OSO8ALC Catalog
This database accesses the FITS lightcurves obtained from the A detector
part of the GSFC Cosmic X-ray Spectroscopy experiment (GCXSE) on board OSO8.
The Orbiting Solar Observatory-I (OSO-8) was launched on 21 June 1975 into
a 550 km circular orbit at 33 degrees inclination. While the primary
objectives of the mission were solar in nature, there were 3 detectors
(the GCXSE detectors A, B and C) which had exclusively non-solar objectives.
The energy band was 2-60 keV for the A and C detector and 2-20 keV for the B
detector. The spacecraft structure consisted of a rotating cylindrical base
section called the "wheel" and a non-spinning upper section called the "sail".
The GCXSE detectors were mounted in the rotating wheel and their
fields-of-view were either aligned to the spin axis (B and C) or at small
angles to it (A), hence they always viewed the portion of the sky at right
angles to the earth-sun line. The GCXSE detectors obtained data until
late September 1978.
OSO8BCLC Catalog
OSO8 B&C Detector Lightcurves
OSO8PHARAW Catalog
The Orbiting Solar Observatory-I (OSO-8) was launched on 21 June 1975 into a
550 km circular orbit at 33 degrees inclination. Data were obtained from the
mission until late September 1978. The spacecraft structure consisted of a
rotating cylindrical base section called the "wheel" and a non-spinning upper
section called the "sail". While the primary objectives of the mission were
solar in nature, there were 3 detectors, the GSFC Cosmic X-ray Spectroscopy
experiments (GCXSE detectors A, B, and C), mounted in the rotating wheel which
had exclusively non-solar objectives. Their fields-of-view were either aligned
to the spin axis or at small angles to it, hence they always view the portion
of the sky at right angles to the earth-sun line. This database accesses the
pha FITS datafiles for the A, B, and C GCXSE detectors. Data was accumulated
every quarter of a rotation period (~2.56 s) for the A detector and every 40.96
s for the B and C detectors in the 2-60 keV energy band.
OSO8RTRAW Catalog
The Orbiting Solar Observatory-I (OSO-8) was launched on 21 June 1975 into a
550 km circular orbit at 33 degrees inclination. Data were obtained from the
mission until late September 1978. The spacecraft structure consisted of a
rotating cylindrical base section called the "wheel" and a non-spinning upper
section called the "sail". While the primary objectives of the mission were
solar in nature, there were 3 detectors, the GSFC Cosmic X-ray Spectroscopy
experiments (GCXSE detectors A, B and C), mounted in the rotating wheel which
had exclusively non-solar objectives. Their fields-of-view were either aligned
to the spin axis or at small angles to it, hence they always view the portion
of the sky at right angles to the earth-sun line. This database accesses the
raw rates FITS datafile for the A, B and C GCXSE detectors, accumulated every
160 ms in the 2-60 keV energy band.
