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Instruments of Astronomy Space Observatories
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NASA’s Four Great Observatories
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Atmospheric Opacity
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The Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble ‘Nuts & Bolts’ http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/nuts_.and._bolts/
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
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Seven Pulsars
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Chandra X Ray Observatory
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The Spacecraft
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Science Instruments
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Schematic of Grazing Incidence, X-Ray Mirror
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Schematic of Grazing Incidence The mirrors have to be exquisitely shaped and aligned nearly parallel to incoming X-rays. Thus they look more like glass barrels than the familiar dish shape of optical telescopes.
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Tracking Chandra & Hubble http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html
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Multi Wavelength Imaging
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The Crab Nebula X Ray/Optical
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The Crab Nebula X Ray/Radio/Optical
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X Ray Image
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Optical Image
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Infra Red Image
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Radio Wave Image
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W3 in Perseus - Optical
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W3 in Perseus - X Ray
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W3 in Perseus - Composite
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Spitzer’s Orbit
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Spitzer under construction
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http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/
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Hubble-Spitzer Composite
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Star Formation in DR21
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Dust Pillars Carina Nebula
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Cigar Galaxy M82 with Infra Red Inclusion
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Cassiopeia Infra Red Echo
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SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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MDI Continuum
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EIT 171
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EIT 195
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EIT 284
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EIT 304
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MDI Continuum Image
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Magnetogram Image
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LASCO C2
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LASCO C3
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LASCO C3 captures Comet McNaught
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COBE - Cosmic Background Explorer
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Cosmic Microwave Background Fluctuations
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WMAP - The Microwave Sky
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Timeline of The Universe
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