QMAP was a balloon experiment to measure the anisotropy of the
cosmic microwave background
The cosmic microwave background (CMB, CMBR), or relic radiation, is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. With a standard optical telescope, the background space between stars and galaxies is almost completely dar ...
(CMB). It flew twice in 1996, and was used with an interlocking scan of the skies to produce CMB maps at angular scales between 0.7° and 9°.
The gondola was later used for ground-based observations in the
MAT/TOCO experiment.
See also
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Cosmic microwave background experiments
This list is a compilation of experiments measuring the cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation anisotropies and polarization since the first detection of the CMB by Arno Allan Penzias, Penzias and Rob ...
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Observational cosmology
Observational cosmology is the study of the structure, the evolution and the origin of the universe through observation, using instruments such as telescopes and cosmic ray detectors.
Early observations
The science of physical cosmology as it is ...
References
Physics experiments
Cosmic microwave background experiments
Balloon-borne telescopes
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