Comments from S. Chandrasekhar’s colleagues

Robert Rosner, the William Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics at Chicago (and user of the Chandra X-ray Observatory in his own research):
“The Chandra Observatory is the culmination and realization of dreams by high-energy astrophysicists dating back some 30 years: It has the diagnostic capabilities to go beyond discovery, to allow us to answer detailed physics questions about the astronomical objects we look at. This would have pleased Chandra enormously––he always wanted to come to grips with the fundamental physics. The universe as seen at X-ray wavelengths is also a very beautiful place, and Chandra would have appreciated this mission at this level as well.”

Michael Turner, the Bruce and Diana Rauner Professor and Chairman of Astronomy & Astrophysics at Chicago:
“Chandrasekhar opened our minds to some of the most exotic and interesting objects in the universe––white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. These objects are by and large invisible, even with the most powerful optical telescopes. It is indeed fitting that the X-ray observatory that will allow us to see the invisible side of the universe with the clarity of vision of the Hubble Space Telescope is named in his honor.”