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    lasting 3–6 hours. It was the first of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 1, launched August 12, 1977 aboard an Atlas rocket with...
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  • High Energy Astrophysics Observatory can refer to: 1st High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 1) Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) 3rd High Energy Astronomy...
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    The last of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 3 was launched 20 September 1979 on an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle, into a nearly...
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    During its High Energy Astronomy Observatory program in 1977, NASA announced plans to build a "great observatory" for gamma-ray astronomy. The Compton...
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    Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) was the United States national observatory for ground-based nighttime ultraviolet-optical-infrared (OUVIR) astronomy. The...
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    1 km/s), which corresponds to a greater specific orbital energy than any other probe. The first of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories,...
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    from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "The High Energy Astrophysics Observatory-3 (HEAO-3)". NASA. 26 June 2003. Archived from the original...
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    completed High Energy Astronomy Observatory program High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO 1), launched August 1977, completed Einstein Observatory (HEAO...
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    infrared observatories are located in dry places at high altitude, or in space. The atmosphere is opaque at the wavelengths used by X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray...
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    America, astronomical observatories were assembled and ideas on the nature of the Universe began to develop. Most early astronomy consisted of mapping...
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    co-principal investigator on High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 HEAO-1 (A4), which has yielded the first all sky catalog at high-energy X rays. With H. Pedersen...
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  • ray astronomy is a branch of observational astronomy where scientists attempt to identify and study the potential sources of extremely high-energy (ranging...
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  • The High Energy Astronomy Observatory Program was a NASA program of the late 1970s and early 1980s that included a series of three large low-Earth-orbiting...
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    Observatory, possible successor NuSTAR Suzaku, a sister satellite originating from AXAF-S (spectrometer) X-ray astronomy "Chandra X-ray Observatory Quick...
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  • In astroparticle physics, an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) is a cosmic ray with an energy greater than 1 EeV (1018 electronvolts, approximately...
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    nanometres; shorter wavelengths—higher energy photons—are studied by X-ray astronomy and gamma-ray astronomy. Ultraviolet light is not visible to the...
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    The Haleakalā Observatory, also known as the Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory Site, is Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory. It is located...
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  • PeVatrons and Photons Exceeding 1 PeV and Launches Ultra-High-Energy Gamma Astronomy Era ----Institute of High Energy Physics". english.ihep.cas.cn (in...
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    Sinhalese policemen shot four Tamils at a carnival. The High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 x-ray telescope was launched into orbit by the U.S. from...
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    detectors in special Earth observatories. It is an emerging field in astroparticle physics providing insights into the high-energy and non-thermal processes...
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    Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 keV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. The observatory featured...
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    Natural Sciences. The observatory produces StarDate, a daily syndicated radio program consisting of short segments related to astronomy that airs on both...
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  • Cosmic X-ray Experiment, an experiment performed by the High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 telescope This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    Laboratory to design and construct the LSST camera The National Optical Astronomy Observatory to provide the telescope and site team The National Center for Supercomputing...
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    study by Stephen Gregory and Laird A. Thompson at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Voids are believed to have been formed by baryon acoustic oscillations...
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    Palomar Observatory Docents. Palomar Observatory also has an on-site museum—the Greenway Visitor Center, containing observatory and astronomy-relevant...
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  • generate supernova alerts. (See also neutrino astronomy). The Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON), created in 2013, is a broader and...
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    Earth-rotation aperture synthesis. The radio astronomy group in Cambridge went on to found the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge in the 1950s. During...
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    Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) manages the operations and maintenance of the observatory through a cooperative agreement with the...
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    Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory is a Russian (former Soviet) radio astronomy observatory. It was developed by Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI), Russian...
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