crab nebula supernova remnant discovered hard x ray kev source scintillation counter flown balloon launched palestine texas united states likely first balloon based detection x rays discrete cosmic x ray source ref name headates ref high energy focusing telescope crab nebula remnant exploded star image shows crab nebula various energy bands including hard x ray image heft data taken observation run image wide high energy focusing telescope heft balloon borne experiment image
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