Chandra Comparison Table

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Chandra comparison table

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grazing-incidence telescope X-ray space telescope XRT A telescope used in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. It focuses these rays by making use of the fact that they behave like light rays if they strike surfaces at a shallow enough angle.

Chandra AXAF grazing-incidence telescope NASA's premier x-ray observatory Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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grazing-incidence telescope	X-ray space telescope	XRT		A telescope used in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. It focuses these rays by making use of the fact that they behave like light rays if they strike surfaces at a shallow enough angle.
Chandra		AXAF	grazing-incidence telescope	NASA's premier x-ray observatory	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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