Date: 6/02/2016 12:40:52
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 842670
Subject: ASTRO-H X-ray telescope

Canadian astronomers set to probe cosmos with X-ray telescope

The telescope, dubbed ASTRO-H until it is successfully deployed and rechristened with a more memorable name, is scheduled to lift off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Feb. 12. With the launch just one week away, anticipation – and apprehension – are building.

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Date: 6/02/2016 14:38:03
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 842729
Subject: re: ASTRO-H X-ray telescope

CrazyNeutrino said:


Canadian astronomers set to probe cosmos with X-ray telescope

The telescope, dubbed ASTRO-H until it is successfully deployed and rechristened with a more memorable name, is scheduled to lift off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Feb. 12. With the launch just one week away, anticipation – and apprehension – are building.

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Nothing to do with Canada?

Astro-h is for soft X-ray hard X-ray and soft gamma rays. I wonder how it compares to other space telescopes XMM Newton, Suzaku, Nustar, Chandra, Swift. There are so many space telescopes these days in that frequency range that I tend to get lost among them.

The following image is slightly off topic.

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Date: 6/02/2016 14:40:11
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 842730
Subject: re: ASTRO-H X-ray telescope

Someone should start a website that links all of them.

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