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This image shows a series of X-ray images collected during the calibration of the ACIS instrument. These data were collected with the AXAF telescope (HRMA) image deliberately out-of-focus, so that the X-rays from the four concentric telescope mirrors appear as four concentric rings. Because the outer mirrors focus only low energy X-rays and the inner mirrors focus all energies up to about 10 keV, the outer rings disappear as the energy of the X-ray beam is increased.

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Last update: September 3, 1998