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HRC: High Resolution Camera


Microchannel plate imaging detector on Chandra (PI: S.Murray, SAO) which contains two arrays: a square for imaging (HRC-I) and a narrower strip (HRC-S). HRC-S is primarily for readout of the diffraction gratings, especially LETG, and for high time resolution observations (using the central element only).

Possible References:
Murray, S. S., Austin, G., Chappell, J. H., Gomes, J., Kenter, A., Kraft, R., Meehan, G., Zombeck, M., Fraser, G., Serio, S. 2000, SPIE, 4012, 68

See the Proposers' Observatory Guide (POG) and the SAO HRC WWW site for more details.

The CXC HRC Calibration WWW pages have reports on the latest HRC calibration status.



Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: 15 December 2008


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