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A wide-field soft X-ray cameraA wide-field soft X-ray camera (WFSXC) sensitive in the 50 to 250 eV band is described. The camera features Wolter-Schwarzschild optics with an 8 degree field of view and 300 cu cu collecting area. The focal plane instrument is a microchannel plate detector. Broad-band energy discrimination is provided by thin-film filters mounted immediately in front of the focal plane. The WFSXC is capable of detecting sources with intensities greater than 5 percent of HZ 43 during typical sounding rocket exposures, and it would approach the same sensitivity range as EUVE during a typical exposure from the Shuttle.
Document ID
19820018193
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Petre, R. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center X-ray Astronomy in the 1980's
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
82N26069
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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