Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy

Configuration of the focusing mirror system, focal detector array, and FoV of LEIA. The mirror assembly is divided into four individual quadrants, each consisting of 3 × 3 MPO plates and associated with one of the four detectors. The overall FoV of the telescope module is 18fdg6 × 18fdg6.[1]
LEIA instrument undergoing on-ground X-ray calibration at IHEP before being assembled onto the SATech satellite.[1]

Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy (LEIA) (also known as EP-WXT-pathfinder[2]) is a wide-field X-ray imaging space telescope built by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). It was launched on July 27, 2022 onboard of SATech-01 satellite. It is designed for a lifetime of two years.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Zhang, C.; et al. (1 December 2022). "First Wide Field-of-view X-Ray Observations by a Lobster-eye Focusing Telescope in Orbit". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 941 (1): L2. arXiv:2211.10007. Bibcode:2022ApJ...941L...2Z. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aca32f. ISSN 2041-8205. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference EP-WXT-PF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference cas was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Astronomers obtain sky's large-field X-ray maps". Space Daily.
  5. ^ "Einstein Probe factsheet". www.esa.int. Retrieved 28 December 2023.