The Database and Associated Documentation

Probably the most common use of the ROSAT  Results Archive will be via electronic access (WWW, ftp, etc.) since this source list, unlike the Einstein 2E catalog, will not be complete until some undetermined date in the future. Thus we are not making any sort of 'hard copy' (e.g. cdrom) at this time. All the documents describing the archive, the different catalogs, and the current ``filling factor" of the archive are provided online as well.

The primary documents for the RRA  are listed here.

• Introduction to the RRA  (this document)
  
• HRI Basics (in preparation)
  
• HRI Flag Setting Specifications (1)
  
• HRI SASS parameter descriptions (to be based on the ROSAT  Data Products Guide)
  
• User's Guide for the HRI RRA  software (2)
  
• PSPC Basics (in preparation)
  
• PSPC Flag Setting Specifications
  
• PSPC SASS parameter descriptions
  
• PSPC Software Documentation (4)
  
• Operator's Instructions (PSPC) (4)
  
• RRA  Access through the 'Browse' Interface
  
• Operator's Manual for Visual Inspection (general) (1)

Active RRA  WEB sites, 1998 Feb:
(1) http://hea-www.harvard.edu/rosat/rsdc_www/rra.html
(2) ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/rosat/data/qsrc/www/RRA.html
(3) http://www.aip.de:8080/rra/rra.html
(4) http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/jer/rra/rra.html