- EXOSAT
The Exosat
satellite was operational from May1983 until April1986 and in that time made 1780 observations in theX-ray band of most classes of astronomical object includingactive galactic nuclei ,stellar coronae ,cataclysmic variable s,white dwarfs ,X-ray binaries , clusters of galaxies, andsupernova remnants . The payload consisted of three instruments that produced spectra, images and light curves in various energy bands.External links
* [http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=32 ESA's X-ray Observatory (EXOSAT at ESTEC, ESA)] on the internet
* [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/exosat/exosat.html Data archive] at NASA [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center (HEASARC)]
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