, methodology): “The UVOT has a similar set of filters to the OM (Mason et al. 2001; Roming et al. 2005).”
Star Formation in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies (2012, background): “Other spaceborne instruments have also provided important datasets in this wavelength region, including the XMM Optical Monitor (Mason et al. 2001) and the Swift UV/Optical Telescope (Roming et al. 2005).”