Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Deutsche Version MPE HEG X-Ray Astronomy Wave ROSAT Gallery ROSAT Calendar Images 1993
The Focal Instrumentation of ROSAT
The focal instrumentation of ROSAT without the cover cylinder. The position-sensitive proportional counter (PSPC) is seen in the foreground. Since the launch of ROSAT, it has transmitted coloured X-ray images from the universe unique in quality and meaningfulness. The working gas for the PSPC was stored in the two lateral yellow tanks and was exhausted at the end of 1993. Since then only the high-resolution imager (HRI) has been used and provided sharp black and white X-ray plates.
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ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) 1993
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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