Background Information


In order to fully understand ChaMP you need to know some information regarding some of the

objects that our highly skilled scientists study

and the instruments that they use.








~ Why does X-ray astronomy require satellite telescopes?
   



~ What other wavelengths require space based telescopes?
   

Picture   From the book "Explorations", by Thomas Arny, © McGraw-Hill






~ What are some of the other satellite telescopes and what wavelength or energy do they observe??

XMM-Newton





~ What is Chandra and who is it named after?





~ What type of objects does it observe??



~ What can X-rays tell us about celestial objects that visual light cannot?



 
 
X-ray image Optical Image
 
 
X-ray Optical light



~ What is multiwavelength astronomy? Why is it useful?




The constellation Orion at different wavelengths
 
 
 
Radio Image Infared image Optical light(visible image) Ultraviolet image X-ray image




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