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Accession 22-084

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Website Records, 2007-2020

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Title:Website Records
Dates:2007-2020
Quantity:
Collection:Accession 22-084
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 March 17, 2020. It includes information about the telescope and its mission; educational activities; x-ray astronomy field guides; images taken by Chandra; and press releases. The website also includes an embedded blog which launched in August 2007. The blog was crawled separately on March 26, 2020. In addition, the Women in Science page of the website was crawled separately on June 18, 2020. Due to technical issues, some images may be missing from the blog. The website developed for scientists was crawled on April 7, 2020. 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 March 17, 2020. It includes information about the telescope and its mission; educational activities; x-ray astronomy field guides; images taken by Chandra; and press releases. The website also includes an embedded blog which launched in August 2007. The blog was crawled separately on March 26, 2020. In addition, the Women in Science page of the website was crawled separately on June 18, 2020. Due to technical issues, some images may be missing from the blog.

The website developed for scientists was crawled on April 7, 2020. 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 22-084, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Website Records

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Electronic Records

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the public, crawled March 17, 2020

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the public, crawled March 17, 2020
Electronic Records

Blog on the Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the public, 2007-2020, crawled March 26, 2020

Blog on the Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the public, 2007-2020, crawled March 26, 2020
Electronic Records

Women in Science page on the Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the public, crawled June 18, 2020

Women in Science page on the Chandra X-ray Observatory website for the public, crawled June 18, 2020
Electronic Records

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for scientists, crawled April 7, 2020

Chandra X-ray Observatory website for scientists, crawled April 7, 2020
Electronic Records

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