Chapter 6 Links - Handbook of Astronomy and Astrophysics

X-ray Astronomy WWW Resources

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the Universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time. - Subrahmanyan (Chandra) Chandrasekhar

X-ray Astronomy Satellites & Missions
- Operating
  - Chandra-AXAF (July 1999 - )
  - XMM-Newton (December 1999 -)
  - RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer; December 1995 - )
- No longer operating or re-entered
  - UHURU (December 1970 - March 1973; a.k.a SAS-1)
  - HEAO-1 (August 1977 - January 1979)
  - Einstein (November 1978 - April 1981: a.k.a. HEAO-2)
  - TENMA (February 1983 - late 1984; a.k.a ASTRO B)
  - EXOSAT (May 1983 - April 1986)
  - ROSAT (June 1990 - February 1999)
  - BBXRT (a.k.a. ASTRO 1; December 2, 1990 - December 11, 1990)
  - BeppoSAX (Satellite per Astronomia X; April 1996 - April 2002)
  - ASCA (The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics; a.k.a ASTRO-D; February 1993 - March 2001)
  - ALEXIS (Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors; April 1993 - April 2005)
- Future
  - Constellation-X
  - SXG (Spectrum-X-Gamma)
  - EXIST (Energetic X-ray Imaging Survey Telescope)
High Energy Astrophysics Missions and Facilities
- High Energy Astrophysics Missions and Facilities
- HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center @ GSFC)
- Chandra X-ray Center
- XMM-Newton (Science Operations Centre)
Software Tools
- Compute H Column Densities (NASA HEASARC)
- Galactic Neutral Hydrogen Column Density Calculator (Chandra X-ray Center)
- HEASARC General Tools
Catalogs
- X-ray Master Catalog (HEASARC)
- ROSAT Catalog
Meta Web Sites
- High Energy Astrophysics sites on the WWW (HEASARC)

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