Tubes, Collimator, Uhuru

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Object Details

Manufacturer

American Science & Engineering, Incorporated

Uniform Tube Company

Summary

These aluminum tubes act as a set of collimators to restrict the field of view of a proportional counter that is one of the flight spares from the SAS-1/Uhuru satellite. The Uhuru satellite, launched in 1970, was the first earth-orbiting spacecraft dedicated exclusively to X-ray astronomy.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory transferred this counter to NASM in 2002.

Credit Line

Transferred from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Inventory Number

A20020296000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

INSTRUMENTS-Scientific

Materials

Aluminum

Copper Alloy

Dimensions

3-D (Tubes): 14 × 0.8 × 0.8cm (5 1/2 × 5/16 × 5/16 in.)

3-D (Plastic Box): 17.8 × 7.6 × 3.8cm (7 × 3 × 1 1/2 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93a7edc56-08b4-4bc0-a1b8-e21ae44fa024

Record ID

nasm_A20020296000