M31 second ROSAT PSPC survey

We compare our results with those of the first survey, already published in Supper et al. (1997, Cat. <J/A+A/317/328>). Within the ~10.7deg^2^ field of view, 396 individual X-ray sources are detected in the second survey data, of which 164 are new detections.

When combined with the first survey, this result in a total of 560 X-ray sources in the field of M 31. Their (0.1keV-2.0keV) fluxes range from 7x10^-15^erg/cm^2^/s to 7.6x10^-12^erg/cm^2^/s, and of these 560 sources, 55 are tentatively identified with foreground stars, 33 with globular clusters, 16 with supernova remnants, and 10 with radio sources and galaxies (including M 32). A comparison with the results of the Einstein M 31 survey reveals 491 newly detected sources, 11 long term variable sources, and 7 possible transient sources.