Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Deutsche Version MPE HEG X-Ray Astronomy Wave ROSAT Gallery ROSAT Calendar Images 1994
X-Ray Test Facility PANTER at Neuried
The scientific success of the ROSAT Mission is greatly based on the extensive, carefully performed test and calibration phases. The development of the X-ray mirrors was propelled by measurements in the MPE's PANTER test facility situated on the campus of the Pantolsky company at Neuried. This facility was also used for the ten-month continual calibration of the ROSAT telescope. The aerial photograph of the Bavaria Luftbildverlags GmbH at Eching near Munich in Germany shows the facility after reconstruction for the XMM mission, the second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 programme of ESA. The 130 m long X-ray test line can be seen at the lower edge of the picture.
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ROSAT (Röntgensatellit) 1994
Images from the X-ray sky with the ROSAT telescope · All rights reserved:
© Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1603, 85740 Garching, Germany.
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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