HEAO-1
(High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1, HEAO-A)
(1977 X-ray observatory space mission)
The High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO-1) was a NASA
spacecraft observing X-rays.
It was launched in 1977 and functioned until 1979.
Among its accomplishments were X-ray sky surveys, such as the
HEAO A-1 X-ray Source Catalog.
Instruments included:
- LASS (aka A1) - Large-area Sky Survey.
- CXE (aka A2) - Cosmic X-ray Experiment.
- MC (aka A3) - Modulation Collimator.
- Hard X-ray / Low Energy gamma-ray Experiment (aka A4).
HEAO-2 and HEAO-3 were follow-on missions.
(telescope,X-ray,spacecraft,NASA,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatory_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEAO_Program
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heao1/heao1.html
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1977-075A
https://cass.ucsd.edu/heag/HEAO-1.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978nisa.symp..101F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977IAUC.3099....2F/abstract
| Prefix | Example | | |
| 1H | 1H 0323+342 | HEAO A-1 X-ray Source Catalog | |
| H | H 2356-309 | various surveys on various instruments | |
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Referenced by pages:
HEAO-2
X-ray
Index