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Jawaharlal Nehru Post Doctoral Visiting Scientist (JNPDVS) Fellowship

First light of Astrosat : CZT imager looks at crab

Astrosat’s Soft X-Ray Telescope sees first light

The Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI), the hard X-ray detector on board Astrosat, was made fully operational on October 5. On October 6, Day 9 of Astrosat, the satellite turned towards Crab Nebula, remnant of the Supernova detected by Chinese astronomers in the year 1054, and CZTI provided the beautiful hard X-ray image of Crab Nebula.

Launch of Astrosat - first Indian astronomy satellite

The first Indian astronomy satellite Astrosat was launched on 28th September, 2015, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Sriharikota, on a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket. Astrosat has unprecedented capability to simultaneously observe cosmic objects in visible light, the ultraviolet waveband and the entire X-ray waveband from very low energy to very high energy X-rays. This unique ability to observe the universe in multi-wavelengths, simultaneously, is aimed at performing cutting-edge research in astrophysics.

Researchers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) have led this multi institutional effort and have made significant contributions to the design, fabrication and development of three out of five payloads that are on board Astrosat.

Launch of Astrosat - first Indian astronomy satellite