Soft X-ray Imaging Telescope on ASTROSAT.

A Soft X-ray focusing Telescope (SXT) with an X-ray sensitive CCD camera at the focal plane is being developed for the ASTROSAT. Made from conical foil mirrors with a CCD detector in the focal plane, SXT will have a reflecting area of ∼200 cm² below 1.5 keV, angular resolution of ∼3' - 4'(FWHM) at 1.5 keV, energy bandwidth of 0.3 - 8 keV and energy resolution of about 150 eV. A brief description of the SXT design and development, and science expected from it after its launch is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]