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HEASARC Picture of the Week: 2001



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Title Date
X-raying the Warm Absorber XMM/RGS spectrum January 1, 2001
High School Confidential: Stellar Corpse Found IC 443 Neutron Star January 8, 2001
Sparkle in the Cat's Eye Cat's Eye Nebula January 15, 2001
The Bursting Universe BATSE burst map January 22, 2001
Supernova Bullseye G11.2-0.3/ACIS January 29, 2001
X-ray Census in Andromeda XMM-Newton/M31 February 5,2001
Where the Stars Are CHANDRA/NGC 3603 February 12, 2001
Multi-component Starburst XMM/NGC253 February 19, 2001
Dwarf Outshines Star Chandra/Sirius B February 26, 2001
Return of the Flying Bird ASCA Mission March 5, 2001
A Mate for the Crab? HRC/Psr0540-69 March 12, 2001
Black Black Holes Chandra/black black holes March 19, 2001
Black Holes in the Deep Field chandra/deep field south March 26, 2001
Encircling the Pole ROSAT/South Ecliptic Pole April 2, 2001
Best Looking Burst CHANDRA/GRB010222 April 9, 2001
A Snowball's Chance XMM/Comet April 16, 2001
Diagnosing the Heart of the Galaxy ROSAT/Galactic Center April 23, 2001
Granat and the mask of the Galaxy GRANAT/SIGMA Galactic Center April 30, 2001
Cosmic Jet Flameout? Chandra/HCG62 May 7, 2001
Everything Spins spinning black hole May 14, 2001
The Universal Distribution Center XMM/NGC 132D May 21, 2001
Origin of X-ray Astronomical Photography First X-ray image of Puppis A May 28, 2001
Swarm of Stars Chandra/47 Tuc June 4, 2001
X Marks the Hole LETG/XTE J1118+480 June 11, 2001
Stellar Wind Superbubble Multi-wavelength Arches cluster June 18, 2001
Youngest X-ray Galaxy Cluster CHANDRA/3C294 June 25, 2001
Compact Binary Quantization? LMXB schematic July 2, 2001
X-ray Flashers in M31 XMM/M31 center July 9, 2001
Gathering of Black Holes? NGC 253 Ultraluminous Sources July 16, 2001
Mining Aluminum in the Universe Comptel 1.8 MeV Map July 23, 2001
Xray image of a Cosmic Crash Chandra image of the Antennae July 30, 2001
First X-rays from SN 1987A SN1987A PSPC August 6, 2001
Broken Star Bubble ROSAT/VELA SNR August 13, 2001
In the Zone of Avoidance Acis/zone of avoidance August 20, 2001
The Vicinity of a Supernova Vela Wide/Chandra August 27, 2001
Naked Newborns ROSAT/T Tauris September 3, 2001
Chemical Segregation in Tycho Tycho Image by XMM September 10, 2001
Darkness and Light ACIS Cluster Montage September 17, 2001
Solar X-ray Cycle Yohkoh Solar Cycle September 24, 2001
A Star Turned Inside Out CAS A True color image October 1, 2001
The Fall of Aquila X-1 SAX/Aql X1 October 8, 2001
Hot Galactic Halo Chandra/NGC 4631 October 15, 2001
A Bouquet of Stars Chandra/Rosette Nebula October 22, 2001
Climbing out of a Black Hole? XMM/MCG-6-30-15 October 29, 2001
Stellar Post-Mortem G292.0+1.8 Chandra X-ray image November 5, 2001
Anti-Matter Engine B1509-58/chandra November 12, 2001
Newton's Deep Field Newton's Deep Field November 19, 2001
Coronal CatScan Chandra/44i Boo November 26, 2001
First X-ray Image of Venus Venus/Chandra December 3, 2001
Resolving Globular Neutron Stars M15/Chandra and HST December 10, 2001
Looking through a Hole in the Sky ROSAT/Lockman Hole December 17, 2001
Up the Chimney NGC 253/ROSAT December 24, 2001
Resolution for the Next Decade Constellation-X December 31, 2001


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