Tananbaum, Harvey

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The Space Congress® Proceedings 2003 (40th) Linking the Past to the Future - A Celebration of Space Apr 29th, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Panel Session II - The Impact of Space Telescopes on Astronomy Harvey Tananbaum Director, Chandra X-Ray Center Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings Scholarly Commons Citation Tananbaum, Harvey, "Panel Session II - The Impact of Space Telescopes on Astronomy" (2003). The Space Congress® Proceedings. 11. https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-proceedings/proceedings-2003-40th/april-29/11 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Space Congress® Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact commons@erau.edu. Intro The Chandra X-Ray Observatory Harvey Tananbaum :: Director, Chandra X-Ray Center 40th Space Congress  ::  The Impact of Space Telescopes on Astronomy  April 29, 2003  Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC E- Spectrum Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Craft Schematic Chandra Spacecraft Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Grazing Schematic Schematic of Grazing Incidence, X-ray Mirror Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Mirror Polish, Fabrication Polishing a CXO Mirror Shell  CXO Mirror Fabrication Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC High- and Low-Energy Gratings  Gratings Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC HRC ACIS ACIS Detector HRC Detector Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Launch & Deploy Launch & Deploy Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Chandra Orbit Chandra’s Orbit Side view, showing radiation belts Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Orion Nebula Orion Nebula, X-ray Rosat HRI Observation Chandra ACIS Observation Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Cas A, Spectrum First Light: Cas A Chandra X-Ray Observatory Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC G292.0+1.8 G292.0+1.8 Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Crab, Vela Vela Pulsar Crab Nebula Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Galactic Center Galactic Center Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Jets 3C273 Pictor A Cen A M87 Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC NGC 6240 NGC 6240 Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC NGC 6240 Spectra NGC 6240 Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Clusters Perseus A 1E0658 Hydra A A1795 Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Chandra Deep Field South CDFS Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC Quasar II/C-X Constellation-X Chandra Co stellation X-Ray Mission Quasar 2 at z = 3.7 Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXC First Black Holes & Galaxies  Black Hole  Event horizon First Clusters of Galaxies MAXIM 20-100 times increased sensitivity for spectroscopy Constellation-X 3  m2 5-15 arc sec Constellation-X endorsed by US National Academy of Sciences McKee-Taylor Survey as a high priority mission for this decade 50-150 m2 0.1-1 arc sec 10 Million times finer imaging 0.1-1.0 m2 0.1 micro arc sec MAXIM 1000 times deeper X-ray imaging Generation-X 0.1-0.35  m2 0.5-90 arc sec Chandra XMM-Newton Astro-E2 X-ray Astronomy RoadmapX-ray Astronomy Roadmap URL & Gallery 

Panel Session II - The Impact of Space Telescopes on Astronomy

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Panel Session II - The Impact of Space Telescopes on Astronomy

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