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X-Ray Observations of Objects at Cosmological Distances from the “Einstein” Observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo Giacconi*
Affiliation:
Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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The launch of the Einstein X-ray Observatory on November 13, 1978 has brought about a qualitative change in the field of X-ray astronomy. A fairly detailed description of the Observatory has appeared in print (Giacconi et al, 1979a) and therefore will not be given here.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 92: Objects of High Redshift , 1980 , pp. 187 - 205
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Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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