Ray of Light

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281Variable star / Apparent magnitude / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Magnitude / Absolute magnitude / Mira / RV Tauri variable / Astronomy / Observational astronomy / Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Variable Stars Stars appear to shine with a constant light; however, thousands of stars vary in brightness. The brightness that a star appears to have (apparent magnitude) from our perspective

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Source URL: xrtpub.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-07 11:14:58
282Physics / Astrophysics / X-ray telescopes / Light sources / Space telescopes / X-ray astronomy / Solar cycle / Solar wind / Corona / Plasma physics / Astronomy / Space plasmas

XMM-Newton Observation of Solar Wind Charge Exchange Emission S. L. Snowden1,2 arXiv:astro-ph[removed]v1 19 Apr 2004

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Source URL: image.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2004-07-23 10:00:00
283Plasma physics / X-ray telescopes / Quasar / Radio astronomy / X-ray astronomy / Chandra X-ray Observatory / Active galactic nucleus / Hubble Deep Field / Supermassive black hole / Astronomy / Space / Galaxies

Chandra X-Ray Observatory X-Ray Astronomy Field Guide X-Ray Background/Deep Fields Before Chandra, when X-ray telescopes observed the sky it is not dark between points of light. Rather, a uniform background glow was app

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-01-29 13:13:36
284Supernova remnants / Star types / Messier objects / Light sources / Crab Nebula / Neutron star / Supernova / Pulsar / X-ray astronomy / Astronomy / Space / NGC objects

THE CRAB – an image in visible light taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova explosion which was visible from Earth in the year[removed]Originally called a nova because it seeme

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-17 14:00:50
285X-rays / Brookhaven National Laboratory / National Synchrotron Light Source II / Small-angle X-ray scattering / Beamline / Grazing-incidence small-angle scattering / National Synchrotron Light Source / Physics / Electromagnetic radiation / Scientific method

Minutes of NSLS UEC Meeting December 14, 2008

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Source URL: www.nslsuec.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-04-11 00:11:23
286Radiation / Plasma physics / Light sources / Nuclear physics / Gamma ray / Microwave / Infrared / Light / X-ray / Electromagnetic radiation / Physics / Electromagnetic spectrum

KINDS OF LIGHT Almost everything we know about the universe is from the light our telescopes detect. When we think of light we think of sunshine or the colors of the rainbow, but colors, like sounds, are limited by the r

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Source URL: chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2012-02-17 14:00:51
287Observational astronomy / Plasma physics / Radiation / Nuclear physics / X-ray astronomy / X-ray / Gamma ray / Infrared / Light / Physics / Electromagnetic radiation / Electromagnetic spectrum

An Information and Activity Booklet Grades 9-12 October 1998 A product of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Learning Center http://rxte.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center/

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Source URL: heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2011-12-08 14:53:30
288Special relativity / Speed of light / Wave / Mars program / Sun / Jupiter / X-ray astronomy / Gravitational wave / Physics / Plasma physics / Light

ACTIVITY 1-1 Scientific Notation and The Speed of Light Radio waves, like all electromagnetic waves, travel at the speed of light – [removed]meters per second (3 hundred million meters per second). The speed of

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Source URL: radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2007-06-12 11:21:42
289Universe / Variable stars / Observational astronomy / Star types / SS Cygni / Apparent magnitude / Star / Magnitude / American Association of Variable Star Observers / Astronomy / Cygnus constellation / Space

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Variable Stars Stars appear to shine with a constant light; however, thousands of stars vary in brightness. The brightness that a star appears to have (apparent magnitude) from our perspective

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Source URL: xrtpub.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-07 11:06:46
290Space plasmas / Plasma physics / Large-scale structure of the cosmos / Light sources / Supernovae / Galaxy groups and clusters / Gamma-ray burst / Solar flare / Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / Physics / Astronomy / Astrophysics

2013 SAO Summer Intern Project Abstracts The Brightest AGN: Characterizing their Hot Gas Environments and the Accretion of Cooling Gas onto their SMBHs Michael Calzadilla1 C. Jones2 , F. Andrade-Santos2 , D. A. Evans3 ,

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Source URL: hea-www.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-01-09 09:59:38
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