Orion Flanking Fields Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog

This table contains the results of Chandra observations of two flanking fields (FFs) in Orion outside the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC), in the form of a catalog of 417 sources, which includes X-ray luminosity, optical and infrared photometry, and X-ray variability information. 91 variable sources were found, 33 of which have flarelike light curves, and 11 of which have a pattern of a steady increase or decrease over a 10 hour period. The optical and infrared photometry for the stars identified as X-ray sources are consistent with most of these objects being pre-main-sequence stars with ages younger than 10 Myr. The two flanking fields in Orion were observed with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) detector on board the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The north Orion flanking field (NOFF) is centered at a J2000 RA and Declination of 05:35:19, -04:48:15, which is about 36' (~5 pc, at a distance of 470 pc) north of the Trapezium cluster and was observed on 2002 August 26 with a total exposure time of 48.8 ks. The south Orion flanking field (SOFF), centered at a J2000 RA and Declination of 05:35:06, -05:40:48, which is about 17' (~ 2.5pc, at a distance of 470 pc) south of the Trapezium cluster, was observed on 2002 September 6 with a total exposure time of 47.9 ks. The data analysis for these observations was performed in the same manner as described in Ramirez et al. (2004, AJ, 127, 2659) for a similar observation of a field in NGC 2264, which should be consulted for the full details. (See also the help file for the HEASARC version of the catalog from the latter reference available at /W3Browse/chandra/ngc2264cxo.html ). This table was created by the HEASARC in February 2007 based on the CDS table J/AJ/128/787, files table1.dat, table3.dat and table4.dat. It does not include the results from the spectral analysis of 44 bright X-ray sources which were presented in Table 2 of the reference paper. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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