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The time to complete an orbit is 64 hours and 18 minutes. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. General: Chandra science mission: Approx. 0000017464 00000 n
0000039050 00000 n The incredible images from Chandra and many other space- and ground-based telescopes are now available to the public in an educational and innovative manner through the release of the free WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software from Microsoft. 0000002858 00000 n Chandra carries four very sensitive mirrors nested inside each other. The best feature on this site from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is the collection of video footage available online. a`�`��x It takes the minute hand on a clock 15 minutes to slew 90 degrees. 0000003860 00000 n
0000017212 00000 n 0000098579 00000 n X-ray telescopes are important because they allow us to see events in space that would normally be invisible to us.
Chandra has begun an exploration of the hot turbulent regions in space with images 25 times sharper than previous X-ray pictures. 0000003409 00000 n Pat Slane Selected as Director of Chandra X-ray Center. Science Support is responsible for the mission planning and science operations.
The Chandra observatory was first proposed to NASA in 1976 and funding began in 1977 when NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center started the definition studies of the telescope. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 0000021715 00000 n Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000257781 00000 n The Chandra Space Telescope, an X-ray observatory, was the third in NASA's collection of "Great Observatories" orbiting Earth. NASA's Chandra Opens Treasure Trove of Cosmic Delights. 0000002571 00000 n Each image reveals different phenomena happening in this region about 26,000 light years from Earth. To the “eye” of an X-ray telescope, the universe is totally different — a violent, vibrant, and ever-changing place. 0000267190 00000 n 0000099106 00000 n -g�m��*!�'d�M������6������ )40E�9W�M��;��~���s������֗��n�ܚ�.�'M��K�%����:�˾9��|n���u���mY�������*�us6o�ևw�n]�'^b3��,���$])���%�t������z��w�}�罋�N��R�U�vE��9�d��������"�M����r�x*���Yf��D��B In 1992, there was a major restructuring of the observatory. and Max Planck Institute in Germany.
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This orbit, which has the shape of an ellipse, takes the spacecraft more than a third of the way to the moon before returning to its closest approach to the Earth of 16,000 kilometers (9,942 miles). The Chandra, which is named after Nobel prize winner Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, orbits up to 200 times higher above Earth than the Hubble—about a third of the distance to the moon! As its mission continues, Chandra will continue to discover startling new science about our high-energy Universe. 0000101919 00000 n
Fermi Space Telescope. The Chandra X-ray Observatory is currently in orbit around Earth, peering out into the universe in search of extremely high-temperature events in space.
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0000003318 00000 n Altitude: from 9,660 km (6,000 miles) to 139,000 km (86,500 miles). X-ray telescopes must be very different from optical telescopes. 0000006363 00000 n