Superbubbles Bespeak Toil and Trouble

Chandra_196_1024

chandra_196 August 16th, 2000

Credit: NASA/SAO/CXC/G.Fabbiano et al.

Chandra's spectacular image of the Antennae shows the central regions of two merging galaxies. The bright fuzzy patches are superbubbles thousands of light years in diameter that were produced by the accumulated power of thousands of supernovas. The dozens of bright point-like sources are neutron stars or black holes pulling gas off nearby stars. The remaining glow of X-ray emission could be due to many faint X-ray sources, or to clouds of hot gas in the galaxies.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0120/

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

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Antennae • NGC 4038 • NGC 4039

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
60,000,000 light years
Chandra_196_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 1m 52.8s
DEC = -18° 52’ 57.1”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
4.2 x 4.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Spectrum_xray1
Red
Chandra_196_1280
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ID
196
Subject Category
Subject Name
Antennae, NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits
NASA/SAO/CXC/G.Fabbiano et al.
Release Date
2000-08-16
Lightyears
60,000,000
Redshift
60,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0120/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra
Instrument
ACIS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
X-ray
Bandpass
X-ray
Central Wavelength
0.8267
Start Time
1999-12-01T05:26:49
Integration Time
72242
Dataset ID
315
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
180.4699931, -18.8825388
Reference Dimension
1649.0, 1645.0
Reference Pixel
825.5, 823.5
Scale
4.25351e-05, 4.253514e-05
Rotation
0.22
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
red.tif
Resource URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2000/0120/red.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2010-12-21
Metadata Version
1.2
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60,000,000 light years

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