Light path through XMM-Newton's telescopes
Date: 29 Sep 2009 After grazing the gold-plated mirrors, the now focused X-ray photons are collected at the other end of the 10-metre-long spacecraft where the detectors of the EPIC and RGS instruments are located. The animation ends with a close-up of a telescope entrance baffle.
Last Update: 01 Oct 2009
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