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English: The XRT uses a grazing incidence Wolter 1 telescope to focus X-rays onto a state-of-the-art CCD.
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Source NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Swift's X-ray Telescope (XRT) http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/about_swift/xrt_desc.html
Author Swift PI: Neil Gehrels, Responsible NASA Official: Phil Newman Web Curator: J.D. Myers PAO Contact: Francis Reddy
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The complete mirror module for the XRT consists of the X-ray mirrors, thermal baffle, a mirror collar, and an electron deflector. To prevent on-orbit degradation of the mirror module's performance, it is be maintained at 20 +/- 5 degrees C, with gradients of <1 degree C by an actively controlled thermal baffle (purple, in schematic below) similar to the one used for JET-X. A composite telescope tube holds the focal plane camera (red), containing a single CCD-22 detector.

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