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Early Results from the Rosat Wide Field Camera

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White Dwarfs

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 336))

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We present early results from observations made by the UK’s imaging EUV telescope, the Wide Field Camera (WFC). This telescope is being flown aboard the West German satellite ROSAT. In conjunction with a large X-ray telescope, built by the West Germans, the WFC is conducting a survey of the whole sky. This is the first in the EUV waveband. Afterwards ROSAT will be devoted to pointed observations of specific objects. We use results from the earliest phases of the ROSAT mission to highlight the importance of WFC observations for the study of white dwarfs and related objects such as the central stars of planetary nebulae.

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  1. G. S. Pankiewicz & A. W. Harris

    Present address: WFC Quick Look Facility, MPE, Garching, China

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  1. Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

    M. A. Barstow, A. F. Abbey, R. E. Cole, M. Denby, C. G. Page, G. S. Pankiewicz, K. A. Pounds, J. P. Pye, A. E. Sansom, M. R. Sims, J. E. Spragg, D. J. Watson, A. A. Wells & R. Willingale

  2. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

    G. M. Courtier, J. A. Gourlay, A. W. Harris, B. J. Kent, D. H. Reading, A. G. Richards, B. M. Swinyard & J. S. Wright

  3. School of Physics and Space Science, University of Birmingham, UK

    C. V. Goodall

  4. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College, London, UK

    R. D. Bentley, E. R. Breeveld, P. R. Guttridge, H. E. Huckle & A. J. McCalden

  5. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

    A. Bewick, G. K. Rochester & T. J. Sumner

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  1. Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14, avenue E. Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France

    Gérard Vauclair

  2. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 19085, USA

    Edward Sion

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Barstow, M.A. et al. (1991). Early Results from the Rosat Wide Field Camera. In: Vauclair, G., Sion, E. (eds) White Dwarfs. NATO ASI Series, vol 336. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3230-5_10

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