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Kathy Lestition
This is the Chandra X-ray Observatory photo album website. It begins with an introduction on the electromagnetic spectrum, focusing on X-rays in particular. It also contains information on false color images. The images in this photo gallery were taken between 1999 and 2004 by the Chandra telescope. Each image includes a description and a link to more information about the object.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=479">Lestition, Kathy. Chandra Images and False Color. Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 1998.</a>
K. Lestition, Chandra Images and False Color (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 1998), <https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/false_color.html>.
Lestition, K. (1998). Chandra Images and False Color. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/false_color.html
Lestition, Kathy. Chandra Images and False Color. Cambridge: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 1998. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/false_color.html (accessed 7 December 2024).
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Author = "Kathy Lestition",
Title = {Chandra Images and False Color},
Publisher = {Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {7 December 2024},
Year = {1998}
}
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