Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4537. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Second of NASA's four `Great Observatories'. Named in honour of American physicist A H Compton (1892-1962). Launched from the Space Shuttle in April 1991. Studied the sources and astrophysical processes that produce gamma radiation. Four instruments provided simultaneous observations over the energy range from 0.1 MeV to 30 GeV: the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE), the Oriented Sci...

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