| BEaTriX: a facility for testing the modular elements of ATHENA | |
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The X-ray detector |
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The parallel X-rays is focused by the Mirror Modules and form an image on the sensor of a directly-illuminated CCD, located at a 12 m distance, at the end of the long arm of BEaTriX. The CCD sensor is 27.6 mm x 27.6 mm with a spatial resolution of 13.5 µm. |
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| The iKon-L SO Andor CCD camera preliminarily mounted on the optical chamber of BEaTriX. | The long arm seen from its end where the CCD camera is mounted. |
| Banner image (by Stefano Basso): BEaTriX facility - INAF Brera Astronomical Observatory site of Merate (LC) - Web site credit: B. Salmaso, D. Spiga, and the BEaTriX team - M.R. Panzera | |