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According to Harvey D. Tananbaum, director of the AXAF Science Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory, the advanced X-ray astrophysics facility (AXAF) allows physicists to produce images of objects which cannot be differentiated by other telescopes...
...scientists, AXAF will offer two advances over current x-ray telescopes. According to Harvey Tananbaum, associate director at CFA, the new telescope "will be able to take sharper pictures, detecting fainter, more distant sources." Also, AXAF will remain in orbit for 15 years, in contrast to current telescopes, which function for only a year...
Until the launch of the telescope in 1998, the observatory will assist in the planning and development of AXAF. After that the observatory will also become a "central clearinghouse" for information sent from the satellite...
...space-based AXAF observatory will be the primary facility in x-ray astronomy for the coming generation of astronomers, and the AXAF Science Center, in turn, will ensure that researchers are able to get the utmost information from their satellite investigations," he added...
Once up, Tananbaum said yesterday, AXAF will provide a "library" of information, providing students with data for projects and these, and ongoing opportunities for Harvard faculty as well