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    The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched...
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    Great Observatories program (category Chandra X-ray Observatory)
    and placed into safe-mode on January 30, 2020. The Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory continue to operate as of April 2024. The concept...
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    order-of-magnitude advances in capability over the current Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton space telescopes. In 2016, following recommendations laid out in...
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    light telescope in NASA's Great Observatories program; other parts of the spectrum are covered by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray...
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    Globules"). Stars are being formed inside some of these. X-ray images from the Chandra observatory compared with Hubble's "Pillars" image have shown that X-ray...
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    Telescope (robotic telescope) on La Palma, Canary Islands, (Spain). The 2.0 m telescope at Rozhen Observatory, Bulgaria. The 2.0 m Himalayan Chandra Telescope...
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  • consists of a single X-ray telescope with a 12 m focal length, with an effective area of approx. 1.4 m2 (at 1 keV) and a spatial resolution of 5 arcseconds...
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    November 2019. "Chandra X-Ray Observatory". Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy, May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2012. "Chandra :: Photo Album ::...
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    Trajectory Details (Chandra)". NASA. Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "NASA – NSSDC – Spacecraft – Details (Chandra)". NASA. Archived...
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  • with the launch of new X-ray telescopes such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, images of galaxy clusters with better spatial resolution have been taken...
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