HEAO 1 A4 Spectra Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Gruber; HEASARC
  2. Published by
    NASA/GSFC HEASARC
Abstract
      The UCSD/MIT Hard X-Ray and Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Instrument, A4, was flown on the HEAO 1 satellite, between August 1977 until January 1979. The experiment consisted of a collection of collimated sodium iodide scintillators, two of which the Low Energy detectors (LED, LED-3 and LED-6), were optimized for the lower energy part of the hard X-ray range between 13 to 180 keV. The first 6-months of mission were dedicated to an all-sky scan after which a pointing phase started. In pointing mode the A4-LED instrument look axis was kept in a 1 deg dead band centered on the target position. Instead in the "ping-pong" mode the look axis was regularly alternated with a secondary target a few degrees away, usually for background determination. This database table accesses the spectra (and associated files) obtained from the A4-LED detectors in the ping-pong mode. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
    
Keywords
  1. Spectrum
Bibliographic source
See also HTML
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/a4spectra.html
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://nasa.heasarc/a4spectra

Access

IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xamin/vo/cone?showoffsets&table=a4spectra&
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xamin/vo/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
Web browser access HTML
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/W3Browse/w3query.pl?tablehead=name=heasarc_a4spectra&Action=More+Options&Action=Parameter+Search&ConeAdd=1

History

2024-05-17T00:00:00
Resource record created
2024-05-17

Contact

Name
NASA/GSFC HEASARC help desk
E-Mail
heasarc-vo at athena.gsfc.nasa.gov