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HEAO-2

(High Energy Astrophysics Observatory 2, Einstein Observatory, HEAO-B, High Energy Astronomy Observatory 2)
(1978 X-ray observatory space mission)

HEAO-2 (for High Energy Astrophysics Observatory 2, aka High Energy Astronomy Observatory 2, Einstein Observatory or HEAO-B) was a NASA X-ray observatory in space from 1978 to 1982. It was part of a program that included HEAO-1 and HEAO-3. HEAO-2 instruments:


Note that a Chinese X-ray space observatory launched in 2024 is named the Einstein Probe.


(X-ray,telescope,spacecraft,NASA,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Observatory
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979ApJ...230..540G/abstract
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/einstein/heao2.html
https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/facilities-technology/telescopes-instruments/einstein-observatory
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1978-103A
https://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwavelength-astronomy/x-ray/impact/08.html
PrefixExample  
0ES0ES 1225+44.7Einstein Slew Survey version 0
1E1E1740.7-2942Soft X-ray Source List
1ES1ES 0414+009Einstein Slew Survey
2E2E 0050.1-72472nd Soft X-ray Source List
EE 0336-248same as "1E"
MSMS 0735.6+7421Medium Sensitivity survey

Referenced by pages:
Einstein Probe (EP)
Einstein Telescope (ET)
HEAO-1
X-ray

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