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IX/19     X-ray lightcurves of bright AGNs from Ginga          (Hayashida+ 1998)
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Central Black Hole Masses in AGNs Inferred from X-ray Variability
    Hayashida K., Miyamoto S., Kitamoto S., Negoro H., Inoue H.
   <Astrophys. Journ., 500, 642 (1998)>
   =1998ApJ...500..642H
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ADC_Keywords: Active gal. nuclei; Galaxies, Seyfert; X-ray sources  
Mission_Name: Ginga

Description:
    X-ray lightcurves of 8 bright AGNs that were extensively observed 
    with the Large Area proportional Counters (LAC) on board the Ginga 
    satellite are given. The pulse height range is 3-16ch, 
    corresponding to 2-10keV. Background was subtracted and the aspect 
    correction was made. 

Objects: 
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     RA   (2000)     DEC      Name(s)                    
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   12 03 09.6   +44 31 53     NGC4051
   12 08 01.0   +39 41 02     NGC4151
   12 29 06.7   +02 03 09     3C273
   13 33 01.8   -34 02 27     MCG-6-30-15
   14 13 14.8   -03 12 27     NGC5506
   14 17 59.5   +25 08 12     NGC5548
   18 38 20.3   -65 25 42     ESO 103-G035
   21 55 58.3   -30 27 55     PKS2155-304
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File Summary:
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 FileName       Lrecl      Records   Explanations
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ReadMe           80             .    This file
n4051_32.dat     42          2209    Lightcurve of NGC4051 with 32sec bin
n4051_57.dat     42            65    Lightcurve of NGC4051 with 5760sec bin
n4151_32.dat     42          5184    Lightcurve of NGC4151 with 32sec bin
n4151_57.dat     42           115    Lightcurve of NGC4151 with 5760sec bin
3c273_32.dat     42          2452    Lightcurve of 3C273 with 32sec bin
3c273_57.dat     42            67    Lightcurve of 3C273 with 5760sec bin
mc630_32.dat     42          2184    Lightcurve of MCG-6-30-15 with 32sec bin
mc630_57.dat     42            59    Lightcurve of MCG-6-30-15; 5760sec bin
n5506_32.dat     42          1985    Lightcurve of NGC5506 with 32sec bin
n5506_57.dat     42            45    Lightcurve of NGC5506 with 5760sec bin
n5548_32.dat     42          6772    Lightcurve of NGC5548 with 32sec bin
n5548_57.dat     42           152    Lightcurve of NGC5548 with 5760sec bin
es103_32.dat     42          1266    Lightcurve of ESO103-G035 with 32sec bin
es103_57.dat     42            30    Lightcurve of ESO103-G035; 5760sec bin
p2155_32.dat     42          2372    Lightcurve of PKS2155-304 with 32sec bin
p2155_57.dat     42            66    Lightcurve of PKS2155-304; 5760sec bin
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: *.dat  
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   2- 14  F13.7  day     MJD      Time (modified Julian day)
  16- 25  F10.7  day     Terror   Error for Time. (= Half the time bin width). 
  27- 34  F8.3   c/s     Crate    Count rate (c/sec/8counters).
  36- 42  F7.3   c/s     Cerror   Count rate error (c/sec/8counters).
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(End)         K. Hayashida [Osaka University]                     21-Nov-1997   

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