#AthenaNuggets: Protegiendo la cámara WFI de Athena de la luz UV y visible

#AthenaNuggets: Protecting the Athena/WFI from UV and visible light

    #AthenaNuggets: Protegiendo la cámara WFI de Athena de la luz UV y visible

    Athena/WFI will have the latest technology on filters UV and visible light.

    Our AthenaNuggets #23 written by Marco Barbera explains how the camera is designed with an Optical Blocking Filter nevertheless an extra filter would be required to achieve the sensitivity to study, e.g., the dynamics stellar winds and stellar clusters.

    Thanks to NASA and the AstronomyPictureOfTheDay for inspiring our image!

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