Chandra X-ray Observatory Data Archive

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the U.S. follow-on to the Einstein Observatory. Chandra was formerly known as AXAF, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, but renamed by NASA in December, 1998. Originally three instruments and a high-resolution mirror carried in one spacecraft, the project was reworked in 1992 and 1993. The Chandra spacecraft carries a high resolution mirror, two imaging detectors, and two sets of transmission gratings. Important Chandra features are: an order of magnitude improvement in spatial resolution, good sensitivity from 0.1 to 10 keV, and the capability for high spectral resolution observations over most of this range.

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/cxc.harvard.edu/cda
Related Identifier http://cxc.harvard.edu/cda/
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://cxc.harvard.edu/cda
Provenance
Creator Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher Chandra X-ray Observatory
Publication Year 2004
OpenAccess true
Contact Chandra Data Archive, Chandra X-ray Center <archelp(at)cfa.harvard.edu>
Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy