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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.

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ASCA XRT

ASCA carries four identical grazing-incidence X-ray telescopes (XRT).
A single XRT carries multinested (119 layers) conical thin-foils.

ASCA XRT

The optical bench was extended after launch, giving a focal length of 3.5m.

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