HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.

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ACTIVE MISSIONS
   AstroSat    BurstCube
   CALET    Chandra
   Fermi    HXMT-Insight
   INTEGRAL    IXPE
   MAXI    NICER
   NuSTAR    SRG  eROSITA
   /ART-XC
   Swift    XMM-Newton
   XRISM    
PAST MISSIONS
   AGILE    ANS
   ARIEL V    ASCA
   BBXRT    BeppoSAX
   CGRO    COPERNICUS
   COS-B    DXS
   EINSTEIN    EUVE
   EXOSAT    GINGA
   GRANAT    HaloSat
   HAKUCHO    HEAO-1
   HEAO-3    HETE-2
   Hitomi    OSO-7
   OSO-8    ROSAT
   Rossi XTE    SAS-2
   SAS-3    Suzaku
   TENMA    UHURU
   VELA 5B     WASS
   XQC    

Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet (ANS)

Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet (ANS) was launched by a American Scout rocket from the Western Test Range, California, on August 30 1974 into a polar orbit. It was a collaborative effort between the Netherlands (NIVR) and USA (NASA). The University of Groningen and Utrecht (Netherlands) provided the Ultraviolet and the Soft X-ray experiments, while the American Science and Engineering company provided the hard X-ray experiment.
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Mission Characteristics

* Lifetime: 30 August 1974 - 14 June 1977
* Energy Range: 0.1 - 30 keV (X-ray) 1500-3300 (UV)
* Payload:
  • Ultraviolet experiment (1500-3300Å)
    • Parabolic mirror (eff area=144 cm2) with a small area proportional counter on the focal plane
      0.16-0.28 keV 34´ FOV
  • Soft X-ray experiment (SXX)
    • Proportional counter 1-7 keV eff area=45 cm2 38´ X 75´ FOV
  • Hard X-ray experiment (HXX)
    • LAD 10´ x 3° FOV 1-30 keV eff area=40cm2
    • Bragg Crystal Assembly (BCA) to search for Si lines
* Science Highlights
  • Discovery of the X-ray bursts
  • Detection of X-ray from Stellar Coronae (Capella)
  • First detection of X-ray flares from UV Ceti and YZ CMi
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* Archive
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HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.