31 August 2022
The Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT), launched on 27 July, obtained X-ray images and the energy spectra of many celestial bodies in the Milky Way and beyond. Chinese astronomers have released the first collection of large-field X-ray maps of the sky, captured by the Wide-field X-ray Telescope. The results show that a single glance can detect X-rays from multiple directions, including those from stellar black holes and neutron stars. The telescope is equipped with 36 micro-pore lobster-eye lenses and four large-array CMOS sensors and its field of view stretches to 340 degrees. It is an experimental module for the Einstein-Probe satellite, currently under development.
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