Open AccessPinhole Occulter Facility
Author(s) -
J. R. Dabbs,
E. TandbergHanssen,
D. E. Routh
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1996-756X
pISSN - 0277-786X
DOI - 10.1117/12.943792
Subject(s) - observatory , physics , optics , observational astronomy , pinhole (optics) , x ray telescope , x ray astronomy , astronomy , x ray optics , solar physics , telescope , remote sensing , x ray , geology
In recent years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral component of solar and celestial observing programs. The development of soft X-ray imaging by grazing-incidence optics, such as those flown on Skylab and the Einstein Observatory, has established soft X-ray telescopes as a major observational tool. Above 10 keV, however there has not been the same high resolution imaging capability, since grazing-incidence optics do not function effectively at these energies.
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