Chandra Observes Cosmic Traffic Pile-Up In Energetic Quasar Jet

Chandra_191_1024

chandra_191 November 6th, 2000

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/H.Marshall et al.

Chandra's image of 3C273 shows important new details in the extremely powerful jet that probably originates from gas that is falling toward a supermassive black hole but is then redirected by strong electromagnetic fields. This Chandra image has enabled scientists, for the first time, to detect a continuous X-ray flow in 3C273 from the core (upper left) to the jet. This discovery may reveal insight into the physical processes that power these long-puzzling energetic jets.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0131/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
3C273

Distance

Universescale3
3,000,000,000 light years
Chandra_191_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 29m 6.1s
DEC = 2° 2’ 59.5”
Orientation
North is 20.1° CCW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Chandra (HRC) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Pseudocolor
Chandra_191_1280
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ID
191
Subject Category
Subject Name
3C273
Credits
NASA/CXC/SAO/H.Marshall et al.
Release Date
2000-11-06
Lightyears
3,000,000,000
Redshift
3,000,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0131/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
HRC
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
X-ray
Central Wavelength
0.8267
Start Time
2000-01-22T14:05:35
Integration Time
20079
Dataset ID
461
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
187.2755342, 2.0498655
Reference Dimension
2100.0, 2017.0
Reference Pixel
1051.0, 1009.5
Scale
3.86675e-06, 3.866752e-06
Rotation
20.11
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
0131_xray.tif
Metadata Date
2010-12-22
Metadata Version
1.2
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