EP-WXT Pathfinder catches first wide-field snapshots of X-ray universe

EP-WXT Pathfinder, an experimental module for the wide-field X-ray telescope (WXT) of Einstein Probe, releases on August 27 (GMT+8) its first results from a test flight, including an 800-second X-ray "time-lapse photography" of a region of the Galactic center, a dense area at the core of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. These mark the first wide-field X-ray snapshots of our universe available for the public so far, captured by the first truly wide-field focusing imaging X-ray telescope ever flown in space. 

Read more details from CAS report https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/phys/202208/t20220830_313328.shtml 

or visit the website of Phys.org  https://phys.org/news/2022-09-ep-wxt-pathfinder-wide-field-snapshots-x-ray.html

 

EP-WXT Pathfinder targets on a region of the Galactic center at the core of the Milky Way. 

(Image credit: X-ray: CAS, optical: ESA / Gaia / DPAC)