RASS X-Ray Variable Sources Catalog

The RASS X-Ray Variable Sources Catalog contains the results of a systematic search for variability among the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) X-ray sources. Lightcurves were generated for about 30,000 X-ray point sources which were detected sufficiently high above the background. For the variability study different search algorithms were developed in order to recognize flares, periods and trends, respectively. The variable X-ray sources were optically identified with counterparts in the SIMBAD, the USNO-A2.0 and NED data bases, but a significant part of the X-ray sources remain without cataloged optical counterparts. A complete list of the 1207 X-ray variable sources that were found is presented in this table. This table was created by the HEASARC in July 2003 based on CDS table J/A+A/403/247/table7.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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