Chandra X-ray Observatory Data Archive Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors

1. Chandra X-ray Center

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

Abstract

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein
Observatory. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced X-ray
Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998.
Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in
one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The Chandra
spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors,
and two sets of transmission gratings. Important Chandra features are:
an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, good
sensitivity from 0.1 to 10 keV, and the capability for high spectral
resolution observations over most of this range.

Keywords

1. X-ray astronomy
2. galaxies
3. quasars
4. stars
5. X-ray
6. photometry
7. spectroscopy
8. variability

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