title: ROSAT Detection of an X-ray Shadow in the 1/4-keV Diffuse Background in the Draco Nebula.
abstract: The detection by the Roentgen satellite (ROSAT) x-ray telescope of a shadow in the 1/4-kiloelectron volt (C band, 0.1 to 0.284 kiloelectron volt) cosmic diffuse background is reported. The location and morphology of the local minimum in x-rays are in clear agreement with a discrete H I cloud. The shadow is very deep with a minimum level at 50 percent of the surrounding emission; therefore, a minimum of 50 percent of the observed off-cloud flux must originate on the far side of the cloud. The analysis of H I velocity components links the cloud with the Draco nebula (distance approximately 600 parsecs); it then follows that there is significant 1/4-kiloelectron volt x-ray emission at a large distance (>400 parsecs) from the galactic plane along this line of sight. The extent of the distant emission region is uncertain, and, if it indicates the existence of a hot galactic corona, it must be patchy in nature.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Snowden
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mebold
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hirth
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Herbstmeier
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Schmitt