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The Seventh Orbiting Solar Observatory, OSO-7, carries on board a 1–60 keV X-ray detector for the purpose of measuring the positions, spectra and time variations of X-ray sources. The instrument is described herein, and several topics under investigation and results in publication are mentioned.
Supported in part by Contract NGL 22-009-115 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Clark, G.W. (1973). Observations of Cosmic X-ray Sources by the MIT Instrument on the OSO-7. In: Bradt, H., Giacconi, R. (eds) X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2585-0_3
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