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Old 19-October-2007, 08:44 PM
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Default Using the moon to calibrate GLAST
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The gently glowing moon is more than just a pretty ball in the sky—for gamma-ray astronomers, the moon could become a unique target for calibrating instruments such as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST).
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