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Accession 18-051

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Website Records, 2007-2017

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Title:Website Records
Dates:2007-2017
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Collection:Accession 18-051
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of two websites associated with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The website developed for the general public was crawled on December 20, 2016. It includes information about the telescope and its mission; educational activities; x-ray astronomy field guides; images taken by Chandra; and press releases. In addition, the website includes an embedded blog which launched in August 2007. The blog was crawled separately on January 3, 2017. Due to technical issues, some features in this crawled website may not function properly. The website developed for scientists was crawled on January 6, 2017. It includes information about the observatory, the Chandra X-ray Center, proposal submissions, observation schedules, available data, data analysis software, fellowships, workshops, publications, and other related topics. It also includes press releases, "The Chandra Newsletter," and Chandra Users' Committee meeting materials. Observation data is not included in this accession. Materials are in electronic format.

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This accession consists of two websites associated with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The website developed for the general public was crawled on December 20, 2016. It includes information about the telescope and its mission; educational activities; x-ray astronomy field guides; images taken by Chandra; and press releases. In addition, the website includes an embedded blog which launched in August 2007. The blog was crawled separately on January 3, 2017. Due to technical issues, some features in this crawled website may not function properly.

The website developed for scientists was crawled on January 6, 2017. It includes information about the observatory, the Chandra X-ray Center, proposal submissions, observation schedules, available data, data analysis software, fellowships, workshops, publications, and other related topics. It also includes press releases, "The Chandra Newsletter," and Chandra Users' Committee meeting materials. Observation data is not included in this accession.

Materials are in electronic format.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-051, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Website Records

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Electronic Records

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the general public including blog, 2007-2016, crawled December 20, 2016

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the general public including blog, 2007-2016, crawled December 20, 2016
Electronic Records

Blog from Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the general public, 2007-2016, crawled separately from website on January 3, 2017

Blog from Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the general public, 2007-2016, crawled separately from website on January 3, 2017
Electronic Records

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for scientists, crawled January 6, 2017

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for scientists, crawled January 6, 2017
Electronic Records

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