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| Name: K P Singh Affiliation: T.I.F.R., Mumbai Conference ID: ASI2016_630 Title : First Scientific Results from observations with the Soft X-ray imaging Telescope onboard AstroSat Authors and Co-Authors : K. Mukerjee (TIFR), S. Chandra (TIFR), G.C. Dewangan (IUCAA), S. Bhattacharyya (TIFR), and G.C. Stewart (University of Leicester, UK) Abstract Type : Invited Abstract Category : Stars, The Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbours Abstract : Soft X-ray imaging Telescope (SXT) onboard the AstroSat is India's first X-ray imaging telescope. SXT was made fully operational on October 26, 2015. I will describe the characteristics of the SXT, and the first scientific results obtained from the observations carried out during the performance verification phase of the SXT. |