ROSAT
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ROSAT (short for Röntgensatellit) was a German X-ray satellite telescope. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Röntgen. It was launched on June 1, 1990 with a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, and operated until February 12, 1999.
See also: X-ray astronomy
[edit] Highlights
- X-ray all-sky survey catalog, more than 150000 objects
- XUV all-sky survey catalog (479 objects)
- Source catalogs from the pointed phase (PSPC and HRI) containing ~ 100000 serendipitous sources
- Detailed morphology of supernova remnants and clusters of galaxies.
- Detection of shadowing of diffuse X-ray emission by molecular clouds.
- Detection (Finally!) of pulsations from Geminga.
- Detection of isolated neutron stars.
- Discovery of X-ray emission from comets.
- Observation of X-ray emission from the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy with Jupiter.
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[edit] Trivia
- ROSAT was originally planned to be launched on the Space shuttle but the Challenger disaster caused it to be moved to the Delta platform.
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