XMM-Newton SAS V5.0 Scientific Validation and Data . ... All SAS releases (and the corresponding PPS products) are scientifically validated on each of such test datasets. The scientific validation aims at ensuring a constant and properly documented high quality of the SAS. ... The SAS v5.1 Scientific Validation Page can be found here . The data available from this location is the set of standard XMM-Newton data (ODFs and Pipeline Products) used for the SAS v5.0 Scientific Validation. ...
... Up: Sky Surveys . ... The resultant serendipitous source catalogues have made a significant contribution to our knowledge of the X-ray sky and our understanding of the nature of the various Galactic and extragalactic source populations. ... Figure 1: Example XMM-Newton X-ray image. ... As well as the potential for building up large samples, the brighter sources in the XMM-Newton catalogue also provide the prospect of obtaining high quality X-ray spectra and time series data (and morphology). ...