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XID: Cross-Association of ROSAT/Bright Source Catalog X-ray Sources with USNO A2 Optical Point Sources | | Robert E. Rutledge
; Robert J. Brunner
; Thomas A. Prince
; Carol Lonsdale
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5 Apr 2000 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J.Suppl. 131 (2000) 335-354 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | Caltech | | Abstract: | We quantitatively cross-associate the 18811 ROSAT Bright Source Catalog (RASS/BSC) X-ray sources with optical sources in the USNO-A2 catalog, calculating the the probability of unique association (Pid) between each candidate within 75 arcsec of the X-ray source position, on the basis of optical magnitude and proximity. We present catalogs of RASS/BSC sources for which the probability of association is >98%, >90%, and >50%, which contain 2705, 5492, and 11301 unique USNO-A2 optical counterparts respectively down to the stated level of significance. We include in this catalog a list of objects in the SIMBAD database within 10 arcsec of the USNO position, as an aid to identification and source classification. The catalog is more useful than previous catalogs which either rely on plausibility arguments for association, or do not aid in selecting a counterpart between multiple off-band sources in the field. We find that a fraction ~65.8% of RASS/BSC sources have an identifiable optical counterpart, down to the magnitude limit of the USNO catalog which could be identified by their spatial proximity and high optical brightness. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0004053 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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