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Please read CXC Director Dr. Pat Slane's A Letter to the Community regarding NASA's plans to decommission Chandra.
HRMA: High Resolution Mirror Assembly
The complete set of nested Chandra X-ray mirrors (4 shells with 2 segments - parabola and hyperbola - each) and their support structures make up the High Resolution Mirror Assembly or HRMA.
- Reference:
- Van Speybroeck L.P., Jerius D., Edgar R.J., Gaetz T.J. & Zhao P., 1997, SPIE, 3113, 89
See the POG for technical details. The CXC HRMA Calibration webpages have the latest calibration status.
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