
NEW DELHI: When the US-Ray Space Observatory "Chandra" will
start its journey on Wednesday the 21st July 1999, it will
carry two distinct Indian marks. The first one is its name
which has been given after late Indian scientist
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and the second one is
contribution of a young Indian scientist who was associated
with the designing of some hi-tech cameras on the telescope,
reports PTI.
The second Indian name involved with the 45-feet-long
telescope is of Somak Raychaudhury's, currently working at
Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
(IUCCA) at Pune, who was associated with the designing of
some very sophisticated cameras on the telescope.
The HRCs, capable of reading a newspaper from a distance of
half a mile, would make images to reveal even the smallest
details of the celestial events.
NASA CHANDRA LINK
Com-COM takes pleasure in reproducing an interview with Dr
Chandrasekar.
Interview