Gamma ray observatory or Gamma Ray Observatory can refer to:
Any observatory used for gamma ray astronomy.
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, an observatory that operated from 1991 to 2000.
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The Compton GammaRayObservatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 keV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000...
Gammarayobservatory or GammaRayObservatory can refer to: Any observatory used for gammaray astronomy. The Compton GammaRayObservatory, an observatory...
Gehrels Swift Observatory, previously called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, is a NASA three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)...
knowledge of scintillators to the design of the EGRET gamma-ray telescope of the Compton GammaRayObservatory named for fellow Nobel Laureate in Physics (1927)...
Experiment or High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (also known as HAWC) is a gamma-ray and cosmic rayobservatory located on the flanks of the Sierra Negra...
sensitive gammarayobservatory in space. It is sensitive to higher energy photons than X-ray instruments such as NuSTAR, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, XMM-Newton...
A gammaray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol γ ), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic...
low-cost 2–3 day missions. The second of NASA's Great Observatories, the Compton GammaRayObservatory, operated for nine years before re-entering the Earth's...
investigator for the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission. Other responsibilities include: project scientist for the Compton GammaRayObservatory (1991–2000), Mission...
years in orbit, the observatory finally reentered the Earth's atmosphere on May 25, 1999. The hard X-ray and low-energy gamma-ray SIGMA telescope was...
such as cosmic rays, from interacting with the primary detection medium. For instance, such a veto is used in the gammarayobservatory COS-B. Detectors...
for optical, infrared and gamma-ray telescopes. It is currently the tenth (see List of highest astronomical observatories) highest optical telescope...
Since then, numerous satellite gamma-rayobservatories have mapped the gamma-ray sky. The most recent is the Fermi Observatory, which has produced a map showing...
System) is a major ground-based gamma-rayobservatory with an array of four 12 meter optical reflectors for gamma-ray astronomy in the GeV – TeV photon...
of telescopes that worked in a wide range of wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays. The first purpose-built radio telescope went into operation in 1937....
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, initially called the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), is an international, multi-agency space observatory used...
for the extremely short wavelengths of x-ray and gammaray astronomy, along with high-energy cosmic rays, high altitude observations once again offers...
and time behavior of X-ray and gamma-ray sources between 0.06 and 10 MeV; measure isotropy of the diffuse X-ray and gamma-ray background; and perform...
sky, based in gammarays, ultraviolet, x-ray, infrared, and visible, light spectrums. The four main telescopes for the Great Observatories program are,...
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