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Introducing The SHell misAlignment Detection for straylight Estimation (SHADE) algorithm: the case of XMM-Newton
S. Piscitelli, G. Ponti, M. Civitani +1
When performing X-ray observations with a Wolter-I telescope, the presence of bright off-axis sources can introduce unfocused rays, known as straylight, which contaminate the detec…
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25 years of XMM-Newton observations of the Sgr A complex: 3D distribution and internal structure of the clouds
G. Stel, G. Ponti, F. Haardt +1
Sgr A* is currently very faint. However, X-ray radiation reflected by the Sgr A complex, a group of nearby molecular clouds, suggests that it went through one or more periods of hi…