eROSITA Picture Gallery
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![Figure 7: A picture of the eROSITA focal plane, with the 7 golden electronic boxes, which operate the seven pnCCD cameras.(Credit: MPE)](/7605635/original-1623060645.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDU2MzV9--bacaedde43d12209ee44083477f5dd97f5af51fe)
![Figure 8: Before the final packaging of the telescope in its carbon fiber structure (with cover), we also took these pictures of the completely integrated mirrors and detectors.(Credit: MPE)](/7605755/original-1623135253.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDU3NTV9--cd776751354183e4e141b0b8fa3e4a1936a45ca9)
![Figure 9: It was a hot summer day in July 2016 when eROSITA left MPE for its long journey. First stop was the MPE PANTER X-ray test facility in the south of Munich for a series of functional tests.](/7605854/original-1623135299.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDU4NTR9--c58a5bfb181965951ec439403fdd290341751acf)
![Figure 10:This is the picture of the “functional” first light taken at PANTER. Under space-like conditions, all seven eROSITA cameras were switched one and illuminated by their calibration sources.](/7605943/original-1623135373.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDU5NDN9--8f90814009aea5278e82e804c20900376304c384)
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![Figure 13: On December 23, 2016, the packed eROSITA is ready to be sent to Russia.](/7606506/original-1623060645.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDY1MDZ9--aeadea25985fdadf17c7a69df78bd092574674b6)
![Figure 14: Finally, in January 2017 the fully integrated eROSITA telescope was shipped via cargo plane to Moscow. There it was cold, the roads covered in snow, and the truck a little bit older than we expected!](/7606783/original-1623060644.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDY3ODN9--be8f2c592662ccade6457a8909db6e12796578f3)
Figure 14: Finally, in January 2017 the fully integrated eROSITA telescope was shipped via cargo plane to Moscow. There it was cold, the roads covered in snow, and the truck a little bit older than we expected!
![Figure 15: eROSITA made it safely to the integration hall of NPOL Lavochkin, its new home for the following 2 years (credit NPOL).](/7606842/original-1623060644.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDY4NDJ9--34dcf37f6e88796e2407d9f14ddd0a1303e02af4)
Figure 15: eROSITA made it safely to the integration hall of NPOL Lavochkin, its new home for the following 2 years (credit NPOL).
![Figure 16: The SRG satellite begins to take shape. In this photo of 2018, for the first time eROSITA and its sister telescope ART-XC (developed by IKI, the Space Science Institute of the Russian Academy of Science) are mounted together on the support.(Credit NPOL)](/7606963/original-1623060644.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDY5NjN9--f171bcd8bc306591f4382307d44fbc817260bdbe)
Figure 16: The SRG satellite begins to take shape. In this photo of 2018, for the first time eROSITA and its sister telescope ART-XC (developed by IKI, the Space Science Institute of the Russian Academy of Science) are mounted together on the support.(Credit NPOL)
![Figure 17: The completed #SpektrRG is ready to go. First to the steppe of Baikonur. (Credit Roscosmos).](/7607064/original-1623060644.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDcwNjR9--ca69ba030131c1c45d643b56895ab5cb6caa1972)
Figure 17: The completed #SpektrRG is ready to go. First to the steppe of Baikonur. (Credit Roscosmos).
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![Figure 20: The eROSITA PI, Peter Predehl, in front of the Proton Rocket carrying SRG. Credit: K. Nandra.](/7608552/original-1623060643.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDg1NTJ9--c1181de7cf8bfcce9226037de54bb29e5475f424)
Figure 20: The eROSITA PI, Peter Predehl, in front of the Proton Rocket carrying SRG. Credit: K. Nandra.
![Figure 21 a: July 13, 2019, 12:31 UTC. Credit: Roscosmos](/7608755/original-1623060643.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDg3NTV9--9649e01467a7900ad5705ef7db178d5ea704a465)
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Figure 21 b: July 13, 2019, 12:31 UTC. Credit: Roscosmos.
![Figure 21 c: July 13, 2019, 12:31 UTC. Credit: Roscosmos.](/7609028/original-1623060643.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDkwMjh9--77b10ca728615f9f86f370b9835c5f8534fa4890)
Figure 21 c: July 13, 2019, 12:31 UTC. Credit: Roscosmos.
![Figure 22: Credit: V. Burwitz](/7609217/original-1623060643.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDkyMTd9--f0931dfeb3d70cd76da889d8bd5396ddd4a15fb2)
Figure 22: Credit: V. Burwitz
![Figure 23: The eROSITA team in the Mission Operation Center at NPOL in Khimki, near Moscow, at the end of the successful launch operations. From left to right: W. Kink, W. Bornemann, S. Müller, M. Fürmetz, D. Coutinho, J. Eder.](/7609312/original-1623060643.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDkzMTJ9--75abd67fcc5984dec7efd9810f3c26ba24d1c66b)
Figure 23: The eROSITA team in the Mission Operation Center at NPOL in Khimki, near Moscow, at the end of the successful launch operations. From left to right: W. Kink, W. Bornemann, S. Müller, M. Fürmetz, D. Coutinho, J. Eder.
![Figure 24: The eROSITA First Light image (LMC) forms on the MPE control room screens.](/7609479/original-1623060643.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDk0Nzl9--b53f80d0df29728848207623e6de75dea81e629e)
Figure 24: The eROSITA First Light image (LMC) forms on the MPE control room screens.
![Figure 25: Celebrating eROSITA First Light in the MPE eROSITA Control Room. From left to right: M. Salvato, D. Coutinho, A. Predehl, M. Freyberg, W. Kink, N. Meidinger, P. Predehl, G. Hartner, K. Dennerl, E. Pfefferman, A. Merloni, M. Ramos-Ceja, C. Maitra.](/7609578/original-1623135373.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjQ2LCJvYmpfaWQiOjc2MDk1Nzh9--4915a7663c64b794d4774bce0ec8401240c37705)
Figure 25: Celebrating eROSITA First Light in the MPE eROSITA Control Room. From left to right: M. Salvato, D. Coutinho, A. Predehl, M. Freyberg, W. Kink, N. Meidinger, P. Predehl, G. Hartner, K. Dennerl, E. Pfefferman, A. Merloni, M. Ramos-Ceja, C. Maitra.