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Future possibilities for lunar occultation studies of faint X-ray sources

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Lunar occultation can be considered of interest for future missions dedicated to X-ray astronomy only if instruments with a large enough collecting area are used. In this case, observations of the numerous, faint X-ray sources occulted by the moon during a typical satellite lifetime of several years, can, in principle, add good source positioning as a free bonus to a high-throughput, medium-imaging mission. In the practical case of the EPIC instrument aboard the XMM ESA satellite, a simple calculation shows the potential usefulness of this technique.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica Cosmica del CNR, v. Bassini 15, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Sandro Mereghetti, Giovanni F. Bignami & Clyde Zaidins

  2. University of Colorado, 80204, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

    Clyde Zaidins

  3. CESR, 9 av. du Colonel-Roche, 31029, Toulouse, France

    Clyde Zaidins

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Mereghetti, S., Bignami, G.F. & Zaidins, C. Future possibilities for lunar occultation studies of faint X-ray sources. Exp Astron 1, 165–171 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00462038

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