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International Journal of High-Energy Physics

SNAP satellite


Cutaway view of the SNAP satellite, showing its major elements. The 2 m telescope can precisely find and observe supernovae more than 10 billion light-years away. The wide-field, half-billion pixel imager and spectrograph accurately characterize their properties, calibrating the supernovae for use as cosmological "standardized candles". (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.)

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