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The resulting source identifications helped to connect X-ray astronomy to the main body of stellar astrophysics; Discovery of the 3.6 seconds pulsations of the transient neutron star / Be star binary 4U 0115+63 ., [ 13 ] leading to the determination of its orbit and observation of a cyclotron absorption line in its strong magnetic field.
eROSITA is an X-ray instrument built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Germany.It is part of the Russian–German Spektr-RG space observatory, which also carries the Russian telescope ART-XC.
An X-ray generator generally contains an X-ray tube to produce the X-rays. Possibly, radioisotopes can also be used to generate X-rays. [1]An X-ray tube is a simple vacuum tube that contains a cathode, which directs a stream of electrons into a vacuum, and an anode, which collects the electrons and is made of tungsten to evacuate the heat generated by the collision.
Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a space telescope under development by NASA for launch in 2032. [1] It is a NASA Probe mission concept designed for high angular resolution X-Ray imaging. [2] The mission goals are to examine galaxies over cosmic time, feedback in galaxies, Black Hole strong gravity, Dual AGN, the high redshift universe.
X-rays start at ~0.008 nm and extend across the electromagnetic spectrum to ~8 nm, over which the Earth's atmosphere is opaque.. X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects.
The Athena X-ray observatory consists of a single X-ray telescope [8] [9] with a 12 m focal length, with an effective area of approx. 1.4 m 2 (at 1 keV) and a spatial resolution of 5 arcseconds on-axis, degrading gracefully to less than 10 arcseconds at 30 arcminutes off-axis. The mirror is based on ESA's Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999.
The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA, formerly named ASTRO-D) was the fourth cosmic X-ray astronomy mission by JAXA, and the second for which the United States provided part of the scientific payload. The satellite was successfully launched on 20 February 1993.