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70010000 PKS 0438-43
DETECTED

Object Information and Products

Object name : PKS 0438-43
RA (J2000) : 04 40 17.20
Dec (J2000) : -43 33 09.0
Detection significance : 45.3 sigma
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Timing 70010000_v3.1_timing.tar.gz Description


Observing Times
Elapsed (s) Exposure (s)
SIS0 48832 13510
SIS1 48864 11073
GIS2 83871 19736
GIS3 83583 19736

Observation Information

Sequence : 70010000
ASCA object name : PKS0438-436
Start date : 13 Jul 1993
Start time : 20:22:10
Start MJD : 49181.84873
SIS clocking mode : 4 CCDs
SIS data mode : BRIGHT
GIS3 channels : 1024
Event threshold : The effective event threshold is constant.
Link to official ASCA Data Facility processing page


GIS Sky Images and Veron 2001 Objects

GIS2 Detection Image GIS Rebinned Image Veron Objects
GIS2 image with detection regions Binned GIS image with nominal RA/Dec Smoothed GIS image with Veron objects and centroid
jpeg gif jpeg gif jpeg gif


Veron Name
(with NED link) 		RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Redshift Type
PKS 0438-43 04 40 17.20 -43 33 09.0 2.852 AGN UNCLASSIFIED
PKS 0439-433 04 41 17.30 -43 13 43.0 0.593 QSO
Link to all NED objects in GIS field-of-view


Detector Images, Extraction Regions and Counts

Detector Detector Images Source
Region
Counts 		Scaled
Background
Counts 		Background
Subtracted
Counts 		Background
Subtracted
Rate
Unsmoothed Smoothed (counts) (counts) (counts) (counts s-1)
SIS0 Unsmoothed SIS0 detector image
jpeg gif 		Smooothed SIS0 detector image
jpeg gif 		486 102.4 383.6 2.84e-02
SIS1 Unsmoothed SIS1 detector image
jpeg gif 		Smooothed SIS1 detector image
jpeg gif 		325 70.9 254.1 2.29e-02
GIS2 Unsmoothed GIS2 detector image
jpeg gif 		Smooothed GIS2 detector image
jpeg gif 		990 365.1 624.9 3.17e-02
GIS3 Unsmoothed GIS3 detector image
jpeg gif 		Smooothed GIS3 detector image
jpeg gif 		1030 373.6 656.4 3.33e-02


Spectral Fitting Results

Energy
Band 		Spectrum NH Photon
Index 		Red. Chi2
/ DOF 		Prob. to
Exceed 		SIS0 Flux
(cm-2) (erg cm-2 s-1)
Full Full-band spectral fit no absorption Unabsorbed
Model 		1.36 0.92 / 88 6.94e-01 1.56e-12
Full Full-band spectral fit with absorption 8.67e+19 1.38 0.93 / 87 6.67e-01 1.55e-12
Soft Soft-band spectral fit no absorption Unabsorbed
Model 		1.43 0.72 / 41 9.08e-01 3.73e-13
Soft Soft-band spectral fit with absorption 7.94e+20 1.72 0.73 / 40 8.93e-01 3.59e-13
Hard Hard-band spectral fit no absorption Unabsorbed
Model 		1.53 1.23 / 38 1.57e-01 1.15e-12
Hard Hard-band spectral fit with absorption 0.00e+00 1.53 1.26 / 37 1.31e-01 1.15e-12
Galactic NH 1.75e+20


Light Curve

Full-band SIS light curve Combined SIS0 + SIS1 0.5-10 keV light curve


Log File and Warnings

Log file

2005.06.21.16:39.70010000.seq

Warnings

No warnings

Missing products

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Previous Sequence
70009000
Next Sequence
70011000


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