Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992s%26t....84..631h&link_type=abstract
Sky & Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604), vol. 84, no. 6, p. 631-636.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Ray Observatory, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Spaceborne Astronomy, Emission Spectra, Gamma Ray Bursts, Gamma Ray Spectra
Scientific paper
The observational results of the NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) are reviewed with attention given to the results from solar flares and gamma-ray bursts. The observatory is described emphasizing the Burst and Transient Source Experiment, the Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment, and the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope. Increases in gamma-ray emission are noted in solar observations, and the pulsar in the Crab nebula was studied extensively. More gamma-ray pulsars were observed, and a total of 261 gamma-ray bursts are recorded as a result of the GRO observations. A gamma-ray galaxy was discovered by the GRO instruments, and the source - 3C 279 - is estimated to be 7 billion light years from earth. The GRO is shown to be of use in the characterization of astronomical phenomena that cannot be observed from earth.
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