NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt

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J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.har...@nasa.gov

Jennifer Morcone
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-7199
jennifer....@nasa.gov

Megan Watzke
Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass.
617-496-7998
mwa...@cfa.harvard.edu

May 7, 2008 MEDIA ADVISORY : M08-089 NASA to Announce Success of Long
Galactic Hunt WASHINGTON -- NASA has scheduled a media
teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the
discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for
more than 50 years. This finding was made by combining data from
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with ground-based observations.

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact the
Chandra Press Office at 617-496-7998 or e-mail
mwa...@cfa.harvard.edu. Live audio of the teleconference will be
streamed online at:


http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio


A video file about the discovery will air on NASA Television on May
14. NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via
satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040
MHz, vertical polarization. NASA TV is available in Alaska and Hawaii
on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz,
horizontal polarization.

For information about NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory on the Web,
visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/chandra

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