ISCI 1101 AIU The Chandra X Ray Telescope Questions

Lab 5ISCI 1101
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The Chandra X-Ray telescope was launched in July 1999 and is specifically designed
to detect x-ray emissions from some of the hottest places of the Universe: exploded
stars, the matter around black holes, and clusters of galaxies.
Visit the Chandra x-ray observatory’s website to learn more and complete this
assignment.
http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/
Go to X-ray images 101 and answer the following questions.
1. How are Chandra images made?
2. What do the colors mean?
3. Do we really need other kinds of telescopes?
4. What’s the difference between Chandra and an x-ray machine?
Go to the Photo album and find the photo that is your favorite. Copy and paste it
here and answer the following questions.
1. When was the photo taken?
2. Which constellation is your photo?
3. What is the distance estimate?
4. Why was this photo your favorite?