http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/search?f4-type%3DArtwork;f5-subject%3DObservatory%20(space-based) Results for your query: f4-type=Artwork;f5-subject=Observatory (space-based) Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/64325main_swift-si/64325main_swift-si.dc.xml Swift's three scientific instruments work together to learn as much as possible about gamma-ray bursts. The Burst Alert telescope (BAT) is the first instrument to detect gamma-rays in the quarter of the sky at which it is pointed. Then the satellite is reoriented using data from BAT so that XRT and UVOT, which have a much smaller field of view, can be pointed at the GRB. With this information, ground-based telescopes can be pointed directly at the source to gather more data about the GRB. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/64325main_swift-si/64325main_swift-si.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/Auger-Animation/sas3_layout/sas3_layout.dc.xml Designed and built at M.I.T, the SAS-3 was a spinning satellite. The spin rate was controlled by a gyroscope that could be commanded to stop rotation so that all instruments could be pointed at a given source. Pointing could provide about 30 minutes of continuous data on a source, such as a pulsar, burster, or transient. This is a diagram of the instruments onboard the SAS-3. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/Auger-Animation/sas3_layout/sas3_layout.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/GCN/GCN.dc.xml Schematic of the GRB Coordinates Network (GCN), a system that distributes information about the location of a gamma-ray burst (GRB). The spacecraft sends the GRB location information down to a ground station, which in turn relays it to the GCN at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/GCN/GCN.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/HEAO_1/HEAO_1.dc.xml The HEAO project involved the launching of three unmanned scientific observatories into low Earth orbit between 1977 and 1979 to study some of the most intriguing mysteries of the Universe: pulsars, black holes, neutron stars, and supernovae. This artist's conception depicts the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-1 in orbit. HEAO-1 was launched on August 12, 1977, to survey the sky for X-ray and gamma-ray sources, as well as to pinpoint their positions. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/HEAO_1/HEAO_1.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/NASA-Explorer-11-Flight/NASA-Explorer-11-Flight.dc.xml Explorer 11, the first gamma-ray detection satellite flown, was launched on April 27, 1961. The satellite could not be actively pointed, so it was put into a tumble in order to get a "rough" scan of the entire celestial sphere.. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/NASA-Explorer-11-Flight/NASA-Explorer-11-Flight.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/greatobs_spectrum_300/greatobs_spectrum_300.dc.xml Because the Earth's atmosphere prevents certain types of radiation from reaching the ground, NASA proposed a series of Great Observatories designed to conduct space-based astronomical studies over many different wavelengths. The program launched four observatories: the Hubble Space Telescope (visible and near ultraviolet); Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (gamma rays); Chandra X-ray Observatory (soft X-rays); and Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared). Each observatory was designed to push the state of technology in its intended wavelength region. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/greatobs_spectrum_300/greatobs_spectrum_300.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/hubble/hubble.dc.xml Named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s key projects was to determine the rate of expansion of the Universe, called the Hubble Constant. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/hubble/hubble.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/nustar1/nustar1.dc.xml The artist’s conception illustrates the orientation of the detectors and optics on the satellite. The solar panel on the left provides power to the telescope. The yellow module on the far right contains the new technology optics which consists of two mirrors. These mirrors focus the hard X-rays and soft gamma rays onto the detectors at the other end of the deployable mast. The optics and the detectors must be separated by 10 meters (30 feet). The detectors and optics are launched close together because they just fit in the existing rockets used to launch satellites into space; the mast is extended after launch. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/nustar1/nustar1.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/sas3/sas3.dc.xml Designed and built at M.I.T, the SAS-3 was a spinning satellite. The spin rate was controlled by a gyroscope that could be commanded to stop rotation so that all instruments could be pointed at a given source. Pointing could provide about 30 minutes of continuous data on a source, such as a pulsar, burster, or transient. This is an artist’s conception of the satellite in orbit.. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/sas3/sas3.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/sas3_layout/sas3_layout.dc.xml Designed and built at M.I.T, the SAS-3 was a spinning satellite. The spin rate was controlled by a gyroscope that could be commanded to stop rotation so that all instruments could be pointed at a given source. Pointing could provide about 30 minutes of continuous data on a source, such as a pulsar, burster, or transient. This is a diagram of the instruments onboard the SAS-3. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/sas3_layout/sas3_layout.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/uhuruExplode-72bigfromChandrasite/uhuruExplode-72bigfromChandrasite.dc.xml The Uhuru X-ray satellite, equipped with a relatively simple instrument - a sensitive X-ray detector similar to a Geiger counter attached to a viewing pipe to locate the source - made some astounding discoveries. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/uhuruExplode-72bigfromChandrasite/uhuruExplode-72bigfromChandrasite.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/voyager1/voyager1.dc.xml Voyager 1 and 2 were launched 16 days apart in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn. In September 2013, NASA reported that Voyager 1 had entered interstellar space, placing it more than 11 billion miles from the Sun and making it the most distant human-made object. As of 2013, Voyager 2 is in the heliosheath, the outermost layer of the immense magnetic bubble, called the heliosphere, that contains our solar system. Both Voyager 1 and 2 are still sending scientific information about their surroundings through the Deep Space Network (DSN). http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/voyager1/voyager1.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/68168main_swift-burst_m/6168main_swift-burst_m.dc.xml An artist's concept of the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer catching a gamma-ray burst. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/68168main_swift-burst_m/6168main_swift-burst_m.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/heao2_diagram/heao2_diagram.dc.xml Renamed the Einstein Observatory after launch, the image on the left shows HEAO-2 during pre-flight testing. This image shows the placement of the instruments onboard the observatory. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/heao2_diagram/heao2_diagram.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/chandra_labeled/chandra_labeled.dc.xml Renamed the Chandra X-ray Observatory after launch, this image shows the instruments onboard the observatory. http://ecuip-xtf.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=grxr/chandra_labeled/chandra_labeled.dc.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT