| Windows on the Universe |
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Radio Continuum: 408 MHz
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Credit: Bonn, Jodrell Bank, and Parkes |
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Microwave: W-band 94 GHz
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Credit: NASA and the WMAP Science Team |
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Near Infrared: 1.25, 2.2, 3.5 micron wavelength
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Credit: COBE/DIRBE |
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Optical
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Credit: Axel Mellinger, University of Potsdam, Germany |
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X-Ray: 0.25, 0.75, 1.5 keV
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ROSAT/PSPC |
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Simulated gamma-ray sky as seen with GLAST
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| GLAST Instruments |
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Calorimeter module shown during insertion of the crystal detectors.
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The third layer on one side of the Calorimeter module being loaded.
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The AntiCoincidence Detector (ACD) is a box made of plastic scintillator
tiles like this one that surround the tracker. The ACD helps distinguish
the gamma rays GLAST is seeking from the vastly more numerous cosmic-ray
particles found in space.
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One of the Large Area Telescope towers, which is composed of a stack
of interleaved planes of silicon strips and tungsten converters. The LAT
has 16 of these towers in a 4x4 array.
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One of the planes from the LAT.
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| GTN Telecopes |
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Sonoma State University Observatory robotic telescope, the first telescope
in the GLAST Telescope Network (GTN)
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GORT (GLAST Optical Robotic Telescope) at the Pepperwood Natural Preserve
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