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    Einstein Observatory (redirect from HEAO-2)
    (HEAO-2) was the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into space and the second of NASA's three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories. Named HEAO...
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  • investigations. After launch, they were denoted HEAO 1, HEAO 2 (also known as The Einstein Observatory), and HEAO 3, respectively. The large (~3000 kg) satellites...
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    The last of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 3 was launched 20 September 1979 on an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle, into a nearly circular...
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    HEAO-1 was an X-ray telescope launched in 1977. HEAO-1 surveyed the sky in the X-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (0.2 keV – 10 MeV), providing...
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    History: HEAO-3 launches – Sept. 20, 1979". NASA History Division. NASA. September 18, 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2023. HEAO-C, known as HEAO-3 after...
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    flown: HEAO 1 in August 1977, HEAO 2 (also called the Einstein Observatory) in November 1978, and HEAO 3 in September 1979. Fred A. Speer was the HEAO project...
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    program High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO 1), launched August 1977, completed Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) launched November 1978, completed – first...
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    Henry, J. P.; Jones, C.; Kellogg, E.; Koch, D. (June 1979). "The Einstein /HEAO 2/ X-ray Observatory". The Astrophysical Journal. 230: 540. Bibcode:1979ApJ...
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  • TRW designed and built the following space observatories: HEAO 1, 2, and 3, with HEAO 2 being the Einstein Observatory, the first fully imaging X-ray...
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    288..751S, doi:10.1086/162843 Giacconi, R.; et al. (1979), "The Einstein /HEAO 2/ X-ray Observatory", Astrophysical Journal, 230: 540–550, Bibcode:1979ApJ...
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    performed in Earth's shadow to eliminate the effects of the Sun, starting 2 minutes after the satellite entering the shadow and ending 10 minutes before...
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    meantime, in 1978, NASA launched the first imaging X-ray telescope, Einstein (HEAO-2), into orbit. Work continued on the AXAF project throughout the 1980s and...
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    Carinae, for example 4U 1037–60 in the 4th Uhuru catalogue and 1044–59 in the HEAO-2 catalog. The earliest detection of X-rays in the Eta Carinae region was...
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    Magnetic Spectrometer Cassini–Huygens Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope HEAO 1, HEAO 2, HEAO 3 Interstellar Boundary Explorer Langton Ultimate Cosmic-Ray Intensity...
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    NASA launched the first imaging X-ray telescope, Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2), into orbit. Work continued on the Chandra project through the 1980s and...
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  • Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 1) Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) 3rd High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 3) HEAO Program Note that the correct...
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    out measurements of known variable X-ray sources. Einstein Probe carries 2 scientific instruments: the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT), and the Follow-up...
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  • or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "Ranger 2". www.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-14. This article incorporates public...
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    Trajectory Details (HEAO 3)". NASA. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "NASA – NSSDC – Spacecraft – Details (HEAO 3)". NASA. Archived...
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    dedicated X-ray astronomy satellites, such as Uhuru, Ariel 5, SAS-3, OSO-8 and HEAO-1, developed this field of science at an astounding pace. Scientists hypothesized...
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69 '70 '71 '72 '73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78 '79 '80 '81 '82 '83   Success   Failure   Partial failure 1 2 3 4...
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  • observations of the global 21 cm signal" (Free PDF download). Physical Review D. 82 (2): 023006. arXiv:1005.4057. Bibcode:2010PhRvD..82b3006P. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD...
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    1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17048.x. S2CID 119250204. "IAUC 3309: SN IN IC 5201; HEAO 2; H 2155-304". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. International Astronomical...
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  • four cryogenic germanium gamma-ray detectors. The HSRGS was launched aboard HEAO-3 in September 1979 and operated until the cryogenic fluid was exhausted...
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  • gamma emission from the Galactic Center. The observation was made by the HEAO-3 satellite in 1984. 26Al is mainly produced in supernovae ejecting many...
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    Lewin was co-principal investigator on High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 HEAO-1 (A4), which has yielded the first all sky catalog at high-energy X rays...
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    2050+310, and 1M 2051+309, having been observed by the Einstein Observatory, HEAO 1, and OSO 7, respectively. The Cygnus Loop is a strong source of soft X-rays...
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    Lac object 1E 1207.9 +3945, which is inside their error box - the later HEAO 1 detected an X-ray source of NGC 4151 at 1H 1210+393, coincident with the...
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    Virgo X-1 was the radio galaxy M87. Subsequent X-ray observations by the HEAO 1 and Einstein Observatory showed a complex source that included the active...
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