Rosat and the Age of X-Ray Astronomy
by
Bernd Aschenbach, Hermann-Michael Hahn, Joachim Trümper
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
ROSAT, the ROentgen SATellite launched in 1990, has revealed an entirely new aspect of the night sky - that of objects emitting X-rays rather than the rays of light visible to the human eye. This lavishly illustrated book is the first to describe one of the most remarkable instruments in modern astronomy....