The purpose of the CD is to provide improved access to Chandra images for scientists, museum and planetarium specialists, and educators for presentation and instructional purposes. Please note that the CD does not contain the underlying data files. Those are available from the Chandra archive. The images are presented in jpg, tif and pdf formats, and are accompanied by brief explanatory captions, a glossary of terms, and some background information about X-ray astronomy and the Chandra mission. Included are individual slides from which you can assemble your own presentations, and two baseline zipped presentations which contain video and sound files.
All materials are downloadable from the web site.
The individual slides are also posted in pdf format and can be printed as transparencies. We have made a limited number of 35mm slides of each image as it is released. These slides must be returned in timely fashion. The new material, aimed at pre-college education, includes a number of classroom ready activites aligned with national science standards and keyed to performance rubrics. You may want to bring this section to the attention of your local school system.