Observations of cosmic x-ray sources by the MIT instrument on the OSO-7

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1972 · Int. Astron. Union Symp., no. 55, pp. 29-35

OSTI ID:4409300

Clark, G W

From symposium X - and gamma -ray astronomy; Madrid, Spain (11 May 1972). See CONF-720599-. The Seventh Orbiting Solar Observatory, OSO-7, carries on board a 1 to 60-keV x-ray detector for the purpose of measuring the positions, spectra, and time variations of x-ray sources. The instrument is described herein, and several topics under investigation and results in publication are mentioned. (auth)

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge
• NSA Number: NSA-29-008489
• OSTI ID: 4409300
• Journal Information: Int. Astron. Union Symp., no. 55, pp. 29-35, Journal Name: Int. Astron. Union Symp., no. 55, pp. 29-35; ISSN IAUSA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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