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Gamma rays

Gamma rays


Copyright: ESA 2002. Illustration by Medialab.

Gamma rays from different objects pass through different regions of the coded mask before striking the detector. The resulting pattern is a sequence of overlaid shadows which a computer must disentangle, to create an image of the objects.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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