Positional accuracy as a measure of Chandra's optical distortions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 445-456

  Beckerman, E ^a   Aldcroft, T ^a   Gaetz, T J ^a   Jerius, D ^a   Nguyen, D ^a   Tibbetts, M ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chandra; HRMA; Optical Distortions; Positional Accuracy; X ray Optics

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; LIGHT SOURCES; MIRRORS; TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS;

HRMA; OPTICAL DISTORTIONS; POSITIONAL ACCURACY;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1942487242     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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