Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Deutsche Version MPE HEG X-Ray Astronomy Wave ROSAT Gallery ROSAT Calendar Images 1992
Recording of the Extragalactic X-ray Background
The X-ray background unveiled: This extreme deep X-ray exposure was gained near the Big Dipper. In the centre of the field of view, about the size of the full moon, more than 60 X-ray point sources can be determined - mostly quasars at cosmologic distances. With ROSAT, for the first time these point sources were separated from the X-ray background. They make up about half of the emission assumed so far as background.
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ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) 1992
Images from the X-ray sky with the ROSAT telescope · All rights reserved:
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The X-ray images are produced by the SASS/EXSAS software MPE, ESO-MIDAS.
The ROSAT project is managed by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany on behalf of the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF).
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