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The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics FacilityNASA's Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), scheduled for launch in the early 1990s, will be an X-ray observatory built around a large-area, high-resolution grazing incidence X-ray telescope. The heart of the AXAF will be an X-ray telescope consisting of six nested Wolter type I paraboloid-hyperboloid pairs ranging in diameter from 0.6 to 1.2 m. The rsulting geometric collecting area will be 1700 sq cm and the focal length will be 10 m. Potential AXAF instruments are presented.
Document ID
19870032478
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Weisskopf, Martin C. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Accession Number
87A19752
Distribution Limits
Public
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