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Chandra X-ray Observatory

(CXO, Chandra, AXAF, Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility)
(space X-ray telescope)

Chandra X-ray Observatory (Chandra or CXO, earlier called the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility or AXAF) is an X-ray observing satellite launched 1999 and still operating in 2024. Instruments (the SIM, i.e., Science Instrument Module):

Chandra projects to carry out lengthy X-ray observation of objects have been labeled X-ray Visionary Projects (XVPs).


(telescope,X-ray,spacecraft,NASA)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
http://chandra.harvard.edu/
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/chandra-x-ray-observatory/
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/chandra/chandra.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000SPIE.4012....2W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010PNAS..107.7135W/abstract
PrefixExample  
CXCCXCGC J174512.0-285754 
CXOCXO CDFS J033225.3-274219 
CXOGCCXOGC J174528.6-285605galactic center
CXOM31CXOM31 J004253.1+411422within M31
CXOUCXOU J132527.6-430023"unregistered"

Referenced by pages:
ACIS
AEGIS
AXIS
Boötes Field
Canadian Cluster Comparison Project (CCCP)
Cassiopeia A
Chandra Deep Field North (CDFN)
Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS)
Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO)
Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS)
COUP
DEVILS
Extended Chandra Deep Field-South Survey (ECDFS)
F4
GOALS
GOODS
grazing incidence optics (GIO)
HEASARC
LABOCA Extended Chandra Deep Field-South Submillimetre Survey (LESS)
Lynx
MIGHTEE
observatory (obs.)
X-ray

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