SP-466 The Star Splitters
 

The Imaging Proportional Counter, HEAO B-4. The Imaging Proportional Counter used the same basic techniques as most of the X-ray detectors on HEAO 1, but the counter was electronically subdivided into very small regions so that each registered a small part of the X-ray image. The result was an image with a resolution of about 1 arc minute. What the Imaging Proportional Counter lacked in imaging resolution, it made up in greaser geld of view than the High Resolution Imager. The Principal Scientists were Herbert Gursky and Paul Gorenstein of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Hardware was developed by American Science and Engineering.

The Imaging Proportional Counter, HEAO B-4. The Imaging Proportional Counter used the same basic techniques as most of the X-ray detectors on HEAO 1, but the counter was electronically subdivided into very small regions so that each registered a small part of the X-ray image. The result was an image with a resolution of about 1 arc minute. What the Imaging Proportional Counter lacked in imaging resolution, it made up in greaser geld of view than the High Resolution Imager. The Principal Scientists were Herbert Gursky and Paul Gorenstein of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Hardware was developed by American Science and Engineering.

- Back -