Astronomy:High-Energy Replicated Optics
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High-Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) is a high-altitude balloon-borne x-ray telescope based at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Its mirrors are conical approximations to Wolter type 1 geometry.[1] The proving flight, at least, used a high-pressure gas scintillation proportional counter with relatively low spatial resolution.
This X-ray image of Cygnus X-1 was taken by HERO. Note the low spatial resolution of the image. NASA image.
See also
References
- ↑ B.D. Ramsey et al., HERO : High-Energy Replicated Optics for a Hard-X-Ray Balloon Payload, Proc. SPIE 4138, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions IV (2000)
External links
- High energy replicated optics to explore the sun: Hard x-ray balloon-borne telescope (2013)
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