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| Name: Ravishankar B T Affiliation: ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore. Conference ID: ASI2016_778 Title : ASTROSAT Scanning Sky Monitor: Data Processing and Analysis Authors and Co-Authors : Dipankar Bhattacharya (IUCAA), Ramadevi M C (ISRO Satellite Centre), Seetha S (ISRO), Brajpal Singh (ISRO Satellite Centre), Anand Jain (ISRO Satellite Centre), Abhilash Sarwade (ISRO Satellite Centre) Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) on ASTROSAT is an assembly of three cameras working in soft X-ray band of 2.5 -- 10 keV, monitoring the sky for transient sources. The three Coded Mask cameras are mounted on a rotating platform and this assembly operates in stare-and-step mode. ASTROSAT was launched on Sep 28, 2015 and data from SSM ever since it was switched on on Oct 11, 2015 is being processed through a pipeline. This paper describes the steps involved in the data processing, coded mask imaging methods adopted, and discusses some results. A detailed account of the calibration results and first few months of data analysis & data products will be presented. |