NUSTAR

In addition to its core science program, NuSTAR offers opportunities for a broad range of science investigations, ranging from probing cosmic ray origins to studying the extreme physics around collapsed stars to mapping microflares on the surface of the Sun. NuSTAR also responds to targets of opportunity requests including observations of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts... The impact of the nucalcsaa filters depends on the space weather conditions during the observation. The NuSTAR SOC provides background filtering reports to aid the observer in making a decision about which filtering mode to use. The default pipeline option is not to use any SAA filtering... The NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) mission has deployed the first orbiting telescopes to focus light in the high energy X-ray (3 - 79 keV) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Our view of the universe in this spectral window has been limited because previous orbiting telescopes have not employed true focusing..

Primary location: Pasadena United States