EXOSAT DISCOVERIES

EXOSAT made a number of significant scientific discoveries, including the: 

• Discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations in Low mass X-ray binaries (LMXRBs) from the accreting neutron star GX 5-1 as reported in Nature (1985), 316, 225 by van der Klis et al. 
• Comprehensive study of Active Galactic Nuclei variability
• Observation on LMXRB and Cataclysmic Variables over many orbital periods
• Measurement of iron lines in galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources
• Obtaining of high-resolution Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) spectra

See the list of refereed EXOSAT Publications

A link to the "EXOSAT EXPRESS" articles - the journal produced around the time of operations to keep users informed about EXOSAT developments.

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From top to bottom: the three images show a line-rich TGS spectrum of the star Capella, an ME lightcurve of an X-ray binary, EXO 2030+375 showing a series of flares and CMA images of three supernova remnants.