What was the full name of the observatory launched into space in 1978 to study x-rays?

Thiv	High Energy Astrophysical Observatories, HEAO-2, renamed Einstein Apr 21 00, 7:06 AM

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The High Energy Astrophysical Observatory 2 (also known as the Einstein Observatory) The first large X-ray telescope with mirrors. Einstein made the first X-ray images of shock waves in supernova remnants, hot gas in galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Einstein also located accurately over 7000 X-ray sources, including stellar coronas, X-ray binaries, galaxies and quasars. It made possible a new way to study the mysterious dark matter that is present in galaxies and clusters of galaxies and showed that most of the X-ray background is probably due to discrete sources http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/xray_history_020618.html Feb 22 04, 10:27 AM

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