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Chandra NGC 6240 Press Kit
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory
 The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the third in NASA's family of "Great Observatories" that includes the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and the soon-to-be-launched Space Infrared Telescope Facility. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Chandra program. TRW (now NGST) was the prime contractor for the spacecraft. Key subcontractors include Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, and Raytheon Optical Systems, Inc. The scientific instruments were built by teams from MIT, Pennsylvania State University, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Laboratory for Space Research in the Netherlands, and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. The Smithsonian's Chandra X-ray Center controls science and flight operations from Cambridge, MA.
Chandra NGC 6240 Press Kit
Contents:
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NASA Press Release (19 Nov 02)
First Positive ID of Binary Supermassive Black Hole
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Press Guide to Science Contacts
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Fact Sheets & Biographies
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Fact Sheets
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The Chandra X-Ray
Observatory
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Biographies
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Dr. Stefanie Komossa
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Dr. Günther Hasinger
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Dr. Joan M. Centrella
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Dr. Steinn Sigurdsson
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Still Images & Animations
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Still Images
- Chandra X-ray Image of NGC 6240
- Optical & X-ray Image Comparison of NGC 6240
- Illustration of Black Hole with Accretion Disk & Torus
- X-ray Spectrum of NGC 6240's Southern Nucleus
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Animations
- Black Hole Merger Animation
- Sequence of Hubble and Chandra Images of NGC 6240
- Galaxy Merger Simulation and Chandra Data
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Press
Kit in PDF Format (10.3 MB)
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